The following is a list of
recommended software, these are mainly planetarium programs,
they can show you the night sky at any time from any place.
Starrynight
(not free),
good highly detailed and featured planetarium software, can travel to
other planets and stars. Easy to use and efficient interface.
Stellarium
www.stellarium.org/
(free), Good
general planetarium software, looks very good and crisp, might not have
every catalogue you might need.
Celestia
(free),
Planetarium software that also incorporates scripting and customization,
can travel to other planets and stars, highly customisable.
Virtual Moon Map Pro
(free), thee best lunar map program around, incorporates several lunar
map surveys.
The Sky
(not free),
Professional grade planetarium software aimed at observatories
Sky Map Pro
(not free)
highly detailed planetarium program, its graphics dont look as clean as
other program, but it still does a good job.
Skyhound www.skyhound.com/sh/comets/html
Gives a summary of visible comets
and a finder chart
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