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- Short: Great Astronomical Program (39.26)
- Author: astegema@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (Achim Stegemann)
- Uploader: astegema@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (Achim Stegemann)
- Type: misc/sci
-
- Version: 39.26
-
- Requires: MC68020/68881
- OS 3.0
- Harddrive (20 MB space)
- 6 MB FastRAM
- MUI 3.8
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- Recommended: MC68040 or MC68060
- OS 3.1
- 16 MB FastRAM
- CyberGfx 2.25+ (=40.113+) or 3.x
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- Additionally recommended:
- * The tower.library by Christoph Feck.
- * The rgfx.datatype by me.
-
-
- IMPORTANT:
-
- Digital Almanac 39.26 requires the unpacked data archive of "DAlmanac_Data.lha" 39.12 !!
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- The large star database in the extra archive is for registered users only !!
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- This exe-archive contains an extra installer script for installing the data archive.
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- For complete installation, follow these steps:
- * Download both archives.
- * Unpack the exe archive.
- * Start the exe installer.
- * Start the data installer.
-
-
- A French catalog is available, but not a French documentation, because I don't speak
- French :-).
- The French installer script is only partly in French !
-
-
- INTRODUCTION:
-
- Digital Almanac is one of the best programs for hobby astronomers and professionals
- available for the Amiga !
-
- It offers:
- * Star database with ca. 500,000 stars up to 16m.
- * Cross-index for SAO, PPM, HD, YBS und GC catalogs.
- * About 40000 deep sky objects (Messier, NGC, IC, UGC, Abell, Zwicky and other misc objects).
- * More than 40000 minor planets and asteroids as well as the
- Comets Halley, Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp.
- * Highly accurate calculation of Moon and planets with JPL's integration tables (DE404).
- Accuracy partly <0.1'' over a period of some thousand years !!
- * Moons of Jupiter and Saturn.
- * Textures for planets Venus to Pluto, Moon and Galilean Moons.
- * Milky way structure.
- * View the sky from any solar system object.
- * Animation mode (also saving in IFF-ANIM format !!).
- * Loading and saving of configuration files.
- * Highly optimized algorithms for maximum speed, mostly written in assembler.
- * Lots of configuration possibilities.
- * Online and menu help with HELP-key and MUI's bubblehelp.
- * Full Drag&Drop support.
- * Creation and export of ephemeris tables.
- * CyberGraphX High- and Truecolor mode support.
- * Picture galery creation.
- * User editable database of orbital elements.
- * Recognizes CPU for maximum speed.
-
- And of course lots of bug fixes made in the previous versions.
-
- Included in the archive are two project files of a solar and a lunar eclipse ready to watch !
-
- THIS PROGRAM IS SHAREWARE!
-
- Following features are restricted for non registered users:
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- * Deep-sky catalog access limited to the Messier catalog.
- * All saving functions are disabled.
- * No hardcopy.
- * No changing site to a different planet, only Earth enabled.
- * No detailed course of eclipses.
- * No picture galery.
- * Plotting stars only to 6m.
- * Plotting other objects only to 10m.
- * No changing of pixelsize.
- * No events in the calendar.
- * Ephemeris export only to a window.
- * The program will terminate after 20 min and all 5 min a requester will appear.
-
- Read the guide file for more information and how to become a registered user or
- visit my homepage.
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- Internet: http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~astegema
-
-
- Changes since 39.22:
- * Added "trigonometric parallax" information for most bright stars to data archive.
- * Reduced memory usage when saving map as RGFX and JPEG.
- * Improved exception handling.
- Lots of messages during startup appeared incorrect.
- * Disables additional gadgets when site is not Earth.
- * Added tooltype CLOSEWB.
- Saves ChipMem for AGA users.
- * Entries of all lists are now draggable.
- * Improved ephemeris output.
- Distances less than 10 million km are displayed in km (mi), not AU.
- * Slightly changed menu layout (more standard).
- * When an asteroid has no defined diameter, it will be estimated from its absolute magnitude.
- * Updated asteroid database. Contains 42239 entries and is now handled dynamically.
- Main program does not need to be reprogrammed.
- * Improved asteroid ephemeris.
- More information on diameter and orbit.
- * More security checks.
- Program will run, even if certain files are missing.
- * The tooltypes SCACHE and ACACHE are replaced by CACHE.
- This gives the user more control about memory consumption.
- * Animation can now trace any object.
- * Drag&Drop code rewritten and fixed many bugs from it.
- * This forced a structure change in project file.
- They are no more 100% compatible to previous versions, but they depend less on current
- installed datas !
- * User files are moved to their own directory called 'User'.
- This simplyfies an update.
- * New font Astro_Fix/11.
- * Ephemeris output uses larger font Astro/11 to improve readability at higher resolutions.
- * Map automatically uses larger font at resolutions higher than 800*600.
- * Export mode didn't recognize magnitude extinction.
