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21. Stellarium
basic planetarium designed to show the sky as seen from any place on Earth at any date. Accuracy has been sacrificed for the sake of "photorealism". Uses the HR catalog of 9000 stars. This reviewer
http://stellarium.free.fr - 14-11-2001
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Rating: [6.00] Votes: [1693]
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23. XEphem
Interactive astronomy program for Unix systems with X Windows and Motif. [open source - Unix]
http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/ - 03-10-2000
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Rating: [6.00] Votes: [1065]
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24. Adastra Freestar Astronomy
popular astronomy planetarium with live tracking and an HTML guide to the Solar System. [Freeware w/ optional shareware upgrades - Win95/98/NT/Me/XP/2000]
http://www.essentia.net/coeli/adastra.htm - 15-03-2001
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Rating: [5.00] Votes: [1233]
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26. DeskNite - Live Celestial Wallpaper
turns your Windows Desktop into the night sky as viewed from your own back yard, no matter what the time or which part of the world you live in. [Freeware - Wi
http://www.stella2000.com/desknite.htm - 31-12-2000
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Rating: [5.00] Votes: [658]
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28. Free Celestial Maps
rudimentary sky-charting program outputs schematic maps in five projection types, using a small star database or the SAO and PPM. [Freeware DOS/Win95]
http://www.geocities.com/ovidiuv/maps.html - 11-08-2001
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Rating: [5.00] Votes: [911]
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29. RedShift
multimedia desktop planetarium on CD-ROM. [Commercial]
http://redshift.maris.com - 25-02-2000
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Rating: [5.00] Votes: [1532]
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30. SkyChart
planetarium program displaying the sky from anywhere on Earth, in the solar system, or in the Milky Way, and for any point in time in the future or past. It supports numerous telescope co
http://www.southernstars.com/skychart - 18-04-2003
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Rating: [5.00] Votes: [31]
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