Short: Great Astronomical Program (39.22) Author: astegema@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (Achim Stegemann) Uploader: astegema@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (Achim Stegemann) Type: misc/sci Version: 39.22 Requires: MC68020/68881 OS 3.0 Harddrive (20 MB space) 6 MB FastRAM MUI 3.8 Recommended: MC68040 or MC68060 OS 3.1 16 MB FastRAM CyberGfx 2.25+ (=40.113+) or 3.x Additionally recommended: * The tower.library by Christoph Feck. * The rgfx.datatype by me. IMPORTANT: Digital Almanac 39.22 requires the unpacked data archive of "DAlmanac_Data.lha" 39.11 !! The large star database in the extra archive is for registered users only !! This exe-archive contains an extra installer script for installing the data archive. For complete installation, follow these steps: * Download both archives. * Unpack the exe archive. * Start the exe installer. * Start the data installer. A French catalog is available, but not a French documentation, because I don't speak French :-). The french installer script is only partly in french ! INTRODUCTION: Digital Almanac is one of the best programs for hobby astronomers (and professionals ?) available for the Amiga ! It offers: * Star database with ca. 500,000 stars up to 16m. * Cross-index for SAO, PPM, HD, YBS und GC catalogs. * About 40000 deep sky objects (Messier, NGC, IC, UGC, Abell, Zwicky and other misc objects). * About 40000 minor planets and asteroids as well as the Comets Halley, Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp. * Highly accurate calculation of Moon and planets with JPL's integration tables (DE404). (Accuracy partly <0.1'' over a period of some thousand years !!). * Moons of Jupiter and Saturn. * Textures for planets Venus to Pluto, Moon and Galilean Moons. * Milky way structure. * View the sky from any solar system object. * Animation mode (also saving in IFF-ANIM format !!). * Loading and saving of configuration files. * Highly optimized algorithms for maximum speed, mostly written in assembler. * Lots of configuration possibilities. * Online and menu help with HELP-key and MUI's bubblehelp. * Creation and export of ephemeris tables. * CyberGfx High- and Truecolor mode support. * Picture galery creation. * User editable database of orbital elements. * Recognizes CPU for maximum speed. And of course lots of bug fixes made in the previous versions. Included in the archive are two project files of a solar and a lunar eclipse ready to watch ! THIS PROGRAM IS SHAREWARE! Following features are restricted for non registered users: * Deep-sky catalog access limited to the Messier catalog. * All saving functions are disabled. * No hardcopy. * No changing site to a different planet, only Earth enabled. * No detailed course of eclipses. * No picture galery. * Plotting stars only to 6m. * Plotting other objects only to 10m. * No changing of pixelsize. * No events in the calendar. * Ephemeris export only to a window. * The program will terminate after 20 min and all 5 min a requester will appear. Read the guide file for more information and how to become a registered user or visit my homepage. Internet: http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~astegema Changes since 39.18: * Fixed wrong milky way position. * Fixed bug in refraction. * Improved time stringgadget in "Coordinates window". You may enter only HH or HH:MM. * Added textures for Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, Pluto and the Galilean Moons. Improved textures for Venus, Earth, Mars and Jupiter. * Dynamic allocation and buffering of textures. * Removed tooltype NOTEXTURES. * Moons of Jupiter and Saturn can now be drawn with a planetary grid. * Azimuth output in export