- As for Mac OS, Planetary Annihilation: TITANS requirements here start with OS X 10.9+ operating system. Processor needs to be at least MODERN Quad Core. 8 GB of RAM is required. Your graphics card should be OpenGL 3.2+. Finally, the game needs 5 GB of free disk space. As for recommended OS, it is OS X 10.14+. MODERN Quad Core processor is.
- MacOS (formerly 'Mac OS X' and later 'OS X') is a line of open core graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., the latest of which is pre-loaded on all currently shipping Macintosh computers. MacOS is the successor to the original classic Mac OS, which had been Apple's primary operating system since 1984.
As for Mac OS, Planetary Annihilation: TITANS requirements here start with OS X 10.9+ operating system. Processor needs to be at least MODERN Quad Core. 8 GB of RAM is required. Your graphics card should be OpenGL 3.2+. Finally, the game needs 5 GB of free disk space.
Redshift 7 Premium is a comprehensive guide to the heavens. A huge panorama of the Milky Way, photo-realistic horizons and a 3-D flight out of our galaxy are only a few ways in which Redshift turns astronomy into a breathtaking and inspiring experience. Countless unique features such as telescope and joystick control, over 100 multimedia tours, macro recorder to create your own tours, online access to the Digitized Sky Survey and Google Maps, high quality videos, animations and the extensive help make Redshift 7 Premium the indispensable guide to the night skies.
Features:
•Realistic 3-D model of our galaxy with 3-D flights
•More than 2.5 million stars, planets and Deep Sky objects
•Includes exoplanets an dwarf planets
•New Horizon Panoramas für Earth, Moon and Mars
•Direct access to star catalogs SIMBAD and SOHO
•Download of new discoveries and orbital data of satellites, comets and asteroids from the latest object databases on the Internet into the main Redshift database. Updates are provided at least twice a month.
•Comprehensive observation planner for your in-the-field observation
•Direct link to www.redshift-live.com for the exchange of guided tours and workspaces
Find out more…
Product | Kind | Price | Demo | Author/Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cartes du Ciel | free | yes | Bruce Skelly | |
Celestia | free | yes | Chris Laurel | |
Digital Universe | commercial | $100 | Syzygy Research & Technology | |
Hipparchus | commercial | $50 | yes | sofTouch APpLications |
MacAstronomica | shareware | $25 | yes | Easysoft Creations |
MacStronomy | commercial | $60 | yes | Etlon Software |
MPj Equinox | shareware | $29 | yes | MicroProjects |
Night Vision | free | yes | Brian Simpson | |
SkyORB | free | yes | realtech VR | |
Sky Sentinel Planetarium | commercial | $50 | yes | Procyon |
Stargazer's Delight | shareware | $29 | yes | Ruedi Schmid |
Starry Night | commercial | $34 – 149 | yes | Sienna Software |
Stellarium | free | yes | Fabien Chereau | |
TheSkyX | commercial | $99 | no | Software Bisque |
Voyager | commercial | $150-200 | no | Carina Software |
Where is M13? | free | yes | Think Astronomy | |
Xephem | free | source | Elwood Charles Downey |
Product | Kind | Price | Demo | Author/Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adastra Freestar | free | yes | Coeli Software Products | |
Alien Sun | commercial | $50 | yes | EKN Enterprises |
AlphaCentaure | freeware | yes | Francois Nguyen | |
AstroMB | commercial | $50 | yes | MBCAA |
AstroViewer | shareware | $12 | yes | Dirk Matussek |
Astronomica | shareware | $25 | yes | Piotr Czerski |
Atlas du Ciel | shareware | $50 | yes | Mario Groleau |
Coeli – Stella 2000 | shareware | $49 | yes | Coeli Software Products |
Coelix | commercial | $28 | no | ngc7000.com |
Cartes du Ciel | free | yes | Patrick Chevalley | |
Celestia | free | yes | Chris Laurel | |
Celestial Maps | free | yes | Ovidiu Vaduvescu | |
CoolSky | shareware | $25 | yes | Piotr Czerski |
CyberSky | shareware | $28 | yes | Stephen Michael Schimpf |
C2A | freeware | yes | Philippe Deverchere | |
