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DarkAdapted 2.3.7fc1 (Mac)

DarkAdapted is useful for astronomers and others who need to preserve dark adaptation while using the computer. DarkAdapted controls the three gamma channels (red, green, and blue) independently. It also provides full control over preset gamma settings, fade rate, and gamma toggle keys.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Astronomer, Adaptation, AquilaDigital Partnership, DarkAdapted, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-02

DarkAdapted 2.3.6a (Windows)

DarkAdapted is useful for astronomers and others who need to preserve dark adaptation while using the computer. DarkAdapted controls the three gamma channels (red, green, and blue) independently. It also provides full control over preset gamma settings, fade rate, and gamma toggle keys.

Tags: Astronomer, Adaptation, AquilaDigital Partnership, DarkAdapted, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-08-30

DarkAdapted 2.3.6 (Windows)

DarkAdapted is useful for astronomers and others who need to preserve dark adaptation while using the computer. DarkAdapted controls the three gamma channels (red, green, and blue) independently. It also provides full control over preset gamma settings, fade rate, and gamma toggle keys.

Tags: Astronomer, Adaptation, AquilaDigital Partnership, DarkAdapted, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-08-05

Ultra-sensitive camera to measure planet sizes

U.S. astronomers and engineers have built a new camera to precisely measure the size of planets moving around distant stars. This camera has been dubbed OPTIC -- short for 'Orthogonal Parallel Transfer Imaging Camera.' According to the research team, it is 'so sensitive that it could detect the passage of...

Tags: Planet, Astronomer, Radius, Camera, WASP-10b, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-12-13

The world's most powerful virtual telescope

Astronomers have successfully combined three telescopes located on Mauna Kea in Hawaii to create the largest virtual telescope for short wavelengths. The Extended SubMillimeter Array eSMA connects the signals from the SubMillimeter Array SMA, consisting of eight dishes with 6-meter diameter, with those from the 15-meter James Clerk Maxwell Telescope...

Tags: Astronomer, Wavelength, Radio, Image, eSMA, Advertising & Promotion, Productivity, Marketing, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-11-28

Astronomer 0.9 (Mobile)

Astronomer makes browsing the stars fun. With multitouch to pan, zoom, and spin around in the sky, Astronomer knows where you are and shows you the stars as you see them.

Tags: Mobile, Astronomer, Benjamin Spratling, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-07-24

Of telescopes, patents and the death of discovery

“If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants." --Isaac Newton. [The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those of Google, Inc. my current employer.] It isn't really a surprise that I ended up...

Tags: Software, Patent, Astronomer, Astronomy, Amateur, Computer, Computing Science, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Management, Jeremy Allison

Blog posts 2008-06-04

World Almanac 4.2.0 (Windows)

The World Almanac displays solar and lunar data for every 30 minutes throughout the day in addition to the times of rise, set and twilight as well as the lunar phase. Includes database of towns for Australasia(Aus/NZ), Canada. UK and USA covering more than 1600 locations. Although this software was...

Tags: Astronomer, Douglas Software, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Storage, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-05-08

Galaxies Galore Screensaver 1 (Windows)

14 out of this world images of galaxies captured by the Hubble space telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope HST is a telescope in orbit around the Earth, named after astronomer Edwin Hubble. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Astronomer, Orbit, FeaturedScreensavers, Hubble Space Telescope, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-01-30

The best ever images of the Milky Way

The Science and Technology Facilities Council in the UK reports that an international team of more than 50 astronomers from Europe, the U.S. and Australia has released the largest digital survey of the Milky Way, composed of some 200 million unique stellar objects. The IPHAS (INT Photometric H-alpha Survey of...

Tags: Astronomer, U.K., Survey, Image, IPHAS Survey, Marketing Research, Marketing, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-12-12

Making the sky searchable

Computer scientists at the University of Toronto U of T have teamed up with astronomers at New York University on an ambitious project. You can send them a picture of the sky above your head and their special software will identify the stars that are in the image. In other...

Tags: Space &, Aerospace, Science &, Nature, Computers &, Internet

Blog posts 2007-07-05

Meteor Showers 1 (Windows)

Meteor Showers is perfect for stargazers and amateur astronomers. It keeps track of eleven of the most spectacular meteor showers visible throughout the year, and notifies you when they are active.

Tags: Astronomer, James Constable, Meteor Showers, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-05-11

Images: X-rays document death of a star

Astronomers say supernova is the brightest and most powerful ever observed. And it has some casting a suspicious eye on a star in our own galaxy.

Tags: astronomer

Image galleries 2007-05-07

Images: Detecting extraterrestrial life

Astronomers are building a radio telescope in the Australian outback to eavesdrop on signals from galactic civilizations.

Tags: radio

Image galleries 2007-01-08

Image: Solar shield may save the planet

University of Arizona astronomer Roger Angel proposes a giant shield to block sunlight if global warming gets out of control.

Tags: shield, University of Arizona, astronomer, sunlight, global warming

Image galleries 2006-11-06

Save the planet! (Pluto, that is)

Save the planet! (Pluto, that is)Pluto Fightback by the Common PeopleAs the scientists are fighting against IAU's decision, the common people are opposing the decision with their own petition with 450 over signatures at http://pleasesavepluto.orgThe Elite hide pluto from the future for it proficyThe Elite hide pluto from the future...

Tags: astronomer, Pluto

Discussion threads 2006-09-01

Save the planet! (Pluto, that is)

A group of over 300 scientists and astronomers have started a petition now closed to protest the definition of a planet approved by the International Astronomers Union at a meeting last week in Prague. The new definition had the effect of demoting Pluto to "dwarf planet" status. That vote involved...

Tags: asteroid, astronomer, Pluto

Blog posts 2006-09-01

DarkAdapted 1.3.2 (Mac)

DarkAdapted is useful for astronomers and others who need to preserve dark adaptation while using the computer. DarkAdapted controls the three gamma channels (red, green, and blue) independently. It also provides full control over preset gamma settings, fade rate, and gamma toggle keys.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Astronomer, Adaptation, AquilaDigital Partnership, DarkAdapted, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-01-12

APOD 1.0 (Windows)

APOD is a lean piece of software that automatically brings to your desktop a new daily inspiring editor-picked astronomy picture with an explanation written by professional astronomers. Astronomy Picture of the Day is a Web site hosted by NASA and maintained by professional astronomers who pick a new exciting beautiful...

Tags: Astronomer, APOD, APOD 1.0, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Web Site Development, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Internet

Software downloads 2005-10-10

Flash! from The Astronomer's Telegram 1.0 (Mac)

Day to day, hour to hour, professional research astronomers track the changing heavens and let each other know when something unusual occurs, through the Astronomer's Telegram. As supernovae erupt, gamma-ray bursts explode, comets wizz past, those with their eyes on the sky report quickly on what they see, and what...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Hour, Astronomer, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2005-09-28