SkyDome 1.4.0

SkyDome is a starmap including the radio sky with an original customer user interface. SkyDome is a star chart utility which eneables you to study stars, planets, galaxies andradio sky using an interactive interface. SkyDome is one of the few electronic skymaps that display the multiwavelength milkyway, or The Radio Sky. Different types of radiation are visualized via the interface, like 408MHz radiowaves, gamma-, x-rays,.... Each frequency shows different aspects of the universe. SkyDome has maps created by satellites like COBE, EGRET, IUE etc. The movement of the stars in the constellations during the earths rotation is easy to understand when looking at a distance. This is the aliens view. The alien (you) looks from outside the universe at fixed spot on the planet and sees the nightsky of the observer. Here are some key characteristics of SkyDome : - Data from approx. 120000 stars from the Hipparcos catalogue from ESA, 1989. Real-time and fastforward rendered. The users perspective (longitude and latitude) can be changed using the mouse. - Planetary bodys like Sun, Moon and planet positions are the map. - The Multi Wavelength Milky way and Radio Sky is rendered at real-time. - A Radio source from El Arecibo (Puerto Rico) is included and drawn using IFS. - The Fish-eye view displays the sky from the earths ground (and looking straight up). - Controllable Light-Transfer-Function The nightsky looks very differently under different conditions. This has to do with the light-pollution and other atmospheric conditions. You can simulate this using keyboard controls. -