Cartes du Ciel
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 Screenshot of Version 3 beta 0.1.0 | |
| Developer(s) | Patrick Chevalley |
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| Stable release | 4.2.1
/ 24 November 2019 |
| Preview release | 4.3 beta-4358
/ April 26, 2021 |
| Written in | Object Pascal |
| Operating system | Cross-platform (Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux) |
| Type | planetarium Educational software |
| License | GPLv2 |
| Website | Cartes du Ciel homepage |
Cartes du Ciel ("CDC" and "SkyChart") is a free and open source planetarium program for Linux, macOS, and Windows.[1] With the change to version 3, Linux has been added as a target platform, licensing has changed from freeware to GPLv2 and the project moved to a new website.
CDC includes the ability to control computerized GoTo telescope mounts, is ASCOM and INDI compliant, and supports the USNO's UCAC catalogs and ESA Gaia data,[citation needed] along with numerous other catalogs and utilities.[2]
The "red bulb" feature is useful when using software outside on a laptop on a dark night.[3]
According to the programmer, Patrick Chevalley, it was released as freeware because "I’d rather see amateurs spend their money for a new eyepiece than for astronomy software".[4]
Chevalley has also created a lunar atlas program, Virtual Moon Atlas, which is also free and open source software.[5]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Parkerson 2019.
- ^ Thompson & Thompson 2005, pp. 360–361.
- ^ Clark 2015, pp. 11–12.
- ^ "The Silicon Sky Part I: Planetariums for PCs - Uncle Rod". Cloudy Nights. Retrieved Aug 7, 2021.
- ^ "Virtual Moon Atlas". sourceforge.net. 2 May 2023.
- Thompson, Robert Bruce; Thompson, Barbara Fritchman (2005). Astronomy Hacks. O'Reilly. ISBN 9780596100605. OCLC 64594529.
- Clark, Jane (2015). Viewing and Imaging the Solar System : A Guide for Amateur Astronomers. Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series. Springer. ISBN 9781461451792. OCLC 1120670814.
- Parkerson, Stuart (28 October 2019). "Cartes du Ciel Version 4.2 Planetarium Software". Astronomy Technology Today. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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