Dance of the Planets | commercial | $95 – 145 | no | ARC Science Simulations |
Deepsky Astronomy Software | shareware | $25 – 43 | yes | Steven S. Tuma |
Deep-Sky Planner | commercial | $72-$81 | no | Knightware |
Deep Space | commercial | $79 | yes | David Chandler |
Desktop Universe | commercial | $199 | yes | Main Sequence Software |
Distant Suns | commercial | $35 | yes | Mike Smithwick |
Earth Centered Universe | shareware | $55 | yes | Nova Astronomics |
EasySky | commercial | $45 | yes | Matthias Busch |
Electric Astrolabe | free | yes | James E. Morrison | |
Epoch 2000sk | commercial | $149 – 179 | no | Meade |
Expert Astronomer | commercial | $12 | no | MediaMart; Expert Software |
GrayStel | commercial | £75 | no | GrayStel Software |
Guide | commercial | $89 | no | Project Pluto |
HNSky | free | yes | Han_Kleijn | |
Home Planet | free | yes | John Walker | |
HyperSky | commercial | $50 | yes | Willmann-Bell |
Kagayaki | shareware | $40-120 | yes | Seeds Box |
MegaStar | commercial | $129 | yes | E.L.B. Software |
MIRAPLA | free | yes | MSB | |
MoonCalc | free | yes | Monzur Ahmed | |
MyStars! | shareware | $17 | yes | Relative Data Products |
Night Vision | free | yes | Brian Simpson | |
NGCView | commercial | $50 | yes | Rainman Software |
Nuit | free | yes | René Meader | |
OpenUniverse | free | yes | Raœl Alonso | |
PC-Sky | commercial | $39 | no | CapellaSoft |
Perseus | commercial | $190 | yes | ELitalia |
Planetarium Gold | commercial | $20 | no | JC Research |
PlanetWatch | shareware | $20 | yes | Galen Raben |
PRiSM | comercial | $150 | no | Axilone Multimedia |
Power Age Sky Simulator | shareware | $35 | yes | George Dragandjikov |
Redshift | commercial | $60 | no | Maris Multimedia |
RIA3D Live Solar System | commercial | $30 | yes | interact3d.com |
Sky3D | shareware | $35 | yes | Corvus Software |
SkyChart III | commercial | $50 | yes | Southern Stars |
Sky Atlas | commercial | $20 | yes | Piotr Bednarczuk |
Skyglobe | shareware | ? | ? | KlassM Software |
SkyMap | commercial | $55 – 89 | yes | Chris Marriott |
SkyPlot | shareware | $10 | yes | Gerry Santoro |
SkyTools | commercial | $99 | no | CapellaSoft |
Solar Kingdom | commercial | $49 | yes | Silverfrost |
SPICA | free | yes | Guillaume Richard | |
STAR Atlas:PRO | commercial | $66 | no | Paul Mayo |
StarCalc | free | yes | Alexander E. Zavalishin | |
StarChartGL | free | yes | James Fitzjohn | |
Stargaze | free | yes | Ray Middleton | |
Starry | free | yes | ||
Starry Night | commercial | $34 – 149 | yes | Sienna Software |
StarScape | commercial | $70 | no | Zephyr Services |
StarStrider | shareware | $38 | yes | FMJ-Software |
Stella 2000 | shareware | $49 | yes | Swimming Elk Software |
Stellaris | shareware | $20 | yes | Nick Heyworth |
Stellarium | free | yes | Fabien Chereau | |
TheSky | commercial | $129 – 249 | no | Software Bisque |
Touring The Universe Through Binoculars Atlas | free | yes | Phil Harrington | |
Virtual Sky | shareware | $28 | yes | Astronomiesoftware Dings |
Where is M13? | free | yes | Think Astronomy | |
WinStars | free | yes | Franck Richard |
Product | Kind | Price | Demo | Author/Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Celestia | free | yes | Chris Laurel | |
Cartes du Ciel | free | yes | Patrick Chevalley | |
OpenUniverse | free | yes | Raœl Alonso | |
KStars | free | yes | Jason Harris | |
Night Vision | free | yes | Brian Simpson | |
Skymap | free | yes | Doug Mink | |
Stellarium | free | yes | Fabien Chereau | |
Where is M13? | free | yes | Think Astronomy | |
Xephem | free | source | Elwood Charles Downey | |
Xplns | free | yes | Osamu Ajiki | |
Xsky | free | yes | Terry R. Friedrichsen |
Product | Platform | Kind | Price | Demo | Author/Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Astromist | Palm, WinCE | Commercial | $16 | yes | Cyrille Thieullet |
Astronomy for the Palm OS | Palm | Shareware | $10 | yes | Hans Anger |
AstroHTML | WinCE | commercial | ? | ? | SanSoft |
