Software

Excerpt from StellaNavigator
StellaNavigator

StellaNavigator

On sale in Japan since October 2006, StellaNavigator Ver.8 is a fully featured astronomy simulation software which comes with exciting enhancements versus its precedessor. In your backyard or out in field, this powerful package is a highly reliable companion under the stars. Pick an object from the star chart and simply click on a button to slew your scope to it. Let kids and adults alike enjoy the narrated multimedia planetarium shows.

Equip yourself with a joystick or gamepad and take a flight through the Solar System en route to the planets all the way up to our neighborhood stars in the Milky Way. No need to be careful when maneuvering through the asteroid belt.

Learn anything about astronomy from a huge encyclopedia. Prepare your astronomy lectures with data, print outs, screen snaps, audio, and more.

StellaNavigator Ver.8 will inspire you to explore the final frontier in the armchair or at the scope. You won't want to miss it your first night out with it.

Japanese Version only


StellaImage

StellaImage

StellaImage is a software specifically tailored for the processing of astronomical raw images with numerous powerful functions. Many image file formats, including those of the CCD camera vendors are fully supported.

Japanese Version only

EclipseNavigator

EclipseNavigator

The "Eclipse Navigator" accurately simulates all instances of a solar eclipse. It is therefore useful for the selection of an observation site, while it will compute the location from which the diamond ring can be observed.

Japanese Version only


OrbitViewer

OrbitViewer

A free Java applet which simulates the orbits of asteroids and comets when embedded in a web page or stand alone using the Java applet viewer. Further reading...

xplns
linux

Xplns

A free sky simulator featuring high computation accuracy for PC-UNIX. Further reading...