StarFinder is a small, FREE, planisphere program (Windows 9X/ME/NT/2000) for the beginning stargazer. It displays a whole-sky map of the stars, planets, Moon, Sun, and some deep sky objects for any date/time and lattitude. Explore how the sky changes from hour-to-hour or month-to-month. Looking for a constellation? Select it from a pop-up menu of all the constellations and adjust the time (and possibly latitude) of the map until the constellation's outline shows up. Print maps for your outdoor viewing. For more information, browse the online User's Guide.
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StarFinder is easy to get, easy to install, easy to use, and easy to remove. It requires downloading a small (300Kb) compressed file (.zip) as well as software to open this type of file. Again, for more information, browse the online User's Guide. Some sites with free software for opening .zip files are listed below.
Note that the User's Guide is not yet complete.
Don't have software to uncompress a .zip file? Some suggestions:
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