Power Age Sky Simulator 4
is a full featured planetarium software. It operates with great number of objects and has
features as different view types, satellites of Jupiter and Saturn and telescope
control.
Objects in Power Age Sky
Simulator 4
- Stars. As a major base for stars is used the GSC-ACT catalog. It
contains about 19 million objects (up to magnitude 15).
- Major planets;
- Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn. Much extensive tools are
available concerning the satellites of these two planets. You can see screenshots in the screenshots section;
- Comets and asteroids. Power Age Sky Simulator
operates with comets and asteroids. You can download the latest data sets from the Downloads section.
- Deep Sky Objects. Power Age Sky Simulator 4
uses the Wolfgang Steinicke's
corrected NGC/IC catalog as primary source for deep sky objects. The catalog is from
January 27, 2003 and is the most complete and clear from errors NGC/IC edition ever made.
It contains entries for exactly 14,000 objects.
Four main types of view !
Power Age Sky Simulator has four different
sky presentation views :
- Standard View - standard well looking multicolor presentation of sky;
- True View - a very close approximation of the real sky;
- Red View - the sky in black and red colors;
- Black&White View - multicolor presentation of the sky (the
default);
See samples in the Screenshots section.
Telescope Control
Telescope control is one of the new features in Power Age Sky Simulator 4. It is implemented by ASCOM (Astronomy Common Object Model) technology.
You need to install the ASCOM Platform on your computer if you want to use the telescope
control feature of the program. The original ASCOM installer is part of Power Age Sky Simulator 4
installer.
Print sky charts
Printing charts is very extensive feature in Power Age Sky Simulator. Actually
you can print exactly what you see on the chart window. Also you can do color and
black&white charts. Print preview is available. Any visible celestial element can be
customized (see Colors & Fonts below).
Ephemerides
Power Age Sky Simulator 4 can do
ephemerides for all solar system objects for any desired period of time, in the past or in
the future. You can customize the tables of the ephemerides - columns and number of
entries. Also you can view, print and save results in text files (*.txt).
Colors & Fonts
One of the sweet feature of Power Age Sky Simulator
is the capability to change colors and fonts of all celestial elements in any view
(Standard, True, Red and Black&White) as well as when print charts. Actually, you can
fully customize the look of your Power Age (and of your
Power Age sky charts, of course).
Download the 10-days free trial
edition of Power Age
Sky Simulator 4 to evaluate all great features of this easy to use and
beneficial home planetarium.
