Space Video of the Day - 071020

A few days ago someone asked me for an RSS type feed that would describe the celestial events of the evening. Obviously this would vary from place to place aroud the earth, so it would be very difficult to have a single feed that would encompass all possible viewing areas on the planet. Instead, there are a number of free software programs available that allow one to view the night sky from anywhere on the earth, cloud-free and with labels. The program discussed in today's space video is Stellarium, but there are a number of other programs like Celestia, Distant Suns, and the Sky Screen Saver. Also, Space Weather has up-to-date information on meteor storms, aurorae, and other events happening in our planetary neighborhood. Further visalization programs are available in the Images, Models, and Simulations category in the Big List O' Space Links on my Space Feeds aggregator. I hope that helps, Nick.


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