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Telescope microchip could aid quantum research
News A research collaboration between Australia's La Trobe University's Centre for Technology Infusion, Peregrine Semiconductor Australia and the CSIRO's Australia Telescope National Facility have come up with a new chip design they hope will be...
[January 9, 2008, 9:15]
Telescope Simulator
Downloads Telescope Simulator features an easy interface and displays astronomical objects as they may appear with a real telescope. Telescope Simulator is designed for beginner and amateur astronomers who want to better understand how the dynamics of...
[May 31, 2003, 7:56]
WorldWide Telescope
Downloads The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless...
[January 19, 2009, 8:29]
Hubble Telescope II Screen Saver
Downloads Hubble Telescope II Screen Saver displays spectacular and breathtaking images of stars, nebulae, and planets taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
[August 3, 2000, 8:00]
WorldWide Telescope puts the universe on your PC
News Microsoft has released a free public beta of its WorldWide Telescope, which is software that lets both amateur and professional stargazers explore the universe from their PCs. The WorldWide Telescope is a rich web application that accesses high...
[May 20, 2008, 12:54]
Hubble Space Telescope Screen Saver
Downloads This screensaver presents images sent to Earth from the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope is able to capture images of deep outer space that were not possible before this satellite was launched into orbit.
[August 14, 2002, 5:46]
WorldWide Telescope finds intelligent life at Microsoft
News Explore the cosmos with Microsoft Research's WorldWide Telescope, which integrates an impressive range of data sources in an attractive and well-connected interface.
[May 15, 2008, 9:47]
WorldWide Telescope
Talkback The sad news is that it is OS specific, you have to have .net 2.0 installed, and using XP or VISTA. Not really surprised since Microsoft doesn't do a lot of cross platform programming.
[May 22, 2008, 11:28]
Microsoft launches space tours on the web
News Microsoft on Monday launched its WorldWide Telescope, a free web-based program that allows web surfers to explore galaxies, star systems and distant planets. The program, which was developed by Microsoft's research arm, marries together images from...
[May 13, 2008, 13:29]
ScopeDriver X
Downloads ScopeDriver is an enhanced software interface for your astronomical telescope. It allows you to connect a Macintosh to an Autostar, LX-200, Losmandy Gemini, or compatible telescope.This program expands the capabilities of your instrument -- adding...
[May 7, 2009, 5:23]
ScopeDriver X
Downloads ScopeDriver allows you to control a Meade Autostar or LX200 astronomical telescope with your PC or Mac. Slimmed documentation by combining the various cable PDF files into a single 'Connecting a Telescope' PDF file.
[May 20, 2004, 18:24]
MacRonchi
Downloads MacRonchi 2.0 is a free Cocoa application that is useful for Amateur Telescope Makers (ATMs) that are in the process of making a telescope mirror. It shows what the reflection of a ronchi grating should look like at certain distances from the...
[June 18, 2001, 8:00]
IBM sews up second Blue Gene deal
News IBM will install a second Blue Gene/L supercomputer as part of a radio telescope project in the Netherlands, the company plans to announce on Monday. The supercomputer will be used for a new radio telescope project called Lofar, short for low...
[February 23, 2004, 9:40]
ScopeDriver Classic
Downloads ScopeDriver is an enhanced software interface for your astronomical telescope. It allows you to connect a Macintosh to an Autostar, LX-200, Losmandy Gemini, or compatible telescope. This program expands the capabilities of your instrument -- adding...
[May 12, 2006, 8:00]
Astromist
Downloads If you strive to keep up with the cutting edge of digital astronomical technology, then your next step is to command your computer-controlled telescope, your GPS or your DSLR camera with Astromist. Equiping your telescope with a bluetooth adapter...
[September 2, 2006, 8:00]
Equinox
Downloads It has filters for organizing deep sky objects, many controls to adjust the sky display and a window that simulates a telescope's view. Build a tour, connect to your telescope and slew from object to object with voice commands while watching...
[October 12, 2009, 4:52]
Australian supercomputer reaches for the stars
News The cluster will be used for cosmological simulations as well as engineering simulations of the proposed Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope. The bulk of the hardware is located at Swinburne's Hawthorn campus in Melbourne, with the...
[September 3, 2002, 9:52]
E-learning project hooks school kids up to the stars
News The project will partner with the Faulkes Telescope Corporation which has telescopes at Maui, Hawaii and Siding Springs, Coonabarabran, NSW. These agents will determine the best telescope to use to fulfil a request and are able to rank requests in...
[May 17, 2002, 8:54]
SkyChart III
Downloads SkyChart III is also a telescope control program, supporting all of the leading computer-controlled telescopes available on the market today. SkyChart III lets you enjoy the benefits of computer-aided observing: see where the telescope is pointing...
[February 16, 2004, 7:00]
Funding crisis threatens SETI@home
News SETI@home chief scientist, University of California-based Dan Werthimer, has told SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) Australia chairman, Dr Frank Stootman, that all work on SETI@home II, which would see radio data recording equipment...
[October 15, 2002, 9:07]
