It accurately simulates the sky as it appears tonight, as well as hundreds or thousands of years in the past or future. The sky can be viewed from any place on Earth, or from any object in the solar system or beyond it. Also provides support for Meade LX200, Celestron AstroMaster, Orion SkyWizard and other telescope controllers. It displays over 29,000 stars and as well as constellation lines, the planets, the Sun, the Moon, Messier Objects, the Milky Way, and grid lines. Location, time and date can be adjusted and the number and brightness of stars, zoom, print out screen displays, and more can be changed.
Online documentation is included.
V1.14 released on Mar. 09, 1999. This is the world's most accurate, versatile program for the computation of predictions of occultations by the Moon of some 53879 stars and the 8 major planets. For any location on Earth you can create list of predictions that suite your specific needs. In addition you can record your observations and send them in a standard format either to your local lunar occultations contact person, or to the International Lunar Occultation Centre in Japan. It also provides Lunar Eclipse information and Equinox and Solstice times.