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SkyORB for Windows

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SkyORB 3D offers an immersive journey through the solar system and galaxy. Navigate space, chart celestial bodies, and view the night sky from any location.
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SkyORB 0/1

  • Pros

    • Optimized OpenGL 2.0 3D engine
    • Extensive catalog of stars and deep objects
    • Accurate real-time sky map with precession
    • Photo-realistic textures and shader effects
    • Multi-touch trackpad support for intuitive zooming

  • Cons

    • Requires a dedicated video card with 128MB VRAM
    • Weather retrieval feature mentioned but not detailed
    • Facebook community access is external
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SkyORB for Windows

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GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
4.0.3
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Server
Additional Requirements
DirectX 10 Compatible Video Card or better (DX11 supported)
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Total Downloads
5,842
Downloads Last Week
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Developer’s Description

By realtech VR
Take a tour of the solar system or the galaxy on your PC.
SkyORB 3D takes you on a tour of the solar system or the galaxy on your PC.This astronomy program charts the stars, planets, and other celestial objects such as comets and asteroids and lets you navigate through space. SkyORB 3D features a 3D interface, with OpenGL 2.0 3D engine fully optimized for Mac, 64-bit astronomy engine, Grand Central Dispatch enabled, a search engine, a large catalog of stars (Hyparcos), deep objects (NGC/IC 2000) planets, current satellite (including current space shuttle missions) (MPC) and let you choose see the actual sky from any point on Earth. This new version includes a redesigned user interface, easier to use with its tool tips, help documentation, access to Facebook community.

Key features:Allows you to fine tune your observation location from the database of by entering longitude and latitude.Information like sunset and sunrise are computed as well as moonrise and moonset and full / new moon dates. Displays a 3D planetarium with planets and satellites and 3 different views with 3D objects with different level of details using photo realistic textures and shader effects.Displays 3D sky map with real-time precession. Comets and satellites trajectories.Displays the worldmap sun clock with rise and set.Multi-touch trackpad (newer Macbook and Magic Pad) with pinching-to-zoom gesture is supported for zoom-in and out. Full screen mode and windowed (re-sizable) is also supported as well as a 'night vision' mode.Universal search engine.Weather retrieval. This program requires a video card with at least 128MB of video memory.Check out our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/SkyORB/120203608017193 Check out our Twitter page: http://www.twitter.com/realtech_VR

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