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Aciqra (uh-SEE-kruh) is a free and open source virtual planetarium and sky mapping program which tracks celestial bodies including planets, deep sky objects and stars to an accuracy of a fraction of a degree for thousands of years into both the future and the past. More information is available on SourceForge...
- Tycho-2 star catalog w/ 2.5 million stars
- Full NGC and IC catalogs w/ 13000 deep space objects
- Interface designed for efficiency
- Correction for atmospheric refraction
- Night vision mode
- Correction for nutation and precession
- Calculate proper motions for stars
- Selecting objects to show details
- Constellation boundaries
- Save current view as an image
- Angle indicator (simulates views from an eyepiece)
- Comets and asteroids tracking
- Earth's umbra and penumbra for lunar eclipse simulations
- New release finder and downloader