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| MacAstro 1.5 |
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MacAstro 1.5 is a program for astronomy lovers to calculate the
appearance of the sky at any time and any point on earth. It
displays the position of the 8 major planets, the Sun, the Moon, and
2500 brightest astronomical objects (stars and Messier's objects).
These are the main features of the program :
o Full Macintosh interface.
o Background calculations.
o Displays in color the position of the objects of the Solar System
(8 planets + Sun + Moon) and displays the position of the 2500
brightest stars in the sky, according to the date and place
of the observation.
o Displays the constellations.
o Displays the ephemeris of any of the 2510 objects :
- rising/setting/culmination,
- right ascension/declination,
- azimuth/altitude,
- visual magnitude and diameter,
and allows to save it to a text file for the planets, the Sun and
the Moon.
o Displays and exports a picture of the phase of the Moon.
o Displays and exports a picture of Jupiter and Saturn's satellites
position.
o Displays the sidereal time.
o "Planetarium" mode : an animation refreshes regularly the appearance
of the sky (can turn in background under MultiFinder).
o Editable list of most commonly used places of observation, and
possibility to use the location coordinates stored in the PRAM.
o Requires a Macintosh Plus, Classic, or larger and a system 6.0 or
later.
Difference between the versions 1.5 and 1.4 of MacAstro :
o Displays the constellations,
o "AutoFind," which allows you to find the information about a star
just by pointing it,
o Reads the location (latitude and longitude) stored in the PRAM
memory of the Macintosh,
o Complete control of the size of the stars according to their
magnitudes,
o Draws up to 2500 stars (catalog provided).
Differences between the versions 1.4 and 1.3 of MacAstro :
o Now displays the objects in the Solar System in color,
o Exports the picture of the sky, Jupiter or Saturn's satellites, and
the Moon phase,
o "Track moves" in planetarium mode,
o Better control of the background calculation,
o etc...
Shareware ($20.00 or 120.00 French francs) by :
Nicolas Mercouroff (nm@cs.brandeis.edu)
P.O. Box 390929,
Cambridge, MA 02139,
USA