Project Pluto - Guide
Desktop planetarium and charting program. [commercial - Dos, Win3.1/95/NT]
http://www.projectpluto.com/

Coeli Astronomy Software
Complete line of PC astronomy software, including Stella 2000 - talking astronomy suite with encyclopedic reference, logbook, orrery, and planetarium with telescope control. Free astronomy software gifts on offer here. [shareware,freeware,commercial - Win95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP]
http://www.coeli.com

MegaStar Sky Atlas
resource for deep-sky observing. [commercial, demo available - Win3.1/95]
http://www.willbell.com/software/megastar/index.htm

Deep Space
observer-oriented star mapping and telescope control software. [commercial, demo available - DOS]
http://www.davidchandler.com/dspace.htm

SkyChart
planetarium program displaying the sky from anywhere on Earth, in the solar system, or in the Milky Way, and for any point in time in the future or past. It supports numerous telescope computer controllers. [commercial, demo available - Win3.1/95/NT, Mac]
http://www.southernstars.com/skychart

SkyMap
a CD-ROM planetarium and star-charting program equally suited to both the casual stargazer and the serious amateur or professional astronomer, although its feature list will appeal especially to the more advanced user. [Commercial, demo available - Win95/98/NT]
http://www.skymap.com/

HyperSky
information about those objects. Beginning to show its age. The demo uses a DOS installer which failed to work on this reviewer's system. [commercial, demo available - Win3.1/95]
http://www.willbell.com/software/hypersky/hypersky.htm

SkyTools
logging software. [commercial - Win95/98/NT]
http://www.skyhound.com/cs.html

XEphem
Interactive astronomy program for Unix systems with X Windows and Motif. [open source - Unix]
http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/

CyberSky
displays the stars, constellations, deep sky objects, Sun, Moon, and planets as visible from any location on Earth at any given time, with optional animation. [shareware - Win95/98/NT]
http://www.cybersky.com/

The Earth Centered Universe
planetarium and telescope control program. [shareware - Win3.1/95/98/NT]
http://www.nova-astro.com/

Home Planet
A comprehensive space and astronomy package, with satellite-tracking capabilities. [freeware - Win95/NT]
http://www.fourmilab.ch/homeplanet/homeplanet.html

The Sky
planetarium program showing you the sky on any date, from any place on earth. Has features to benefit a wide range of interest levels, from the beginning hobbyist to the seasoned professional. [commercial, Win98/NT, MacOS]
http://www.bisque.com/

DeskNite - Live Celestial Wallpaper
turns your Windows Desktop into the night sky as viewed from your own back yard, no matter what the time or which part of the world you live in. [Freeware - Win95/98/Me/NT/2000]
http://www.stella2000.com/desknite.htm

Data Services
from the U.S. Naval Observatory. Online forms provide sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, and twilight times for one day or one year; moon phases, eclipse charts, and data for major solar system bodies and bright stars.
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/data/

MyStars!
planetarium program generating accurate charts, with stars, planets, comets, and asteroids. Orrery views make it a useful teaching tool. [shareware - Win3.1/95/98/NT]
http://www.relativedata.com/mystars/

Navigator Light
Celestial navigation software with star finder, vetor chart and GPS interface. [commercial, demo available. Windows]
http://www.tecepe.com.br/nav

StarTrax and StarShow
displays stars, constellations, planets, galaxies, and star clusters, with animations and a screen saver. [Shareware - DOS/Win 3.x]
http://hometown.aol.com/starshow1

Free Celestial Maps
rudimentary sky-charting program outputs schematic maps in five projection types, using a small star database or the SAO and PPM. [Freeware DOS/Win95]
http://www.geocities.com/ovidiuv/maps.html

Jovian Satellite Simulator
JupSat95 calculates and displays the positions of Jupiter's four Galilean moons. [Shareware Win9x/NT]
http://indigo.ie/~gnugent/JupSat95/

Planet Finder
rudimentary display of the planets for any given date. [Java applet]
http://www.lightandmatter.com/area2planet.shtml

Stella 2000 Astronomy Software
, and others. Uses Microsoft Agent speech technology to correctly pronounce over 300 star names. [Shareware - Win95/98/Me/XP/NT/2000]
http://www.stella2000.com

Power Age
basic planetarium, with 3 view styles. Includes stars, planets, comets, asteroids and objects from the NGC catalog. [Shareware - Win9x]
http://www.poweragesky.com

EasySky
Planetarium with orrery, and animation. Commercial, demo available - Win95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP.
http://www.easysky.de/eng/

Planet's Orbits
a multi-feature digital orrery. [Shareware - Windows 95/98/ME]
http://www.alcyone.de/POrbits/english/

Hallo Northern Sky
planetarium program which includes the Tycho-2 and SAC 7.2 catalogues. Can access the GSC CD-ROMs. [Freeware - Win95]
http://www.hnsky.org/software.htm

Copernicus
basic planetarium programs for the PC and Acorn RISCOS computers. [Freeware - Win 95/98/NT/Me and Acorn]
http://www.stargaze.force9.co.uk

Stellarium
. Uses the HR catalog of 9000 stars. This reviewer encountered hardware incompatibility problems, despite the appropriate specs. [Freeware Win 95/98/2000 and Linux, + 3D Card with OpenGL support ]
http://stellarium.free.fr

Star-map Studio
program to create and print sky-charts, showing stars, galaxies, clusters, and nebulae. [freeware]
http://mitglied.lycos.de/udan/sms/

SKYLab Astronomy Software
Deep Sky Star Charting and Telescope Control System. [commercial - Win9x/NT/2000/XP]
http://www.skylab.com.au

Lunar Map Pro
Lunar Map Pro is astronomy software for amateur observers of the Moon. It has over 13000 features with full search data base of all the known craters including NASA Apollo landing sites.[commercial]
http://www.riti.com/prodserv_lunarmappro.htm

Dutch Occultation Association
Free version of Lunar Occultation Workbench ( LOW ).
http://occultations.astronews4you.com/

Stellaris Software
Stellaris is an astronomy shareware program. It includes simulations of the night sky (including NGC objects) and solar system. It also plots user-definable graphs, displays space images and comes with various utilites such as an astronomical calculator.
http://www.stellaris-software.com

LunarPhase Pro
Lunar observer's toolkit with real time moon simulation including libration. Identify lunar features; zoom, pan and print moon maps; monthly lunar ephemeris; many charts, diagrams and printouts.
http://www.nightskyobserver.com/LunarPhaseCD

Celestial Sphere: Online Virtual Planetarium
A sophisticated java applet showing 9000+ stars, planets, and messier objects.
http://www.pcsapo.com/csphere/csphere.html

Planisphere
Displays appropriate sky area on monitor for any date. [Freeware - Windows]
http://nio.astronomy.cz/om

Starry Night
Planetarium program which lets you view the sky from anywhere in the universe. [Commercial - Windows/Macintosh]
http://www.starrynight.com

Starmap
Interactive night sky plotter. [freeware - Windows]
http://webpages.charter.net/thegl/starmap.html

RedShift
Multimedia desktop planetarium on CD-ROM. [Commercial]
http://www.redshift.de/us/_main/index.htm

Distant Suns
Virtual planetarium and merchandise information. [commercial - Windows/Macintosh]
http://www.distantsuns.dk

Desktop Universe
Photographic-based star atlas and planetarium. [commercial - Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP]
http://www.desktopuniverse.com

AstroViewer: Quick Orientation in the Night Sky
The AstroViewer planetarium applet shows a sky map for any time and any location on Earth. Individual printable sky maps (GIF, PDF) may be created.
http://www.astroviewer.com