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Dudes.....
http://www.stellarium.org/ I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible. And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. I have some professional programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good. Amazing. |
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On Jan 5, 9:43*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote: Dudes..... http://www.stellarium.org/ I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible. And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. *I have some professional programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good. Amazing. My dad was quite a star gazer, Tom. He would have absolutely loved this! He was 84 when he passed away two years ago, and he would have never drempt stuff like this was possible. |
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"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in message ... Dudes..... http://www.stellarium.org/ I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible. And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. I have some professional programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good. Amazing. Amazing isn't the word. Who needs a telescope? That is a cool piece of software. Thanks! --Mike |
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On Jan 5, 10:43*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote: Dudes..... http://www.stellarium.org/ I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible. And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. *I have some professional programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good. Amazing. Wow, what a timely link. Just the other night I was gazing at the sky with my wife and we got into a heated debate. "Shirley, that can't be Sirius..." |
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"stp" wrote in message ... On Jan 5, 10:43 pm, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: Dudes..... http://www.stellarium.org/ I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible. And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. I have some professional programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good. Amazing. Wow, what a timely link. Just the other night I was gazing at the sky with my wife and we got into a heated debate. "Shirley, that can't be Sirius..." ....and she said, "That *is* Sirius, and WHO THE FU**K IS SHIRLEY??!!" g --Mike |
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On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 20:18:47 -0800 (PST), stp
wrote: On Jan 5, 10:43*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: Dudes..... http://www.stellarium.org/ I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible. And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. *I have some professional programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good. Amazing. Wow, what a timely link. Just the other night I was gazing at the sky with my wife and we got into a heated debate. "Shirley, that can't be Sirius..." Mars is very visible in the eastern sky, mid to late evening. |
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On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:43:02 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote: Dudes..... http://www.stellarium.org/ I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible. And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. I have some professional programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good. Amazing. Probably missed the part where the developer suggests making a donation to: http://www.greenpeace.com/forms/gpicontr.html |
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stp wrote:
On Jan 5, 10:43 pm, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: Dudes..... http://www.stellarium.org/ I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible. And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. I have some professional programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good. Amazing. Wow, what a timely link. Just the other night I was gazing at the sky with my wife and we got into a heated debate. "Shirley, that can't be Sirius..." yes it is Sirius, but please do not call me Shirley. |
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On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 20:18:47 -0800 (PST), stp
wrote: On Jan 5, 10:43*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: Dudes..... http://www.stellarium.org/ I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible. And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. *I have some professional programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good. Amazing. Wow, what a timely link. Just the other night I was gazing at the sky with my wife and we got into a heated debate. "Shirley, that can't be Sirius..." Yes it is and don't call me Shirley. :) |
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On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:23:23 -0500, Don White
wrote: stp wrote: On Jan 5, 10:43 pm, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: Dudes..... http://www.stellarium.org/ I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible. And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. I have some professional programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good. Amazing. Wow, what a timely link. Just the other night I was gazing at the sky with my wife and we got into a heated debate. "Shirley, that can't be Sirius..." yes it is Sirius, but please do not call me Shirley. ROTFL!!! Great minds think alike. :) |
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On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:47:39 -0800, jps wrote:
On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:43:02 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: Dudes..... http://www.stellarium.org/ I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible. And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. I have some professional programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good. Amazing. Probably missed the part where the developer suggests making a donation to: http://www.greenpeace.com/forms/gpicontr.html No - I already sent the developer $50. You, on the other hand, wouldn't pay a dime for it I'm sure. Moron. |
