Planets' Orbits calculates the positions and orbits of planets and asteroids and shows it graphically. Iris can load and save images in the formats FITS, PIC (proprietary format), raw or BMP. It is particularly optimized to exploit the images that come from CCD cameras. Iris offers numerous and powerful functions of image processing in the field of the digital astronomical images. Includes sunrise/sunset, equinoxes/solstices and dates of earliest/latest sunrises/sunsets. (830KB)ĭisplays a full year of solar visibility. FITS files are used in scientific applications like astronomy and medical imaging.

Position of planet satellites and phases of planets. Just set your location and this program will show positions (data not charts) and other observing data for the Sun, Moon and planets. Includes a planet finder window that also shows a moving graphic of the planets visible from where the mouse in positioned. track along the day bar and up and down the month graph. As you pass the mouse around the screen, events like the passage of the moon, planets, etc. This program opens with a bar-chart representation of the days of the month from top to bottom, with a graphic of each day from day to night to day. Comes with a photo of each and a place to record all your notes and vital information on your observations. (8MB)Ī way to log all your observations of the Messier catalog. This program computes occultations by the moon of eight planets and 54 thousand stars. Comes with a star catalogue to display the moon's position as well. It calculates all manner of things concerning the moon's position, moonrise-moonset times, phases etc. This is a DOS program but is easy to use. Shows the positions of stars and planets.

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