{"id":368,"date":"2017-10-09T14:39:46","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T14:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/?page_id=368"},"modified":"2021-05-02T14:43:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T14:43:08","slug":"astronomers_resources_free_software","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/astronomers_resources_free_software\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Select tab below for related software or resource<\/h2>\n<div class=\"su-tabs su-tabs-style-default su-tabs-mobile-stack LBFranklin\" data-active=\"1\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-tabs-nav\"><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Stellarium<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Registax<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Polar Finder by Dr Jason Dale<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Mood Phase Connection<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Messier<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">MetCheck<\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-tabs-panes\"><div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"Stellarium\"><div class=\"su-box su-box-style-bubbles\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-radius:5px;max-width:none\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px\">Stellarium<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px\">\n<div id=\"attachment_2043\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2043\" class=\"Rounded-Corner wp-image-2043 size-full\" style=\"border-radius: 5%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ministellarium.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planetarium for your Computer<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"MainBody\">Stellarium &#8211; Amazing Planetarium Software &#8211; ABSOLUTELY FREE<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>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. Don&#8217;t be fooled by it being free &#8211; this software is amazing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stellarium.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click HERE to go to the Stellarium site for a FREE download<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"Registax\"><div class=\"su-box su-box-style-bubbles\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-radius:5px;max-width:none\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px\">Registax<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px\">\n<div id=\"attachment_2048\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2048\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2048\" style=\"border-radius: 5%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miniregistax.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Stacking Software<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Free Image Processing Software<\/h3>\n<p>A complete image processing solution absolutely free. You can preview the product and download it absolutely<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.astronomie.be\/registax\/index.html\">FREE CLICK HERE<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"Polar Finder by Dr Jason Dale\"><div class=\"su-box su-box-style-bubbles\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-radius:5px;max-width:none\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px\">Polar Finder by Dr Jason Dale<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px\">\n<h3>Polar Finder<\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#8d2222;border-radius:20px;-moz-border-radius:20px;-webkit-border-radius:20px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#a73c3c;border-color:#ffffff;color:#ffffff;border-radius:20px;-moz-border-radius:20px;-webkit-border-radius:20px;\">Note: The original website for the Polar Finder went offline. We took a backup of it at the time and this is a copy of that site. We do not own the copyright or software and is provided as is as a public domain resource.<\/div><\/div>\n<table class=\"main_body_columbs\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"center_columb\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2067 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/polar_finderscope.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/polar_finderscope.jpeg 257w, https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/polar_finderscope-252x300.jpeg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"center_columb\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><strong>Free Polar Alignment Software<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Polar FinderScope<br \/>\nby<br \/>\nDr. Jason Dale<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/private\/thumbs\/polar204.zip\">DOWNLOAD NOW!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"center_columb\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2068 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/polar_finderscope_2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/polar_finderscope_2.jpeg 257w, https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/polar_finderscope_2-252x300.jpeg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"right_columb\" rowspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"center_columb\" colspan=\"3\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zsm33N-wxwQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is a great utility that will help you with your Polar Alignment on your Equatorial Mount.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/private\/thumbs\/polar204.zip\">Small download (polar204.zip) only 49K.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zip File Contains three files:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>reticule.bmp<\/li>\n<li>PolarFinder.exe<\/li>\n<li>README_POLARFINDER.txt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Simply create a folder named &#8220;Polar FinderScope&#8221; and unzip the three files.<br \/>\nCreate a ShortCut for the &#8220;PolarFinder.exe&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Start the Application, by default you will see four hours of reticules.