SkyORB is more than a simple star map, it's a collection of 6 tools including a 3D star map, 3D planetarium, ephemeris, search engine, sun clock and more. ...
... it makes the program very well-suited for astronomy education. Many of the most basic and interesting astronomical phenomena can only be seen over weeks, months, or even years, or by observing the sky from widely separated locations on the Earth. CyberSky lets you do this—it places the sky under your ...
StarStrider is a fully three-dimensional planetarium and 'software star ship'. You can visit not only the planets and moons of our solar system, but also hundreds of thousands of other stars. And you can view spectacular galaxies, cluster, nebulae and the milky way! Relativistic space-time effects such aberration and Doppler shift ...
... It could be used in schools and other education related entities for teaching purposes. Because the application is really very interesting, it is recommended also for the wider public. It is better than movies or books on Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, etc. It is not just a simple image ...