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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

1491.0. "TIMEMAP.ARC - 3D star map" by WJG::GUINEAU () Tue Jun 21 1988 20:28

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1491.1look for STARCH.arcLEDS::ACCIARDII Blit, therefore I am...Tue Jun 21 1988 20:3811
    I once came upon a very nice starfinder type program for Amy called
    'Starch.arc' or some such.  A few others appeared over time.
    
    The one I tried was quite nice, actually.  It worked in hi-res,
    and quickly identified any celestial objects based on the time and
    latitude and longitude entered.  
    
    There's also a commercial program called Galileo by Infinity Software,
    but I haven't seen it or read any reviews of it.
    
    Ed.
1491.23d view!WJG::GUINEAUTue Jun 21 1988 22:4920
>    I once came upon a very nice starfinder type program for Amy called
>    'Starch.arc' or some such.  A few others appeared over time.

Yup, I've seen that one. It's definetly real good. In fact, I print a copy
of the nights maps (maps at 2 or 3 different times through the night) before
lugging my telescope out! 

In fact there is also AmiGAZER which is just as good.

But none are 3D! (just curious to see how it looks I guess. This might make
neat scenery for a space ship animation!)


>    There's also a commercial program called Galileo by Infinity Software,
>    but I haven't seen it or read any reviews of it.

There's even another comercial one - Planetarium - supposed to be even
better than Galileo, but it's not out (for Amiga) yet.

John
1491.3in Sky and TelescopeSAUTER::SAUTERJohn SauterWed Jun 22 1988 13:564
    There is a review of Galileo in the July "Sky and Telescope", an
    astronomy magazine.  The reviewer didn't seem to know anything about
    the Amiga, but he liked the program.
        John Sauter