Xref: utzoo alt.sources.wanted:1275 comp.sources.wanted:16692 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!rice!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!bcsaic!vince From: vince@bcsaic.UUCP (Vince Skahan) Newsgroups: alt.sources.wanted,comp.sources.wanted Subject: Re: Astronomy software Keywords: astronomy Message-ID: <47167@bcsaic.UUCP> Date: 14 May 91 19:25:45 GMT References: <1991May9.102615.14569@uwasa.fi> Organization: Boeing Aerospace and Electronics - Seattle Lines: 17 In article <1991May9.102615.14569@uwasa.fi> ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) writes: >In article steve@gapos.bt.co.uk (Steve Rooke) writes: >>I have a friend who is a keen amateur astronomer. He is looking for >>any leads to astronomy based software. I have already found 'Starchart' >>for him but wondered if there are any other package available. If Starchart is the program I'm thinking of (make cool postscript charts of a portion of the sky), it's great! I also used a program called "ephem" that was posted to comp.sources.something last year...works nicely on unix boxes... -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Vince Skahan vince@atc.boeing.com ...uw-beaver!bcsaic!vince (place in heaven assured...I finished my 3-yr-old's swing set)