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15-09-2011, 09:44 PM
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| | | easy to understand starmaps (for me and 9 year old daughter to use)
Hello
During the summer a relative give my daughter a telescope (one of the cheapish table standing ones for kids) and I am keen to get her using it now that darkness is coming in early enough.
I am after a good easy to understand star map for both of use to use (on a website or not). I can find the north star but that is about it  |
15-09-2011, 09:48 PM
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| | | Re: easy to understand starmaps (for me and 9 year old daughter to use)
There is a program called Stellarium that is quite powerful and free. I have used it in the past and sometimes set the thing to flow through time, put it on a big screen and turned the lights off. Lot of fun.
Just search for that name.
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15-09-2011, 09:59 PM
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| | | Re: easy to understand starmaps (for me and 9 year old daughter to use)
Cheers
Will look into that can't do any astronomy till next week - on nights till Monday morning
Edit
Rother Valley Optics is just down the road from me (forgot they do telescopes etc even though I got my bins etc from them!)
Going to look at these books as they seem a good price http://www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/...g_t48_u22.html
Any comments on how good they are ?
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15-09-2011, 11:09 PM
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| | | Re: easy to understand starmaps (for me and 9 year old daughter to use)
SkyMap is another excellent PC based charting system SkyMap Software Home Page
worth a look
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16-09-2011, 07:58 AM
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| | | Re: easy to understand starmaps (for me and 9 year old daughter to use)
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Originally Posted by Meta menardi  There is a program called Stellarium that is quite powerful and free. I have used it in the past and sometimes set the thing to flow through time, put it on a big screen and turned the lights off. Lot of fun.
Just search for that name. | I came across Stellarium from a recommendation on WAB and agree with Meta menardi. It is an excellent free resource and I find it useful to put a name to those pesky planets when they hove into view. |
16-09-2011, 08:21 AM
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| | | Re: easy to understand starmaps (for me and 9 year old daughter to use)
Heavens-Above. com Is the one I use for the stars and satellite predictions.
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22-09-2011, 10:17 AM
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| | | Re: easy to understand starmaps (for me and 9 year old daughter to use)
A very well timed thread as I am in the same situation - my 12 year old daughter has a junior telescope and we have some hand me down binoculars.
If you have an Android or smartphone, I've just (literally five minutes ago) downloaded a free Google Sky Maps app. Set your location and it maps the stars and planets as you point your phone. It also has a night mode so that you don't affect your dark accustomed eyes.
Cheating a little perhaps but it certainly should make it easier to find constellations and planets!
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10-11-2011, 08:33 PM
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| | | Re: easy to understand starmaps (for me and 9 year old daughter to use)
I agree Google Sky Maps is the best if you have android - it's free and easy to use. If not planetarium is ok and also free. Much easier than charts. |
10-11-2011, 09:25 PM
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| | | Re: easy to understand starmaps (for me and 9 year old daughter to use)
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Originally Posted by The Woodman I came across Stellarium from a recommendation on WAB and agree with Meta menardi. It is an excellent free resource and I find it useful to put a name to those pesky planets when they hove into view. | Another vote for the truly excellent Stellarium!
I even used it to set up a tricky satellite dish. Stellarium
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