- * New aspect ratio calculation.
- Display was distorted when using some CyberGfx resolutions.
- * Speed improvements in MUI's display hooks.
- * Program doesn't need an 'assign' in the User-Startup anymore, because the program makes
- the assign by itself and deletes it when exiting.
-
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- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
- -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
- 2766 1591 42.4% 04-Aug-98 14:03:10 Install_DigitalAlmanac.info
- 12244 5527 54.8% 07-Oct-98 21:01:40 +DigitalAlmanac.catalog
- 12048 5426 54.9% 23-Jun-98 21:57:30 +DigitalAlmanac.catalog
- 11784 5324 54.8% 07-Oct-98 21:01:38 +DigitalAlmanac.catalog
- 12482 5584 55.2% 07-Oct-98 21:01:38 +DigitalAlmanac.catalog
- 5162 2537 50.8% 07-Oct-98 21:01:42 +DAlmanac_Exe.readme
- 1997 1164 41.7% 07-Oct-98 21:01:44 +DAlmanac_Exe.readme.info
- 606000 289183 52.2% 07-Oct-98 21:01:38 +DigitalAlmanac
- 11124 4944 55.5% 08-Sep-98 22:26:18 +DigitalAlmanac.info
- 2373 1520 35.9% 08-Jun-98 19:34:04 +Docs.info
- 2535 1602 36.8% 07-Oct-98 21:01:40 +Deutsch.info
- 75269 26869 64.3% 07-Oct-98 21:01:40 +DigitalAlmanac.guide
- 2972 1906 35.8% 07-Oct-98 21:01:40 +DigitalAlmanac.guide.info
- 2540 1650 35.0% 07-Oct-98 21:01:40 +English.info
- 68009 23909 64.8% 07-Oct-98 21:01:42 +DigitalAlmanac.guide
- 2972 1955 34.2% 07-Oct-98 21:01:40 +DigitalAlmanac.guide.info
- 2541 1575 38.0% 13-Sep-98 22:16:08 +Français.info
- 67470 23689 64.8% 13-Sep-98 22:16:12 +DigitalAlmanac.guide
- 2972 1918 35.4% 13-Sep-98 22:16:10 +DigitalAlmanac.guide.info
- 524 41 92.1% 07-Oct-98 21:01:44 +Astro.font
- 3572 2082 41.7% 07-Oct-98 21:01:44 +11
- 3048 1704 44.0% 07-Oct-98 21:01:44 +9
- 524 47 91.0% 07-Oct-98 21:01:44 +Astro_Fix.font
- 3604 2059 42.8% 07-Oct-98 21:01:46 +11
- 2520 1557 38.2% 07-Oct-98 21:01:44 +9
- 2714 1688 37.8% 08-Jun-98 19:34:06 +Icons.info
- 2491 1378 44.6% 08-Jun-98 19:34:04 +Project.info
- 2686 1585 40.9% 08-Jun-98 19:34:06 +Installation.info
- 2584 1294 49.9% 07-Oct-98 21:01:44 +Install-Data.info
- 1484 581 60.8% 07-Oct-98 21:01:44 +Install
- 3106 2130 31.4% 07-Oct-98 21:01:44 +Install_deutsch.info
- 3106 2128 31.4% 07-Oct-98 21:01:44 +Install_english.info
- 2584 1298 49.7% 07-Oct-98 21:01:44 +Install-Exe.info
- 4047 1152 71.5% 07-Oct-98 21:01:44 +Install
- 3102 2126 31.4% 07-Oct-98 21:01:44 +Install_deutsch.info
- 3102 2127 31.4% 07-Oct-98 21:01:44 +Install_english.info
- 3103 2126 31.4% 07-Oct-98 21:01:44 +Install_français.info
- 3312 2241 32.3% 27-Apr-98 21:52:14 +asyncio.library
- 2717 1587 41.5% 08-Jun-98 19:34:06 +Pictures.info
- 2678 1702 36.4% 08-Jun-98 19:34:06 +Projects.info
- 1372 509 62.9% 07-Oct-98 21:01:44 +LunarEclipse1997
- 2491 1379 44.6% 07-Oct-98 21:01:44 +LunarEclipse1997.info
- 1372 496 63.8% 07-Oct-98 21:01:44 +SolarEclipse1999
- 2491 1379 44.6% 07-Oct-98 21:01:44 +SolarEclipse1999.info
- 1372 437 68.1% 07-Oct-98 21:01:44 +Startup
- 2491 1378 44.6% 07-Oct-98 21:01:44 +Startup.info
- 39 39 0.0% 07-Oct-98 21:01:42 +ngcnames.data
- 396 301 23.9% 07-Oct-98 21:01:42 +orbit.data
- 520 454 12.6% 07-Oct-98 21:01:42 +place.data
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- 974412 446878 54.1% 13-Oct-98 06:09:04 49 files
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