Intro & request

[UncleClover]

Hi, my name's Bill. I'm a 38 year old pasty white boy from Pittsburgh, PA. I've been infatuated with the stars ever since before I even learned how to walk. I can't look at a starry sky without feeling what I can only describe as "homesick". I'd leave behind my earthly existence in a heartbeat if given the chance to explore the stars. Of course I'm quite sure I'm hardly alone in that. ;-)

In any event, I stumbled across this site while trying to find a program I used to love using before losing it forever to a system crash. I can't remember its name, though - basically, you could plot your own star charts, be it with real data or custom data designed to portray fictitious locations. It had a very nifty interface and was quite graphically pleasing. Would anyone happen to know of at least _a_ program that does this, even if it's not the one I'm talking about? I've been looking all over and can't really find much. While I will if I must, I'd rather not resort to creating a custom data file for Celestia, the wysiwyg interface of the program I'm talking about was just that fun to use.

Even if nobody knows anything about it, thanks just the same for your time and I look forward to exploring the cosmos with you.

:-)

[ezza123]

Hey Bill Welcome from Me :-) , I'm sure someone here will be able to help you find what your looking for!

[cosmic dave]

Cant help you on the software, but hi anyway

[Revs]

Hey Bill, welcome buddy

[brantuk]

Hi Bill and welcome to the group

Do you have any clues about what you're looking for? e.g. partial name, country of software origin, features, version, etc?

[brantuk]

Here's a few I found that might help you find the one you want:

YOURSKY: Generating Custom Star Charts

SkyandTelescope.com - Sky Chart

Standard Features

Hope that helps

[glowjet]

Hi Bill,

A very warm welcome to SGL from across the pond, hope you enjoy our company.

John.

[malx]

Hi and welcome, I can't help with your software request though. Hopefully one of the suggestions above is what you are after.

[just looking]

Hello Bill

[Brendan of Borg]

Hello and welcome!! )

[johnh]

Welcome Bill and hope you find you software.

JohnH.

[Talitha]

Hi from Wisconsin and welcome to the group, Bill.

[Dai150PL]

Hi Bill, big welcome from Wales.

[Bizibilder]

Hello Bill and welcome to SGL!!

[mark7331]

Hi Bill, welcome to SGL.

I wonder was the software you wanted called "Cartes du Ciel"- it's free sky chart software that can be found here: start [skychart]

All the best

Mark

[Astro_Baby]

HI and welcome from me too - if you wanted a virula planetarium on your pc showing the real sky you could get Stellarium as a free download. Its very good.

[the_laughing_crow]

Hey Bill,

Welcome to the forum!

My wife is from Pittsburgh....Ingram to be precise, I'll be spending Christmas there this year. I dont suppose the software youre looking for is Stellarium is it?

[Gy Stargazer]

Hi and welcome to the site

[Rusty Strings]

Hi and welcome from me too

[JamesM]

Hi Bill and welcome to the forum

Clear skies

james

[Pete Presland]

hi welcome to sgl from bedfordshire

[michigander]

Welcome to SGL, Bill!

Dana

[Doug]

Hi Bill

A warm welcome to the SGL

Doug

Essex UK

[Argon]

Welcome, Bill

[garyscott]

Good to have you aboard Bill! Warmest welcome from me in Somerset, England.

(p.s.- sorry man but i havent a clue regards your software enquiry!)