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Stellarium
Posted by: Kerosene on: October 2, 2009
Lovely open source planetarium software. Get it here.
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. It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go.
www.stellarium.org
Celestron FirstScope
Posted by: Kerosene on: September 23, 2009
I soooo want to buy one of these. But after hours of research, I’m not going to. They’re currently priced at around AUD $120 (delivered), which makes them nearly half the the price of a ‘real’ Dobsonian scope. They are incredibly cute though…
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