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On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:43:02 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
Dudes..... http://www.stellarium.org/ I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible. And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. I have some professional programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good. Amazing. Want to check out those stars up close and personal? Check out Celestia. http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ It's another open source, "free" program. Then there's Kstars, but you'ld have to run Linux to run that one. |
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On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:43:02 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote: Dudes..... http://www.stellarium.org/ I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible. And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. I have some professional programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good. Amazing. There's a portable version of this software available, too, that I've been using for a while. I wasn't aware of this site, though. I had downloaded the portable version from portableapps.com Thanks for the link. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access |
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Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:23:23 -0500, Don White wrote: stp wrote: On Jan 5, 10:43 pm, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: Dudes..... http://www.stellarium.org/ I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible. And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. I have some professional programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good. Amazing. Wow, what a timely link. Just the other night I was gazing at the sky with my wife and we got into a heated debate. "Shirley, that can't be Sirius..." yes it is Sirius, but please do not call me Shirley. ROTFL!!! Great minds think alike. :) Well, i know i have a great mind, who else was thinking the same thing? |
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On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:45:42 -0600, thunder
wrote: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ I had forgotten about that one - I have it, but haven't used it in quite a while. |
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On Jan 5, 10:43*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote: Dudes..... http://www.stellarium.org/ I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible. And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. *I have some professional programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good. Amazing. Holy cow, that's cool! |
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On Jan 6, 8:30*am, Loogypicker wrote:
On Jan 5, 10:43*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: Dudes..... http://www.stellarium.org/ I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible. And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. *I have some professional programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good. Amazing. Holy cow, that's cool! Thanks for the link Tom. Got my daughter a "GoScope" from Orion for Christmas. It is a 70 mm short focal length refractor to be used on camping trips. She is serious about looking at the stars. |
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Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:45:42 -0600, thunder wrote: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ I had forgotten about that one - I have it, but haven't used it in quite a while. I just took a peek at celestia it looks like a good piece of software. How would you rate it against Stellarium? If you haven't discovered the zoom keys in stellarium yet, they are page up and page down. |
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On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:25:42 -0500, Jim wrote:
Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:45:42 -0600, thunder wrote: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ I had forgotten about that one - I have it, but haven't used it in quite a while. .. I just took a peek at celestia it looks like a good piece of software. How would you rate it against Stellarium? Oh gosh - it's been a while. When I used it last, the base gazing software is very cool and does what it's supposed to do. The planet fly-bys and various space craft seem a little gimmicky to me, but I do like the photo realistic closeups. I'm not knocking it, but I like the plain old Stellarium package out of the box. The odd thing is I like it better than Starry Nights which is a pretty good program for just gazing. I have several professional level auto-ranging programs for my Celestron so I can track satellites, the Space Lab and the shuttle flights automatically. Stellarium ranks right up there in terms of graphics - in some ways it's better. If you haven't discovered the zoom keys in stellarium yet, they are page up and page down. I found it, but I haven't played with it much yet - I was bouncing back and forth between programs comparing graphics. :) I really like this program. For shareware, it's a good one - enough to pay for it in my opinion. |
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"Don White" wrote in message ... stp wrote: On Jan 5, 10:43 pm, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: Dudes..... http://www.stellarium.org/ I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible. And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. I have some professional programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good. Amazing. Wow, what a timely link. Just the other night I was gazing at the sky with my wife and we got into a heated debate. "Shirley, that can't be Sirius..." yes it is Sirius, but please do not call me Shirley. Looney...get a life! |
