Free apps commemorate moon landing
The Mac Observer notes that Carina Software will be giving away copies of its astronomy programs on July 20 only in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Voyager and SkyGazer allow you to explore the heavens and the night sky from your Mac. We could find nothing about the offer on the Carina site as of this writing, so we can only suggest you check again on Monday.
Meanwhile, here are a few free apps from the thriftmac collection you could try out:
Stellarium: A planetarium for your computer that shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors.
Celestia: A space simulation that lets you explore the universe in three dimensions. You can travel throughout the solar system, to any of over 100,000 stars, or even beyond the galaxy.
SkyORB: A 3D planetarium and star gazer with a large catalog of stars, planets, moons, comets, satellites and asteroids. See the sky from any point on Earth or from any planet in the solar system.
Posted Friday, July 17, 2009 in Cool-stuff
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