My "GeoAstro
Applet Collection" (JARS Top Rated)
The 18 Java applets display the position of sun
and moon on the horizon for any date, time and location. The times of
rise and setting, twilight, the declination, hour angle, the equation
of time and more data are computed.
My "Sun, Moon & Earth
Applet" (JARS Top Rated)
This interactive applet displays the positions of
sun and moon on the horizon for any date, time and location, and on an
interactive world map with day and night regions. The times of rise and
setting for, the declination, the Greenwich hour angle of sun and moon
and the equation of time are computed.
AstroViewer (Dirk Matussek)
ist ein Java-Applet, mit dem Sie sich einfach und schnell am
Sternenhimmel orientieren können (Sternenkarte mit Informationen
über die Objekte und Ansicht des Sonnensystems).
Deutsche Version und English Version
"SunClock" (M. Minow)
The SunClock applet displays the current time of
day, the phase of the moon, and a map of the world showing the sunrise
and sunset terminator. It also displays the times of twilight, sunrise
and sunset, as well as the age of the moon, the number of days since
the last new moon, and the times of moonrise and moonset.
Visible Sky Applet (Omar Reis)
This applet shows the visible sky, in the form of
a polar chart, with the sun, moon, 4 planets and 56 stars; simply enter
the city in the world you want to view, date and time.
Great
Circle
Studio's Solar Calculator
The Grok Solar Calculator is a CGI (Common
Gateway Interface) application that generates for a given location and
date, either a formatted HTML table of solar coordinates, a formatted
Text table of solar coordinates or a GIF image plot of solar altitude
vs. azimuth.
Sun Angle Calculator (Christopher Gronbeck )
This shareware Javascript program calculates
solar angles based on location, date, and time and
astronomical information .
The Planets (by Brendan DJ Murphy)
Accurately plots the positions of Jupiter's
Galilean Moons (with shadow transits & eclipses and Great Red
Spot). Also plots Saturn's rings with 8 moons and positions of other
planets.
Home
Planet (John Walker) Windows 95/98/Me,NT 4.0/2000/XP, an excellent
program !
Home Planet is a Microsoft Windows application
which calculates the position of the Earth, Sun, Moon, planets,
asteroids, comets, and Earth satellites with high accuracy and provides
the following capabilities: Map of the Earth, Sun/Moon information
panel, Planetary position panel, Sky map, Telescope display, Horizon
view, Orrery, Satellite tracking panel, View Earth from..., Satellite
database selection, Cuckoo clock, Animation.
Wolfgang
Stricklings Softwareecke (Freeware)
AstroWin: Berechnet Ephemeriden, Finsternisse,
Jupiter-und Saturnmondpositionen. z. T. mit grafischer Ausgabe.
und zahlreiche andere Programme !
Astronomic
Clock (Reinier Ott)
provides a host of data on the positions of the
Sun, Moon, and planets seen from anywhere on Earth. Information,
plotted on an altazimuth chart and accompanying tables, includes local
sunrise and sunset times, solar disk size, Earth-Sun distance, Moon
phases, equatorial coordinates, a planetary ephemeris, and an eclipse
locator.
Planet's Visibility (alcyone software, freeware)
This program (for Windows 95/98/ME) presents a
deceptively simple 3-color graph that tells, when a planet (or moon,
sun) is visible from your location.
XEarth for Mac (J. Lindvall)
XEarth for Mac displays shaded images of the
Earth. It is based on the UNIX version of XEarth by Kirk Lauritz
Johnson.
Time
Palette (Trygve Inda)
Time Palette is the perfect tool for
international business, world travel and geographic education. Version
3.0 uses a sleek, modern, drag-and-drop interface, making it easier
than ever to learn and use.
At a basic level, Time Palette enables you to accurately determine the
local time in a far away city. Time Palette not only tells you what
time it is around the globe, it vividly displays the areas of day,
twilight and night on a beautiful map of the world.
Time Palette 3.1 is released. The Mac shareware program, now in its
seventh year calculates the proper time for any location in the world.
Daylight Saving Time is handled correctly with an Atlas of 10,000
cities included. The software displays maps of the earth in 11
different projections showing the current areas of day, twilight &
night across the earth.
Hour
World
The HourWorldTM interactive world clock is a Macintosh product for
timing international phone calls, finding sun and moon information,
lighting, shadows, daylight saving time, and much more. Attractive and
functional, PSE products provide a wealth of information in
well-integrated, interactive graphical presentations. See the time and
lighting conditions anywhere in the world at a glance. Explore a
variety of locations and dates with simple mouse clicks, and use your
printer to create almanac pages for any month and location.
Montenbruck, Oliver / Pfleger, Thomas: Astronomy on the
Personal Computer. Springer Berlin
Download of Pascal source files of previous editions: http://www.springer.de/phys/books/astropc/
Montenbruck, Oliver: Grundlagen
der Ephemeridenrechnung, Eine Zusammenstellung der wichtigsten
Formeln und Daten zur Berechnung der Bahnen von Körpern im
Sonnensystem
Astro-Praxis. 6., aktualis. u. erw. Aufl. 2001. IX, 173. m. 43 graph.
Darst. 20,5 cm. Kartoniert.
Spektrum Akademischer Verlag; Sterne und Weltraum, ISBN: 3-8274-1311-7
Meeus, Jean: Astronomische Algorithmen, Aus d. Engl. v. Dill,
Verlag Barth, J, 2. durchges. Aufl. 1994, 460 S., 39 Abb. - 24 x 16 cm.
- 875. - Gebunden, ISBN 3-335-00400-0
Hoffmann, Kurt: Sterne, Mond und Sonne: Astronomie ohne
Fernroht;
Eva Hoffmann Verlag, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-932001-03-6.
"Eine leicht verständliche Himmelskunde
für Spaziergänger und Wanderer"
Schröder, Klaus-Peter: Astrofotografie für
Einsteiger;
Franck-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2000; ISBN 3-440-08439-6.
"Bereits mit einer gewöhnlichen Kamera
gelingen Ihnen die ersten Himmelsaufnahmen..."
Lacroux, Jean; Legrand, Christian: Der Kosmos Mondführer.
Mondbeobachtung für Einsteiger;
Franck-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2000; ISBN:
3-440-08447-7.
U. S.
Naval Observatory: Astronomical Data Online:
Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise, Moonset, and Twilight
Moon Illumination - Eclipses, Positions of the Sun and Moon,
Data for Major Solar System Bodies and Bright Stars - Dates -
Miscellaneous
MWO Online Star Map - creates customized PostScript
star charts for your location and a date/time of your choosing. A
service of the Mount Wilson Observatory.
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