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Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:25:42 -0500, Jim wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:45:42 -0600, thunder wrote: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ I had forgotten about that one - I have it, but haven't used it in quite a while. . I just took a peek at celestia it looks like a good piece of software. How would you rate it against Stellarium? Oh gosh - it's been a while. When I used it last, the base gazing software is very cool and does what it's supposed to do. The planet fly-bys and various space craft seem a little gimmicky to me, but I do like the photo realistic closeups. I'm not knocking it, but I like the plain old Stellarium package out of the box. The odd thing is I like it better than Starry Nights which is a pretty good program for just gazing. I have several professional level auto-ranging programs for my Celestron so I can track satellites, the Space Lab and the shuttle flights automatically. Stellarium ranks right up there in terms of graphics - in some ways it's better. If you haven't discovered the zoom keys in stellarium yet, they are page up and page down. I found it, but I haven't played with it much yet - I was bouncing back and forth between programs comparing graphics. :) I really like this program. For shareware, it's a good one - enough to pay for it in my opinion. I got a Meade goto scope for Christmas but didn't get the cable to download satellite information yet. I have read that visible satellite flybys are brief and occur just before sunrise. Have you had good experience viewing satellites? |
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Harry wrote:
Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:25:42 -0500, Jim wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:45:42 -0600, thunder wrote: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ I had forgotten about that one - I have it, but haven't used it in quite a while. . I just took a peek at celestia it looks like a good piece of software. How would you rate it against Stellarium? Oh gosh - it's been a while. When I used it last, the base gazing software is very cool and does what it's supposed to do. The planet fly-bys and various space craft seem a little gimmicky to me, but I do like the photo realistic closeups. I'm not knocking it, but I like the plain old Stellarium package out of the box. The odd thing is I like it better than Starry Nights which is a pretty good program for just gazing. I have several professional level auto-ranging programs for my Celestron so I can track satellites, the Space Lab and the shuttle flights automatically. Stellarium ranks right up there in terms of graphics - in some ways it's better. If you haven't discovered the zoom keys in stellarium yet, they are page up and page down. I found it, but I haven't played with it much yet - I was bouncing back and forth between programs comparing graphics. :) I really like this program. For shareware, it's a good one - enough to pay for it in my opinion. I got a Meade goto scope for Christmas but didn't get the cable to download satellite information yet. I have read that visible satellite flybys are brief and occur just before sunrise. Have you had good experience viewing satellites? It's too bad you can't spell...you're obviously *not* Harry. |
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Stellarium (Tom*Francis*-*SWSports) wrote: No - I already sent the developer $50. You, on the other hand, wouldn't pay a dime for it I'm sure. Moron. He spends all his money on German screwdrivers. UD |
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On Jan 6, 5:23*am, Don White wrote:
stp wrote: On Jan 5, 10:43 pm, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: Dudes..... http://www.stellarium.org/ I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible. And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. *I have some professional programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good. Amazing. Wow, what a timely link. Just the other night I was gazing at the sky with my wife and we got into a heated debate. "Shirley, that can't be Sirius..." yes it is Sirius, but please do not call me Shirley.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - That pet name is reserved for your fat buddy Harry, huh? |
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On Jan 6, 10:25*am, "Don White" wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message ... stp wrote: On Jan 5, 10:43 pm, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: Dudes..... http://www.stellarium.org/ I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible. And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. *I have some professional programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good. Amazing. Wow, what a timely link. Just the other night I was gazing at the sky with my wife and we got into a heated debate. "Shirley, that can't be Sirius..." yes it is Sirius, but please do not call me Shirley. Looney...get a life!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Wrong yet again, dumbo! |
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On Jan 6, 10:57*am, Harry wrote:
Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:25:42 -0500, Jim wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:45:42 -0600, thunder wrote: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ I had forgotten about that one - I have it, but haven't used it in quite a while. . I just took a peek at celestia it looks like a good piece of software. How would you rate it against Stellarium? Oh gosh - it's been a while. *When I used it last, the base gazing software is very cool and does what it's supposed to do. * The planet fly-bys and various space craft seem a little gimmicky to me, but I do like the photo realistic closeups. *I'm not knocking it, but I like the plain old Stellarium package out of the box. *The odd thing is I like it better than Starry Nights which is a pretty good program for just gazing. I have several professional level auto-ranging programs for my Celestron so I can track satellites, the Space Lab and the shuttle flights automatically. *Stellarium ranks right up there in terms of graphics - in some ways it's better. If you haven't discovered the zoom keys in stellarium yet, they are page up and page down. I found it, but I haven't played with it much yet - I was bouncing back and forth between programs comparing graphics. *:) I really like this program. *For shareware, it's a good one - enough to pay for it in my opinion. I got a Meade goto scope for Christmas but didn't get the cable to download satellite information yet. I have read that visible satellite flybys are brief and occur just before sunrise. Have you had good experience viewing satellites?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah, we believe you, Harry.... |