<br \/>\n<strong>You Need to &#8220;Set Viewer Longitude&#8221; by Clicking the &#8220;World Icon&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2069 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/polar_finderscope_3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/polar_finderscope_3.jpeg 564w, https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/polar_finderscope_3-233x300.jpeg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Your Done!<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/private\/thumbs\/polar204.zip\">Click Here to Download (polar204.zip)!<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>README_POLARFINDER.txt:<\/strong><br \/>\nPOLARFINDER V2.04 By Dr.Jason Dale<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/electra.psychol.ucl.ac.uk\/jason\/astro (Broken Link)<br \/>\nemail: j.dale@ucl.ac.uk (Invalid Email Address)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n&#8211; Who is it for?<\/p>\n<p>If you own a decent telescope, an R.A tracking equatorial mount and a polar finder scope then this program is for you!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n&#8211; What does it do?<\/p>\n<p>The position of Polaris (the Pole Star) is approx 1degree from the true North Celestial Pole (NCP). If you own a telescope with an equatorial mount, you will probably have a polar finder scope to help you align with the NCP. To get really accurate NCP alignment this program will show you where to put polaris in your sights to be correctly aligned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\n&#8211; What features does it have?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Generates 1,4, or 6 charts to span your observing session.<br \/>\n&#8211; Print and Print preview.<br \/>\n&#8211; Export as Bitmap<br \/>\n&#8211; Copy to Clipboard (for easy copy into Word, PSP etc)<br \/>\n&#8211; Works for anywhere in Northern Hemisphere (Southern hemisphere coming eventually)<br \/>\n&#8211; Updates in real time when `Use system time` option selected<br \/>\n&#8211; Reverses view to show what you would see through a telescope<br \/>\n&#8211; As easy to use as falling off a log.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\n&#8211; What PC spec do I need.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; OS:Tested on Windows 98 and NT4.0 and W2K (Works on XP and Vista too!)<br \/>\n&#8211; Memory requirements: Under 100Kb.<br \/>\n&#8211; CPU requirements: Virtually zero. Runs in background.<br \/>\n&#8211; GFX:The graphics should work on any machine from 256colours to 32bit colour.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n&#8211; Files<\/p>\n<p>You will need the Reticule.bmp files to run properly.<br \/>\nFeel free to edit the reticule bitmap, but dont change its dimensions or the center of the reticule.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n&#8211; Known Bugs<\/p>\n<p>1. Printing can be in mono on some printers. I am Looking into it.<br \/>\n2. You cant see the bottom two charts when generating 6 charts. They will come out in the printed version.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"Mood Phase Connection\"><div class=\"su-box su-box-style-bubbles\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-radius:5px;max-width:none\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px\">Moon Phase Connection<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moonconnection.com\" target=\"mc_moon_ph\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moonmodule.com\/cs\/dm\/hn.gif\" rel='prettyPhoto' alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"136\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 128px;\">\n<div style=\"position: absolute; top: -20px; left: 6px; background: #000000; width: 116px; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/\/ end moon phase HTML \/\/ --><\/p>\n<h3>Moon Phase Connection<\/h3>\n<p>A great website with lots of free downloads for moon phases and lots of information on our nearest neighbor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moonconnection.com\/\">FREE CLICK HERE<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"Messier\"><div class=\"su-box su-box-style-bubbles\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-radius:5px;max-width:none\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px\">Messier<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px\">\n<div id=\"attachment_2076\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2076\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2076\" src=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/minimessier.jpeg\" alt=\"Messier Catalogue\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Messier Catalogue<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>The Messier Catalogue<\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #494949; font-family: 'Libre Franklin'; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal;\">Complete listing of all &#8216;M&#8217; objects showing locations plus information and photographs.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/skycenter.arizona.edu\/content\/image-gallery\">FREE CLICK HERE<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"MetCheck\"><div class=\"su-box su-box-style-bubbles\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-radius:5px;max-width:none\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px\">MetCheck<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2079\" src=\"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/minimetcheck.jpeg\" alt=\"MetCheck\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>MetCheck<\/h3>\n<p>Check out the weather for your observing site<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metcheck.com\/\">FREE CLICK HERE<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Select tab below for related software or resource<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-368","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2081,"href":"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/368\/revisions\/2081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astro-baby.com\/astrobaby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}