[PLUG-TALK] Where's Venus?

Paul Mullen pm at nellump.net
Mon Apr 23 23:58:11 UTC 2018


On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 03:51:33PM -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> Is there a simple web or desktop app that uses clock
> time and GPS location to identify the brighter objects
> in the night (or daytime) sky?  Extra bonus points for
> a skyview app that includes the realtime positions of
> satellites computed from their orbital elements, and
> aircraft from realtime flight tracking information.

Stellarium does all of the above.

    Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer.
    It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the
    naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.

http://stellarium.org/


-- 
Paul Mullen



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