mode didn't recognize azimuth mode. * Added keyboard support for MUI's register groups. I have forgotten this the whole time ;-) * Added gadget for color remapping. * Improved night palette. * Fixed a minor bug in error message requesters during program's initialization. Better error diagnosis when startup failed. * Improved ephemeris export. Export to window is possible. Automatic output filtering of unused datas. * Corrected ephemeris of stars and deep-sky object when site was not Earth. * Added pixelcheck gadget. * Updated asteroid database. Contains 39659 entries. * Improved look of the documentaton. * Fixed a little bug in date conversion, which could have lead to a guru under certain circumstances. * After a long time the bubble help in the main window works again. * Added "Fast SinCos" functions. Increases speed up to 15%. * DA crashed when there was not enough mem during anim initialization. This has been fixed. * Fixed a bug in CGX support. Switching back from hi/truecolor to 8-bit screen caused some corrupt pixels. * Added clipboard support (IFF-ILBM). * Reduced memory usage when saving map as ILBM. * Added option "Extinction". * Updated star database. ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 2807 1639 41.6% 04-May-98 20:01:36 Install_DigitalAlmanac.info 12068 5436 54.9% 21-Jul-98 00:23:14 +DigitalAlmanac.catalog 12048 5426 54.9% 23-Jun-98 21:57:30 +DigitalAlmanac.catalog 11608 5230 54.9% 21-Jul-98 00:23:14 +DigitalAlmanac.catalog 12302 5500 55.2% 21-Jul-98 00:23:14 +DigitalAlmanac.catalog 4902 2407 50.8% 21-Jul-98 00:23:20 +DAlmanac_Exe.readme 1997 1165 41.6% 21-Jul-98 00:23:20 +DAlmanac_Exe.readme.info 588700 283720 51.8% 21-Jul-98 00:23:18 +DigitalAlmanac 11129 4941 55.6% 20-Jul-98 16:05:24 +DigitalAlmanac.info 2373 1520 35.9% 08-Jun-98 19:34:04 +Docs.info 2535 1602 36.8% 21-Jul-98 00:23:16 +Deutsch.info 69730 24964 64.1% 21-Jul-98 00:23:16 +DigitalAlmanac.guide 2972 1906 35.8% 21-Jul-98 00:23:16 +DigitalAlmanac.guide.info 2540 1650 35.0% 21-Jul-98 00:23:16 +English.info 63238 22271 64.7% 21-Jul-98 00:23:16 +DigitalAlmanac.guide 2972 1955 34.2% 21-Jul-98 00:23:16 +DigitalAlmanac.guide.info 2541 1575 38.0% 21-Jul-98 00:23:16 +Français.info 63238 22271 64.7% 21-Jul-98 00:23:16 +DigitalAlmanac.guide 2972 1918 35.4% 21-Jul-98 00:23:16 +DigitalAlmanac.guide.info 524 41 92.1% 21-Jul-98 00:23:20 +Astro.font 3680 2080 43.4% 21-Jul-98 00:23:20 +11 3048 1706 44.0% 21-Jul-98 00:23:20 +9 264 34 87.1% 21-Jul-98 00:23:20 +Astro_Fix.font 2520 1557 38.2% 21-Jul-98 00:23:20 +9 2714 1688 37.8% 08-Jun-98 19:34:06 +Icons.info 2491 1378 44.6% 08-Jun-98 19:34:04 +Project.info 2686 1585 40.9% 08-Jun-98 19:34:06 +Installation.info 2584 1294 49.9% 21-Jul-98 00:23:20 +Install-Data.info 1484 581 60.8% 21-Jul-98 00:23:20 +Install 3106 2130 31.4% 21-Jul-98 00:23:20 +Install_deutsch.info 3106 2128 31.4% 21-Jul-98 00:23:20 +Install_english.info 2584 1298 49.7% 21-Jul-98 00:23:20 +Install-Exe.info 3920 1150 70.6% 21-Jul-98 00:23:20 +Install 3102 2129 31.3% 21-Jul-98 00:23:20 +Install_deutsch.info 3102 2123 31.5% 21-Jul-98 00:23:20 +Install_english.info 3103 2126 31.4% 21-Jul-98 00:23:20 +Install_français.info 3312 2241 32.3% 27-Apr-98 21:52:14 +asyncio.library 2717 1587 41.5% 08-Jun-98 19:34:06 +Pictures.info 2678 1702 36.4% 08-Jun-98 19:34:06 +Projects.info 1364 506 62.9% 21-Jul-98 00:23:20 +LunarEclipse1997 2491 1377 44.7% 21-Jul-98 00:23:20 +LunarEclipse1997.info 1364 494 63.7% 21-Jul-98 00:23:20 +SolarEclipse1999 2491 1380 44.6% 21-Jul-98 00:23:20 +SolarEclipse1999.info 1364 438 67.8% 21-Jul-98 00:23:20 +Startup 2491 1381 44.5% 21-Jul-98 00:23:20 +Startup.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 936962 433230 53.7% 28-Jul-98 22:58:50 45 files