stellarium astronomy software

Stellarium Astronomy SoftwareExcellent free shareware available for all

computer types, Stellarium, can be downloaded from:

http://www.stellarium.org/By the way, the more sophisticated astronomy

program I have been using is called Redshift 7 Premium, available for download and purchase for $80 at:http://www.redshift-live.com/index.php/en/shop/products/7507.html

Instructions:1.Form into pairs (computer-savvy + computer-not)2.Get a laptop, power it up.3.Open up Stellarium:

Stellarium Controls—mouse over left side of screen, and bottom of screen.

Set Location here.

Type Sacramento into the search box. Then click on Sacramento, United States.Note: Make sure the red dot is in the right place.

Close Location Window when finished

One way to set Time and Date is here.

You can click on the up and down arrows to adjust the date and time (military time).You can drag the box around so it doesn’t block your view, or just close it.

Click each bottom icon ON and OFF to see what it does.The bottom right controls can speed up or reverse time.

Two final things: 1.Hold down left mouse button, and drag mouse across screen to change your view.2.Use your mouse scroll button to zoom in or out, or use / to zoom in, and \ to zoom out.