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Loogypicker wrote:
On Jan 6, 10:57 am, Harry wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:25:42 -0500, Jim wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:45:42 -0600, thunder wrote: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ I had forgotten about that one - I have it, but haven't used it in quite a while. . I just took a peek at celestia it looks like a good piece of software. How would you rate it against Stellarium? Oh gosh - it's been a while. When I used it last, the base gazing software is very cool and does what it's supposed to do. The planet fly-bys and various space craft seem a little gimmicky to me, but I do like the photo realistic closeups. I'm not knocking it, but I like the plain old Stellarium package out of the box. The odd thing is I like it better than Starry Nights which is a pretty good program for just gazing. I have several professional level auto-ranging programs for my Celestron so I can track satellites, the Space Lab and the shuttle flights automatically. Stellarium ranks right up there in terms of graphics - in some ways it's better. If you haven't discovered the zoom keys in stellarium yet, they are page up and page down. I found it, but I haven't played with it much yet - I was bouncing back and forth between programs comparing graphics. :) I really like this program. For shareware, it's a good one - enough to pay for it in my opinion. I got a Meade goto scope for Christmas but didn't get the cable to download satellite information yet. I have read that visible satellite flybys are brief and occur just before sunrise. Have you had good experience viewing satellites?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah, we believe you, Harry.... D'oh. Look at the headers, **** for brains...it's one of the ID spoofers. I have not a clue what a Meade "goto" scope is. Why would I want to waste my time and evenings looking at satellite fly-bys? It's not like I'm SW tom or flajim or the other old farts with nothing better to do at night. |
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On Jan 6, 1:21*pm, Harry wrote:
Loogypicker wrote: On Jan 6, 10:57 am, Harry wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:25:42 -0500, Jim wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:45:42 -0600, thunder wrote: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ I had forgotten about that one - I have it, but haven't used it in quite a while. . I just took a peek at celestia it looks like a good piece of software. How would you rate it against Stellarium? Oh gosh - it's been a while. *When I used it last, the base gazing software is very cool and does what it's supposed to do. * The planet fly-bys and various space craft seem a little gimmicky to me, but I do like the photo realistic closeups. *I'm not knocking it, but I like the plain old Stellarium package out of the box. *The odd thing is I like it better than Starry Nights which is a pretty good program for just gazing. I have several professional level auto-ranging programs for my Celestron so I can track satellites, the Space Lab and the shuttle flights automatically. *Stellarium ranks right up there in terms of graphics - in some ways it's better. If you haven't discovered the zoom keys in stellarium yet, they are page up and page down. I found it, but I haven't played with it much yet - I was bouncing back and forth between programs comparing graphics. *:) I really like this program. *For shareware, it's a good one - enough to pay for it in my opinion. I got a Meade goto scope for Christmas but didn't get the cable to download satellite information yet. I have read that visible satellite flybys are brief and occur just before sunrise. Have you had good experience viewing satellites?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah, we believe you, Harry.... D'oh. Look at the headers, **** for brains...it's one of the ID spoofers. I have not a clue what a Meade "goto" scope is. Why would I want to waste my time and evenings looking at satellite fly-bys? It's not like I'm SW tom or flajim or the other old farts with nothing better to do at night.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - But, but......I'm filtered, remember? |
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"Loogypicker" wrote in message ... On Jan 6, 1:21 pm, Harry wrote: Loogypicker wrote: On Jan 6, 10:57 am, Harry wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:25:42 -0500, Jim wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:45:42 -0600, thunder wrote: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ I had forgotten about that one - I have it, but haven't used it in quite a while. . I just took a peek at celestia it looks like a good piece of software. How would you rate it against Stellarium? Oh gosh - it's been a while. When I used it last, the base gazing software is very cool and does what it's supposed to do. The planet fly-bys and various space craft seem a little gimmicky to me, but I do like the photo realistic closeups. I'm not knocking it, but I like the plain old Stellarium package out of the box. The odd thing is I like it better than Starry Nights which is a pretty good program for just gazing. I have several professional level auto-ranging programs for my Celestron so I can track satellites, the Space Lab and the shuttle flights automatically. Stellarium ranks right up there in terms of graphics - in some ways it's better. If you haven't discovered the zoom keys in stellarium yet, they are page up and page down. I found it, but I haven't played with it much yet - I was bouncing back and forth between programs comparing graphics. :) I really like this program. For shareware, it's a good one - enough to pay for it in my opinion. I got a Meade goto scope for Christmas but didn't get the cable to download satellite information yet. I have read that visible satellite flybys are brief and occur just before sunrise. Have you had good experience viewing satellites?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah, we believe you, Harry.... D'oh. Look at the headers, **** for brains...it's one of the ID spoofers. I have not a clue what a Meade "goto" scope is. Why would I want to waste my time and evenings looking at satellite fly-bys? It's not like I'm SW tom or flajim or the other old farts with nothing better to do at night.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - But, but......I'm filtered, remember? -=-=-=-=-==-=-=-= He still must be "breaking in" his imac. All the while trying to figure out how any group but "anglos" can be tourists. g --Mike |
