Category : Astronomy Software

Satellite Tracker

Posted on: August 20, 2009 /
Categories: Astronomy Software

Satellite Tracker is a very useful freeware Windows program which can connect to an LX200 and it allows you to track and view satellites with your telescope, including the ISS. The satellite tracker software was a hard program to find and download, I actually got sent it by someone who sold me my Meade Super Wedge.

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Buy Windows 7 Now for £79.99

Posted on: July 15, 2009 /
Categories: Astronomy Software

I ordered my copies of Windows 7 Home Premium Edition from Comet online for £44.99 each including Free Delivery. Now the cheapest price appears to be buying it for £79.99 – that’s for the full retail version of  Windows 7 Home Premium Edition. Don’t go to Amazon and pay over £100. Buy Windows 7 Home

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Microsoft World Wide Telescope Talk

Posted on: April 25, 2009 /
Categories: Astronomy Software

Last night I attended a talk at the Institute of Astronomy by a Microsoft employee named Jonathan Fay about the World Wide Telescope program. It was great talk, and good to see a live demo on a piece of software from Microsoft which is free to download and use on Mac/PC and soon Linux or

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Find Asteroid TU24 in Stellarium

Posted on: January 29, 2008 /
Categories: Astronomy Software

I know this may be a bit late, but as soon I knew about the Asteroid TU24 passing the earth, I went into Starry Night Pro to try and find the asteroid, but it was not in the program, so I went to Meade Autostar Suite and again I could not find the TU24 asteroid

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Google Sky Review

Posted on: August 23, 2007 /
Categories: Astronomy Software

Last night I managed to download the newly update version of Google Earth which includes the new Google Sky add in. I had the previous version of Google Earth installed on my laptop, and the upgrade was seamlessly easy. Google Earth starts with the image of the Earth and you the have to click on

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