Extra catalogues with more than 210 million stars.Over 600,000 stars from the Hipparcos Catalogue and the Tycho-2 Catalogue.In December 2011, Stellarium was added as one of the "featured applications" in the Ubuntu Software Center. Ī modified version of Stellarium has been used by the MeerKAT project as a virtual sky display showing where the antennae of the radiotelescope are pointed.
Astronomy and Sky & Telescope – these two glossy magazines provide current information and astronomy news.In 2006, Stellarium 0.7.1 won a gold award in the Education category of the Les Trophées du Libre free software competition.Turn Left at Orion – Hundreds of Night Sky Objects to See in a Home Telescope, by Guy Consolmagno & Dan Davis ($24) – covers some of the same ground as Sue French’s books well organized and easy to use.Highly regarded by a couple of club members as well as Amazon reviewers. Very lucid explanation of how the sky works. Rey – a wonderful introduction to naked-eye astronomy, by, yes, the author of the Curious George books. The Stars – A New Way to See Them, by H.The Backyard Astronomers’ Guide, by Terence Dickinson & Alan Dyer – covers all aspects of amateur astronomy more detailed than Nightwatch.Celestial Sampler, by Sue French – both this and Deep Sky Wonders are devoted to particularly interesting and/or beautiful objects.Nightwatch – A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe, by Terence Dickinson ($25) This and other books are available from, Amazon and other sources.To stay current with discoveries, space missions, and how-to articles, consider subscribing to one of the magazines described below. These three are organized by season so you can find out what’s up and worth seeing. Then look into Celestial Sampler, Deep Sky Wonders, or Turn Left at Orion. For complete beginners, we suggest The Stars – A New Way to See Them or 365 Starry Nights. These are some of our favorites – there are hundreds more. An Interactive Guide for the International Space Station.Designed to control Celestron computerized telescopes, but works fine without a telescope.
Based on Sky Safari, but with fewer features.
A guide to free and paid resources on telescope selection, astronomy software, books, magazines and tutorials for beginning and intermediate astronomers.
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