has gloss | eng: TheSky is an astronomy program designed to be used for various educational and observational purposes. It provides a large feature set including the following: *The display of star charts using catalogs such as USNO, UCAC, the Hubble Guide Star Catalog, the Hipparcos Catalogue and the Tycho-2 Catalogue. *Planetarium features capable of depicting the sky in a realistic way, including the simulation of sky movement over time in order to predict the locations of different sky objects *Automatic telescope and focuser control using ASCOM (standard). *Exposure of program functionality via the Component Object Model, allowing scripted operation. |