I recently started a "creative project" for my Master's degree. Yesterday I talked to my advisor about it and got to telling him about the satellite observing class I recently developed for middle schoolers. He said that the astronomy profs at the school would really like the activities I came up with for that topic and suggested I switch from integrating GIS in my biology classroom to developing a unit on satellite observing for my 8th grade earth science class. Presently I use a planetarium software called TheSky by Bisque. http://www.bisque.com/Products/TheSky6/ It's easy to use and I'm used to using it. I need software that employs TLEs to produce satellite predictions that shows their tracks against a star field etc. The problem is I would like to have a software that I could download to maybe 15 computers. I cannot find anything at Bisque's website about obtaining a license for multiple computer usage. I probably couldn't get approval to pay the $ for it anyway, especially during the summer months! Does anyone have a suggestion for a planetarium software (cheap or free) that would meet my needs that I could -teach 8th grade students- how to use? We use PCs with Windows 2000. The list of software here http://satobs.org/orbsoft.html#IBM is a bit overwhelming, albeit very useful. I need to get feedback from actual users. If appropriate, please feel free to respond directly to me. Thanks in advance! Tom . ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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