Good day all! I served in the military as an Artillery Ballistic Meteorologist and that's where my interest in weather and outer space truly began. Now that I'm married with a stepson, he's taken an interest in some of the sciences as well which I'm absolutely excited about! Unfortunately, we can't afford a high end telescope at the moment, but it's no big deal because I came across a really awesome downloadable program that covers some really awesome aspect of space exploration! My sister-in-law is an intermediate school teacher and began using it to assist her in her classroom. I just thought I'd share it with everyone, because this has helped me spread a love for space! It's called 3D Astronomer, and we're loving it! You can download it direct or get it on disc. I did the download. Thanks, and safe travels explorers!

http://aa319xy330c-7y4qv4fcx7-l9g.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=002

 

There are quite a few free 3D astronomy programs around - why pay for one?

(especially when the link goes through a URL known to be dodgy.)

Edited August 14, 20178 yr by Manticore

I don't know of any free ones unfortunately. :/ Do you have any links to them? Thank you!

http://www.stellarium.org/

https://celestiaproject.net/

https://edu.kde.org/kstars/

http://openuniverse.sourceforge.net/

http://www.winstars.net/english/index.html

The last two I have not tried.

You are outstanding! Thank you so very much!

Probably best forget "OpenUniverse" - it's only available as source code, has not been updated for a long time and needs a fair amount of hacking to get it to compile.

Even a pretty cheap pair of binoculars can give you some amazing views of the sky. Especially if you're somewhere dark. Definitely worth trying!

I remember doing that as a kid on the ranch! I just liked that program because it's easily navigable. I'm definitely going to be trying some of the free ones, and trying to get out to the ranch sometime soon!