Astro Info | Palm | free | Peter Enzerink | ||
Google Sky Map | Android | free | |||
HPlanetarium | HP | free | Khanh-Dang Nguyen Thu-Lam | ||
Personal Sky Chart | Zaurus | commercial | $30 | yes | Clear Sky Institute |
Planetarium for PalmPilot | Palm | Shareware | $24 | yes | Andreas Hofer |
Planisphere | Palm | Shareware | $10 | yes | Ivan Baciga |
PleiadAtlas | Palm | Shareware | $10 | yes | Brian Tung |
Pocket Deepsky 2000 | WinCE | commercial | $20 | no | Steven S. Tuma |
Pocket StarCalc | WinCE | commercial | $30 | yes | RELEX Design Studio |
Pocket Stars | WinCE | commercial | $15 | yes | Nomad Electronics |
Pocket Universe | WinCE | commercial | $30 | yes | Sticky Software |
Solun | Psion | free | David Rushall | ||
SkyVoyager | iPhone | commercial | $15 | no | Carina Software |
Star Map | iPhone | commercial | $12 | no | Frédéric Descamps |
Star Pilot | Palm | commercial | $30 | yes | Chris DiPierro |
StarTrak | Psion | free | Steve Jones | ||
TheSky | WinCE | commercial | $49 | no | Software Bisque |
VITO AstroNavigator | PocketPC | commercial | $25 | yes | Eugene Pikalov |
2sky | Palm | commercial | $30 | yes | Kevin S. Polk |
Product | Kind | Price | Demo | Author/Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Night Vision | Night Vision | free | yes | Brian Simpson |
SkyGate | commercial | $59 | yes | AstroGrafx |
The COSMOS | commercial | $49 | no | MENSYS |
Note: prices are in US dollars exclusive of shipping/handling charges and rounded to the nearest dollar (and probably out of date).
Java
- Java star chart program by Akkana Peck
- Planet Finder, a Java applet
- The Planets Explorer, our solar system in Java3D
Sky Survey
The ultimate planetarium is the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey, a set of images covering the entire sky taken with professional telescopes. The printed version is extremely expensive but it has now been digitized and is available in 10x compressed form on the Web from STScI and NASA and in 100x compressed form on 10 CDROMs from ASP. The CDROM version can be accessed from TheSky and several others; the online version can be accessed from Starry Night and a few others.
Web-based Planetariums
- WikiSky aka Sky-Map.org
- Heavens Above, concentrates on satellites
- SkyView Cafe, very nice!
- Your Sky, an online planetarium from John Walker
- StarMap from Mt. Wilson
- Skymaps.com, Free, high quality sky maps each month in PDF format
- MyStarsLive, an online version of MyStars
- Horizons, an ephemeris generator from JPL (best accuracy)
- Solar System Simulator from JPL
Other Computer Software
- source code for many astronomical algorithms
- Astronomical Computer Software, a list at AstroNet
- Dan Bruton's astro software list
- software from Sky Publishing
- Zephrys Services, reseller of astro software for Windows
- AstroGrav Astronomy Software, gravity simulation software for Mac and Windows
- AstroTips, a list of free astro software
- Orrery for RiscOS
- Visual Ephemeris for Uranian Moons by Dennis W. Tracy
- Silicon Spaceships, programs for accessing NASA image data
- Newton's Aquarium, learn about gravity
- PicoSky, a planetarium program for some cell phones.
- PP3, produces printed charts
Data
- Comet orbital elements for many of the above programs
- ECU User Object Files by Michael Cook
- Solscape, real time solar images & data, very nice; OS X
Misc
- MICA, high-precision astronomical data in tabular form
- ICE, an earlier, free version of MICA
- MAXCLOCK, time info (Windows only)
- 3D Starchart for BeOS
- Meridian, a planetarium program specializing in planets
- Astronomical Software & Documentation Service from STScI
- Scientific Astronomer, a Mathematica application
- Approximate astronomical positions, source code
- another list of PalmOS astronomy software
- Emerald Chronometer for the iPhone
- Emerald Observatory for the iPad
by U.S. Naval Observatory, 124+ Page Hardbound Manual,
Includes CD-ROM with PC (Windows) Software,
$29.95
MICA does not support Mac 64-bit operating systems, see notice below.