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Loogypicker wrote:
On Jan 6, 1:21 pm, Harry wrote: Loogypicker wrote: On Jan 6, 10:57 am, Harry wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:25:42 -0500, Jim wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:45:42 -0600, thunder wrote: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ I had forgotten about that one - I have it, but haven't used it in quite a while. . I just took a peek at celestia it looks like a good piece of software. How would you rate it against Stellarium? Oh gosh - it's been a while. When I used it last, the base gazing software is very cool and does what it's supposed to do. The planet fly-bys and various space craft seem a little gimmicky to me, but I do like the photo realistic closeups. I'm not knocking it, but I like the plain old Stellarium package out of the box. The odd thing is I like it better than Starry Nights which is a pretty good program for just gazing. I have several professional level auto-ranging programs for my Celestron so I can track satellites, the Space Lab and the shuttle flights automatically. Stellarium ranks right up there in terms of graphics - in some ways it's better. If you haven't discovered the zoom keys in stellarium yet, they are page up and page down. I found it, but I haven't played with it much yet - I was bouncing back and forth between programs comparing graphics. :) I really like this program. For shareware, it's a good one - enough to pay for it in my opinion. I got a Meade goto scope for Christmas but didn't get the cable to download satellite information yet. I have read that visible satellite flybys are brief and occur just before sunrise. Have you had good experience viewing satellites?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah, we believe you, Harry.... D'oh. Look at the headers, **** for brains...it's one of the ID spoofers. I have not a clue what a Meade "goto" scope is. Why would I want to waste my time and evenings looking at satellite fly-bys? It's not like I'm SW tom or flajim or the other old farts with nothing better to do at night.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - But, but......I'm filtered, remember? We agreed that Harry is a compulsive liar, remember? I don't believe Harry ever used a filter. |
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Loogypicker wrote:
On Jan 6, 1:21 pm, Harry wrote: Loogypicker wrote: On Jan 6, 10:57 am, Harry wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:25:42 -0500, Jim wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:45:42 -0600, thunder wrote: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ I had forgotten about that one - I have it, but haven't used it in quite a while. . I just took a peek at celestia it looks like a good piece of software. How would you rate it against Stellarium? Oh gosh - it's been a while. When I used it last, the base gazing software is very cool and does what it's supposed to do. The planet fly-bys and various space craft seem a little gimmicky to me, but I do like the photo realistic closeups. I'm not knocking it, but I like the plain old Stellarium package out of the box. The odd thing is I like it better than Starry Nights which is a pretty good program for just gazing. I have several professional level auto-ranging programs for my Celestron so I can track satellites, the Space Lab and the shuttle flights automatically. Stellarium ranks right up there in terms of graphics - in some ways it's better. If you haven't discovered the zoom keys in stellarium yet, they are page up and page down. I found it, but I haven't played with it much yet - I was bouncing back and forth between programs comparing graphics. :) I really like this program. For shareware, it's a good one - enough to pay for it in my opinion. I got a Meade goto scope for Christmas but didn't get the cable to download satellite information yet. I have read that visible satellite flybys are brief and occur just before sunrise. Have you had good experience viewing satellites?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah, we believe you, Harry.... D'oh. Look at the headers, **** for brains...it's one of the ID spoofers. I have not a clue what a Meade "goto" scope is. Why would I want to waste my time and evenings looking at satellite fly-bys? It's not like I'm SW tom or flajim or the other old farts with nothing better to do at night.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - But, but......I'm filtered, remember As I stated here, when I unpacked and started up my new iMac, I did not start up the filters I have been using. |
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Jim wrote:
Loogypicker wrote: On Jan 6, 1:21 pm, Harry wrote: Loogypicker wrote: On Jan 6, 10:57 am, Harry wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:25:42 -0500, Jim wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:45:42 -0600, thunder wrote: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ I had forgotten about that one - I have it, but haven't used it in quite a while. . I just took a peek at celestia it looks like a good piece of software. How would you rate it against Stellarium? Oh gosh - it's been a while. When I used it last, the base gazing software is very cool and does what it's supposed to do. The planet fly-bys and various space craft seem a little gimmicky to me, but I do like the photo realistic closeups. I'm not knocking it, but I like the plain old Stellarium package out of the box. The odd thing is I like it better than Starry Nights which is a pretty good program for just gazing. I have several professional level auto-ranging programs for my Celestron so I can track satellites, the Space Lab and the shuttle flights automatically. Stellarium ranks right up there in terms of graphics - in some ways it's better. If you haven't discovered the zoom keys in stellarium yet, they are page up and page down. I found it, but I haven't played with it much yet - I was bouncing back and forth between programs comparing graphics. :) I really like this program. For shareware, it's a good one - enough to pay for it in my opinion. I got a Meade goto scope for Christmas but didn't get the cable to download satellite information yet. I have read that visible satellite flybys are brief and occur just before sunrise. Have you had good experience viewing satellites?