C2A
C2A ("Computer Aided Astronomy") is a popular freeware planetarium program for Microsoft Windows and MS-DOS to simulate the night sky. It is provided with numerous astronomical catalogues, conversion utilities and tools, as well as several miscellaneous databases.
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| Developer(s) | Philippe Deverchère |
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| Stable release | 2.1.7 (Microsoft Windows); 4.1.5 (MS-DOS)
/ April 14, 2020 |
| Operating system | Windows; MS-DOS |
| Type | Planetarium |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | www |
C2A was originally created by Frenchman Philippe Deverchère, who continues to develop and maintain the application.
Aside from being an advanced planetarium application, C2A's functionality includes the ability to control computerised GoTo telescope mounts,[1] and it is ASCOM compliant. C2A supports the USNO's UCAC and NOMAD catalogues, ESA's Gaia data,TLE Files for artificial satellites[2] as well as additional databases of deep sky objects and many other types.
See also
- Cartes du Ciel
- Celestia
- Digital Universe Atlas
- Google Mars
- Google Moon
- Google Sky
- Hallo Northern Sky (HNSky)
- KStars
- NASA World Wind
- RedShift
- Skyglobe
- Starry Night
- Stellarium
- TheSky
- Universe Sandbox
- WinStars
- WorldWide Telescope
- XEphem
References
- "C2A Gizmo's Freeware Review". techsupportalert.com. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- "C2A user guide".
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