About MICA, The Multiyear Interactive Computer Almanac 1800-2050
The Multiyear Interactive Computer Almanac (MICA Version 2.2.2 ) is a software system that runs on modern versions of Windows computers created by the U.S. Naval Observatory's Astronomical Applications Department, especially for astronomers, surveyors, meteorologists, navigators and others who regularly need accurate information on the positions, motions, and phenomena of celestial objects. MICA produces high-precision astronomical data in tabular form, tailored for the times and locations specified by the user. Unlike traditional almanacs, MICA computes these data in real time, eliminating the need for table look-ups and additional hand calculations. MICA tables can be saved as standard text files, enabling their use in other applications. Several important new features have been added to this edition of MICA, including: extended date coverage from 1800 to 2050; a redesigned user interface; a graphical sky map; a phenomena calculator (eclipses, transits, equinoxes, solstices, conjunctions, oppositions, elongations), ephemerides of Jupiter's Galilean satellites and selected asteroids; the JPL DE405 lunar and planetary ephemerides; and updated catalogs of celestial objects, including a new astrometric catalog containing about 230,000 stars.
Notice Regarding the Mac Edition of MICA
July 2018
Apple has announced that 'all future Mac software will eventually be required to be 64-bit' (see https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208436). More specifically, Apple announced at its 2018 Worldwide Developers Conference that macOS 10.14 Mojave will be the last version of macOS to support 32-bit applications. MICA for Macintosh is a 32-bit application. USNO regrets that it will not be producing a 64-bit version of MICA for Macintosh, and thus will cease development work on the product effective immediately. MICA for Mac 2.2.2 stands as the final version of the product. MICA runs successfully on macOS versions through 10.13, although a workaround procedure (here) is required for installing the product under the most recent versions of macOS. USNO will continue to provide technical support for MICA for Mac running on Intel-based Macs and macOS versions through 10.13. Potential buyers of MICA should take this into account before purchasing the product.
MICA for Windows will continue to be developed and supported. Mac users may be able to run MICA for Windows in Boot Camp or within a Windows virtual machine, although this has not been fully tested in all virtual environments.
- Java star chart program by Akkana Peck
- Planet Finder, a Java applet
- The Planets Explorer, our solar system in Java3D
Sky Survey
The ultimate planetarium is the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey, a set of images covering the entire sky taken with professional telescopes. The printed version is extremely expensive but it has now been digitized and is available in 10x compressed form on the Web from STScI and NASA and in 100x compressed form on 10 CDROMs from ASP. The CDROM version can be accessed from TheSky and several others; the online version can be accessed from Starry Night and a few others.
Web-based Planetariums
- WikiSky aka Sky-Map.org
- Heavens Above, concentrates on satellites
- SkyView Cafe, very nice!
- Your Sky, an online planetarium from John Walker
- StarMap from Mt. Wilson
- Skymaps.com, Free, high quality sky maps each month in PDF format
- MyStarsLive, an online version of MyStars
- Horizons, an ephemeris generator from JPL (best accuracy)
- Solar System Simulator from JPL
Other Computer Software
- source code for many astronomical algorithms
- Astronomical Computer Software, a list at AstroNet
- Dan Bruton's astro software list
- software from Sky Publishing
- Zephrys Services, reseller of astro software for Windows
- AstroGrav Astronomy Software, gravity simulation software for Mac and Windows
- AstroTips, a list of free astro software
- Orrery for RiscOS
- Visual Ephemeris for Uranian Moons by Dennis W. Tracy
- Silicon Spaceships, programs for accessing NASA image data
- Newton's Aquarium, learn about gravity
- PicoSky, a planetarium program for some cell phones.
- PP3, produces printed charts
Data
- Comet orbital elements for many of the above programs
- ECU User Object Files by Michael Cook
- Solscape, real time solar images & data, very nice; OS X
Misc
- MICA, high-precision astronomical data in tabular form
- ICE, an earlier, free version of MICA
- MAXCLOCK, time info (Windows only)
- 3D Starchart for BeOS
- Meridian, a planetarium program specializing in planets
- Astronomical Software & Documentation Service from STScI
- Scientific Astronomer, a Mathematica application
- Approximate astronomical positions, source code
- another list of PalmOS astronomy software
- Emerald Chronometer for the iPhone
- Emerald Observatory for the iPad
by U.S. Naval Observatory, 124+ Page Hardbound Manual,
Includes CD-ROM with PC (Windows) Software,
$29.95
MICA does not support Mac 64-bit operating systems, see notice below.
