Guest guest Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 --- In , " sidereally_occultated_0059 " <sidereally_occultated_0059> wrote: > adam, > i'm very curious as to what astronomy (not astrology) program you're > using and what it enables you to do. for instance, does it list > planets' positions in equatorial coordinates declination and right > ascension? does it convert RA from hours and minutes to degrees for > you? what, in general, are it's capabilities? thanks. > -paola Hey Paola, I'm using just a simple program called Planetarium Gold. Its just a simple thing. I just clicked on Mars and it said 22h22m and -16.6degrees Looks like its in the Aquarius constellation. Don't know much about the terms you mentioned. I can search for certain stars planets, comets, asteroids, and change the date/time into future or past. I can project the equatorial line and the eccliptic line. I just use it for fun and starwatching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 adam, thanks. i might check out the planetarium gold soon. looks like it'd be a nice tool to have. i'd like to have access to the astronomical coordinates for bodies. for now i downloaded a shareware prog that offers a couple neat visual things. thanks again, -p , " Adam B " <fulywob@n...> wrote: > --- In > , " sidereally_occultated_0059 " > <sidereally_occultated_0059> wrote: > > adam, > > i'm very curious as to what astronomy (not astrology) program > you're > > using and what it enables you to do. for instance, does it list > > planets' positions in equatorial coordinates declination and right > > ascension? does it convert RA from hours and minutes to degrees for > > you? what, in general, are it's capabilities? thanks. > > -paola > > Hey Paola, I'm using just a simple program called Planetarium Gold. > Its just a simple thing. I just clicked on Mars and it said 22h22m > and -16.6degrees Looks like its in the Aquarius constellation. Don't > know much about the terms you mentioned. I can search for certain > stars planets, comets, asteroids, and change the date/time into > future or past. I can project the equatorial line and the eccliptic > line. I just use it for fun and starwatching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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