This program calculates the Ecliptical, Equatorial and Horizontal positions and
Rise & Set times and positions of the Sun, Moon, Planets,  Comets and up to 700
Pre-Defined  Objects of your choise,  Dates & Times of Lunar Phases and Eclipse
probabilities,  Equinoxes & Solstices,  Julian Date,  Local Siderial time, etc.
for any date and location in REAL TIME. This is very handy to use at your Tele-
scope with a Laptop or have your monitor peeping through a window close to your
observing site when you have an Alt/Az mounted telescope with setting circles.
Have you ever tried spotting bright stars and Planets in daytime? An ideal tool

RA/DEC <--> ALT/AZM   and   Julian date <--> Calender date   cross-conversions.

Graphic  display  of Orbits and current positions of Planets,  calculate  their
distances from the Sun and the Earth,  as well as their Phases,  Diameters  and
Magnitudes.

All functions can be done in either Real Time or for any Time & Date you want.

Based on original program by Larry Puhl of Sleepy Hollow.


Willie Koorts           http://www.saao.ac.za/~wpk/           wpk@saao.ac.za