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Stig's Sky Calendar is a free program that provides the aspiring astronomer, or those who just want to know about the skies above them, information on events concerning the sun, the moon, the planets, and other celestial bodies. Any user interested in our solar system will like this fun little app.
Sky Calendar has an attractive, colorful, easy-to-use interface that offers a lot of information at a glance. Once your location is selected, the software will provide information such as the rising and setting times, as well as relative position in the sky, of the sun and moon. You can also view the entire solar system, which we thought was a fun bonus. And, if you have other like-minded friends or family members, the app also permits the creation and sharing of the events.
Stig's Sky Calendar is a very cool app that manages to teach you about the solar system, and what's happening in your neck of the woods, in a fun way. A few folders were left behind after uninstalling the program and these had to be manually removed.
Publisher's Description
From SkyCalendar.com:
Use Stig's Sky Calendar to keep yourself up to date on local and global sky events. It will display sunrise/sunset, twilight and lunar phase, and visibility at a glance, and also includes a Planisphere, Planet Finder, and Planet Round-up display. You can even create your own events and make them available to other users.
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3.3 starsout of 33 votes
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"I use this software nightly to help find the planets."
Version: Sky Calendar 1.11
Pros
Night sky display, forward and reverse animation, ease of use.
Cons
Couldn't change time to UT -5 to match my location, Detroit.
Summary
I likr this software for it's ease of use and multiple displays.
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"very very the best"
Version: Sky Calendar 1.11
Pros
wounderful the best
Cons
thanks the to us teaching
Summary
fine
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"Didn't like it"
Version: Sky Calendar 1.11
Pros
It was easy to work
Cons
It took over the startup screen and that was a big no no for me.
Summary
Even when I uninstalled it I had to go to the registry to locate the files and manually remove them because it would still show up on the full desktop at startup and I would have to click out of it.
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"Can't Use"
Version: Sky Calendar 1.11
Pros
Thought this would be helpful.
Cons
Doesn't cover many areas. Figures Chicago, one of the United States' major cities, isn't even listed!!!
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"Intersting but nothing of great value to amature astronomers"
Version: Sky Calendar 1.11
Pros
Seeing the inner and outer solar system was a plus
Cons
Rather cumbersome with little help options. Visual layout not clear.
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"Compatiblility?"
Version: Sky Calendar 1.11
Cons
Came up with fatal errors, perhaps it is not compatible with Win2K for some reason?
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"A very useful little Java App."
Version: Sky Calendar 1.11
Pros
Wonderfully detailed information. Easy to use interface. Reasonably intuitive maps in all the applets. Good, web-based, help file. Some very cool features, e.g., try moving your mouse across the main menu while the planet finder applet is open.
To those with installation problems, do you have JAVA properly installed? Requirements should indicate this.
Cons
No print function -- that's about it!
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"Handy planisphere"
Version: Sky Calendar 1.11
Pros
Easy to find lunar phases and planets for any day. Names of stars.
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"Great program. Easy and quick to install and USE."
Version: Sky Calendar 1.11
Pros
It's free and effective
Cons
Got ro keep your mouse out of the main screen or you change your time
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"Calendar Last updated in 2000"
Version: Sky Calendar 1.11
Summary
In other words, unless you can travel back in time several years this is worthless. I guess it is a good history lesson. Well, thank you for a cool product back then.
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