It's been nearly five years since this announcement of a Pup for those who are interested in Astronomy. Much of the software in that release is rather dated, and I don't know the status of the project --though I found a download page for a version 1.01 here.
In any event, I thought it would be convenient to have some astronomy software for regular Puppy releases also --for those of us who have a passing interest in this area but who don't need to run a release that is devoted entirely to this science. While I have always been interested in this subject, it's been almost forty years since I was fortunate enough to take a first year Astronomy course at the regional College (now a University) where I live...
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So I had a look at what is available, and I found Skychart @ SourceForge. It is Planetarium software, though it is not as popular or well known as Stellarium. The nice thing about this free open-source project is that it is available pre-compiled in a sort of generic form, so that I was easily able to re-package it for Puppy Linux. I put it together in Wary Puppy, but that doesn't really matter, as it should run on most 32 bit Puppies. For those interested, there are also 64 bit compilations available for Linux based systems that can be re-packaged. Skychart is a full featured Astronomy package that continues under active development. For those lucky enough to have a telescope with motorized mount, Skychart provides support for many brands of instruments and hardware. Skychart is also capable of providing satellite tracking, though this feature must be run in Wine apparently. In short, Skychart offers a wealth of features for the serious amateur astronomer --features that I have only begun to look at...
The Pet is too large to upload at the Forum, so I have it at Data File Host here.
Monsie