07.12.2008.
Distant Suns v1.0.1
In 1987 Distant Suns first put the universe on your desktop. In 2008 it puts the universe in your shirt pocket. First released for the Commodore Amiga, Distant Suns is one of most venerable software titles around.
Sporting a database of thousands of stars, nebula and galaxies, Distant Suns has earned the reputation of both having one of the most realistic displays of the night sky, while being one of the easiest to use astronomy programs available for the most casual sky watcher and serious telescope jockey alike.
Features include:
Thousands of pinpoint stars scintillating like diamond dust in the palm of your hand
Realistic ghostly band of the Milky Way
All 88 constellations with articles on their mythology
The Messier catalog of galaxies, nebula and star clusters
Dozens of photos from the Hubble Space Telescope
All 9 planets (yes, we feel that little Pluto got a bad rap so in the Distant Suns universe it is still a planet)
Sun and Moon
GPS aware
Red interface to preserve your night vision
What's Up? Gives a quick one snapshot overview of where all of the important stuff is
Landscape panoramas from observatories to ancient Greek ruins
Easy one-handed operation
The Universe just got, well...uh..."smaller."
(Thanx to tuanha)
Download here (7.16MB)