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah, we believe you, Harry.... D'oh. Look at the headers, **** for brains...it's one of the ID spoofers. I have not a clue what a Meade "goto" scope is. Why would I want to waste my time and evenings looking at satellite fly-bys? It's not like I'm SW tom or flajim or the other old farts with nothing better to do at night.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - But, but......I'm filtered, remember? We agreed that Harry is a compulsive liar, remember? I don't believe Harry ever used a filter. How's your wife doing? I sent here a nice, long, firm cucumber. |
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Harry wrote:
Loogypicker wrote: On Jan 6, 1:21 pm, Harry wrote: Loogypicker wrote: On Jan 6, 10:57 am, Harry wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:25:42 -0500, Jim wrote: Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:45:42 -0600, thunder wrote: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ I had forgotten about that one - I have it, but haven't used it in quite a while. . I just took a peek at celestia it looks like a good piece of software. How would you rate it against Stellarium? Oh gosh - it's been a while. When I used it last, the base gazing software is very cool and does what it's supposed to do. The planet fly-bys and various space craft seem a little gimmicky to me, but I do like the photo realistic closeups. I'm not knocking it, but I like the plain old Stellarium package out of the box. The odd thing is I like it better than Starry Nights which is a pretty good program for just gazing. I have several professional level auto-ranging programs for my Celestron so I can track satellites, the Space Lab and the shuttle flights automatically. Stellarium ranks right up there in terms of graphics - in some ways it's better. If you haven't discovered the zoom keys in stellarium yet, they are page up and page down. I found it, but I haven't played with it much yet - I was bouncing back and forth between programs comparing graphics. :) I really like this program. For shareware, it's a good one - enough to pay for it in my opinion. I got a Meade goto scope for Christmas but didn't get the cable to download satellite information yet. I have read that visible satellite flybys are brief and occur just before sunrise. Have you had good experience viewing satellites?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah, we believe you, Harry.... D'oh. Look at the headers, **** for brains...it's one of the ID spoofers. I have not a clue what a Meade "goto" scope is. Why would I want to waste my time and evenings looking at satellite fly-bys? It's not like I'm SW tom or flajim or the other old farts with nothing better to do at night.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - But, but......I'm filtered, remember As I stated here, when I unpacked and started up my new iMac, I did not start up the filters I have been using. Well why don't you, we are tired of you. You foocking impostor. |
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On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:42:00 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote: On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:47:39 -0800, jps wrote: On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:43:02 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: Dudes..... http://www.stellarium.org/ I've been messing with it for about two hours - it's incredible. And for zippo - nada - zero - no bucks. I have some professional programs for my Celestron telescope that aren't this good. Amazing. Probably missed the part where the developer suggests making a donation to: http://www.greenpeace.com/forms/gpicontr.html No - I already sent the developer $50. You, on the other hand, wouldn't pay a dime for it I'm sure. Moron. You think I'm a moron because I haven't sent him money? If you're honoring his accomplishments, any moron knows the correct thing to do is honor them in the manner they suggested. When someone asks you that a loved one's memory be preserved through a donation to their favorite charity rather than sending flowers, do you send flowers anyway? What has caused you to become so illogical while being such an ass? Curious minds are dying to know. |
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On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:04:49 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote: On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:45:42 -0600, thunder wrote: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ I had forgotten about that one - I have it, but haven't used it in quite a while. How could you forget someone you sent money to? You're not a moron, are you? |
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Stellarium Group: rec.boats Date: Wed, Jan 6, 2010, 5:57pm From: (jps)wrote Ah, yes. I spent all my money on 3 German screwdrivers. Did you hire a translator to show all 3 employees how to use them dummy? Good point, Ugly Dan. How's that webtv workin' for ya, Einstein? Heh, Apparently better than the davit setup on your 11' Whaler, Einstein? UD |
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says... In article , says... Stellarium (Tom*Francis*-*SWSports) wrote: No - I already sent the developer $50. You, on the other hand, wouldn't pay a dime for it I'm sure. Moron. He spends all his money on German screwdrivers. UD That's Japanese/German, made only by union or similar workers only! Hey, fella, although I'm too fat, lazy, and unskilled to do any maintenance myself, I still have all of the best tools in the world. Oh, wait, another lie, and I said I was going to stop. Sorry. |
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