Dave Feldstein wrote:

> The sky is about the best I have seen. It will also drive your Lx200. It
> also has many pictures and can also track satellites minor planets. For
> general planning I like NGCView32.
>
> Simon Ramirez wrote:
> >
> > My question posed to MAPUG concerns software that I can use to study
> > the sky with and plan observation sessions with non-astronomers. I have an
> > LX-200 telescopes, and I want to be able to show them the sky, but I also
> > want to use some software that can paint the sky with Messier objects, stars
> > and planets. By looking at a computer screen, they will be able to
> > visualize what is up there and what they will be looking at. I would also
> > like to rotate the earth so that they can see where these objects are as the
> > year progresses.
> > Does anyone have any opinions and/or reviews on astronomy software that
> > will help me do this?
> > Thanks.
> > -Simon Ramirez

I have just installed the most recent version of SKY, Version V. It is a
startlingly great improvement over the previous Sky program, which I also liked a
great deal.

I highly recommend it as a planetarium program and as a controller for the LX200.

Bisque have added many, many fine images of the principle objects in the universe
and many other new features.

Doc G <http://www.mailbag.com/users/ragreiner>

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