System from the outside in), satellite and asteroid tracking, and links toĮxternal databases amongst a plethora of other items. Window, orrery (I had no idea what this was – it is a view of the solar The program is feature rich and includes a sky map, telescope window, horizon For the true modern day Luddite there is sadly no Version 2 is still available for those who yearnįor the simple life. Only to cope with the vagaries of the various incarnations of Windows. The version upgrades seem to have been written Well thought out that it actually has stood the test of time (well, software Or so years – the original program was so No changes to the program, features or cosmetics, in the intervening nine To cut a long story short, I learnt a considerable amount about astronomyĪnd the night sky from Home Planet and its comprehensive help files. On dodgy analog phone lines) I thought I’d hit the motherlode. I’d downloaded Home Planet (a lengthy affair on my 14,400 baud modem Internet and found it a great resource for learning about astronomy. Then, 1994 I think, I had just got connected to the I stumbled upon Home Planet when it was in version 2 and we were all left-clickingĪway in Windows 3.1. John Walker founded Autodesk and co-authored Autocad - visit his websiteįor the full story if you are interested. Software, musings, science fiction, science fact and other stuff that defies A disclaimer is moot here as the software under review is freeware.Īt where it is almost hidden in an eclectic wealth of
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