About MICA, The Multiyear Interactive Computer Almanac 1800-2050
The Multiyear Interactive Computer Almanac (MICA Version 2.2.2 ) is a software system that runs on modern versions of Windows computers created by the U.S. Naval Observatory's Astronomical Applications Department, especially for astronomers, surveyors, meteorologists, navigators and others who regularly need accurate information on the positions, motions, and phenomena of celestial objects. MICA produces high-precision astronomical data in tabular form, tailored for the times and locations specified by the user. Unlike traditional almanacs, MICA computes these data in real time, eliminating the need for table look-ups and additional hand calculations. MICA tables can be saved as standard text files, enabling their use in other applications. Several important new features have been added to this edition of MICA, including: extended date coverage from 1800 to 2050; a redesigned user interface; a graphical sky map; a phenomena calculator (eclipses, transits, equinoxes, solstices, conjunctions, oppositions, elongations), ephemerides of Jupiter's Galilean satellites and selected asteroids; the JPL DE405 lunar and planetary ephemerides; and updated catalogs of celestial objects, including a new astrometric catalog containing about 230,000 stars.
Notice Regarding the Mac Edition of MICA
July 2018
Apple has announced that 'all future Mac software will eventually be required to be 64-bit' (see https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208436). More specifically, Apple announced at its 2018 Worldwide Developers Conference that macOS 10.14 Mojave will be the last version of macOS to support 32-bit applications. MICA for Macintosh is a 32-bit application. USNO regrets that it will not be producing a 64-bit version of MICA for Macintosh, and thus will cease development work on the product effective immediately. MICA for Mac 2.2.2 stands as the final version of the product. MICA runs successfully on macOS versions through 10.13, although a workaround procedure (here) is required for installing the product under the most recent versions of macOS. USNO will continue to provide technical support for MICA for Mac running on Intel-based Macs and macOS versions through 10.13. Potential buyers of MICA should take this into account before purchasing the product.
MICA for Windows will continue to be developed and supported. Mac users may be able to run MICA for Windows in Boot Camp or within a Windows virtual machine, although this has not been fully tested in all virtual environments.
Owners of Version 2.0 can find the latest updates here.
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MICA performs the following types of computations—Click on underlined text for more info:
- Precise positions for the Sun, Moon, major planets, selected asteroids, selected bright stars, and star-like cataloged objects (e.g. stars, quasars, galaxies, etc.) using external catalogs provided with the program. Ten different position types are available. Output is in the form of ASCII tables and the accuracy varies by calculation.
- Various astronomical time and reference system quantities (e.g. sidereal time, nutation and obliquity, equation of the equinoxes, calendar/Julian date conversions, and Delta T).
- Twilight, rise, set, and transit times for major solar system bodies, selected bright stars, selected asteroids and cataloged objects.
- Physical ephemerides useful for making observations of the Sun, Moon, and major planets. Both illumination and rotation parameters are available.
- Low-precision topocentric data describing the configuration of the Sun, Moon, major planets, and selected asteroids at specified times and locations. MICA Version 2.0 also includes a sky map option as an aid in locating the objects.
- Solar and lunar eclipse and transits of Mercury and Venus visibility information.
- Positions of Jupiter's Galilean satellites, and offsets of the satellites from Jupiter.
- Dates and circumstances of various astronomical phenomena (solstices and equinoxes, Moon phases, conjunctions, oppositions, and greatest elongations of Mercury and Venus). A phenomena search feature is also available which generates a table similar to the ‘Diary of Phenomena' tables contained in section A of The Astronomical Almanac.
Computer System Information
MICA Version 2.0 has been designed for modern computers running the Microsoft Windows® and Apple Macintosh® computer running Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher. MICA no longer operates under the Classic (OS 9) Environment. The distribution CD-ROM contains both the PC and Mac editions of MICA.
Minimum System Requirements:
- PC-compatible 200 MHz Pentium or higher
- Windows® XP, Vista, 7, 8 or 10 operating system
- Internet Explorer version 4.0 (5.0 recommended)
- 64 MB of RAM
- 135 MB of hard disk space (1 MB on the C: drive)
- CD-ROM drive for installation
- VGA or higher-resolution monitor (with screen area set to at least 640 x 480 pixels and 256 colors)