Ok, so there were my kids paying around with knoppix when they ran
across 'kstars'. In-computer planetarium. It's right cool. Being
more gnomey than kdey, I hadn't been to the other side. It certainly
resolves one problem I had with looking at 'stars' when I was a kid.
"Mom look! A star!" "Which one?" "I dunno, but it's IN THE
TELESCOPE." "How nice, dear."
Of course telescopic star gazing still suffers from "that's just a spec
of light" even when it's a planet in the telescope. Particularly
after I think "I've got a planetarium program now that shows specs of
light, information about them, and is inside."
:-)
Anyway, if you want to relive childhood memories or assist your kids
with accurately naming stars/constellations/panets, check out kstars.
Available in a package format of your choice.
David
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