which planetarium do people prefer?

albert,
just to le you know there is an article (i presume a review) in the july issue of linux magazine about this program which i will read with interest. i was wondering which version of linux you used to run it on?.
Stephen.

I'l try and get my hands on a copy of that.

I mainly use Solaris

My linux box at home is debian (unstable branch) 2.4.20

Cheers,
~Al

This the LJ article?

www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=4086

Cheers,
~Al

Used Redshift 4 thought Redshit one was better. Since getting Starry night Backyard though I Havn't looked back

hi Jim,

have both Redshift 3 and 4 though tend to not use them very much. Starry Night is quite nice for seeing how an event looks in the sky but for actual maps, etc. I've also got SkyMap Pro.

still, I've yet to see something beat the old Skyglobe DOS program. For speed, ease of use, small size on the disk, and much more, it's still right up there in my opinion with the best. Whenever I want to quickly step through a period of time to look at events I always turn to that first. It's a useful program time and time again.

I've also got Phil Harrington's Touring the Universe through Binoculars CD-ROM which is a star atlas with all the objects in the book of the same name labelled.

I'm intrigued too by the potential of some of the Pocket PC software for astronomy. I don't have one of the devices but they've got great potential into the future to have a detailed and dynamic sky atlas on screen along with maybe saved web pages on topics, etc. and something to record observations.

finally, a good old-fashioned planisphere beats any PC hands-down in terms of just being able to haul it out and dial in what's visible! No need to wait for your machine to boot up, etc.!

John

I use my PDA quite a bit. I have a simple planetarium on it and I have avant go installed so I can download the nights details from heavens abouve before I leave the ofice.

They really are handy little devices.

Bart B.

Good old planspheres, dew proof, drop proof and can stand the rigors of been left out over night by accident, unlike my laptop. :lol: