A-OK!
A-OK! The Wings of Mercury 2.1.1
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Learn to fly a Mercury spacecraft. You have to learn the actual
checklists in order to complete the missions. By the time you work your way
through all the simulations, you'll know as much about a Mercury capsule as
John Glenn! It really cool, but it's awfully pricey! (6 Meg) (Shareware,
$39)
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Interactive
Magic
Apollo 11 at Twenty-Five
Apollo 11 at Twenty-Five 1.0
NASA has produced many excellent, educational, color HyperCard stacks.
They feature an easy to use and clean interface, lots of great images, and
detailed explanations for each image. If you don't learn something from
these stacks, it's your fault! This Particular stack gives a wonderful
overview of the Apollo 11 Moon mission, from Kennedy's awesome speech right
up to splashdown of the astronauts 8 years later. Includes a few extra
images, like the Apollo 13 Service Module damage and a couple of shots from
Apollo 17. Very well done and professional. The
Exploration in
Education home page has more than a dozen other stacks in this series.
Check it out! (3184k) (Freeware)
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NASA's
Exploration in Education Server
Binary Stars
Binary Stars
Actually four different programs dealing with binary stars; Mac.Period,
Mac Chart, Dates of Minima, and Binary Star. The software is intended for
educational purposes at a college or secondary level. Pretty detailed and
complete. Includes student and teacher manuals. By
Claud H. Lacy
(Freeware)
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University of
Arkansas
Clementine Explores the Moon
Clementine Explores the Moon 1.0.1
NASA has produced many excellent, educational, color HyperCard stacks.
They feature an easy to use and clean interface, lots of great images, and
detailed explanations for each image. If you don't learn something from
these stacks, it's your fault! This Particular stack features twenty high
quality images of the Moon and Earth taken by the Clementine probe. Very
well done and professional. The
Exploration in
Education home page has more than a dozen other stacks in this series.
Check it out! (1900K) (Freeware)
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NASA's
Exploration in Education Server
Comparing Earth
Comparing Earth
NASA has produced many excellent, educational, color HyperCard stacks.
They feature an easy to use and clean interface, lots of great images, and
detailed explanations for each image. If you don't learn something from
these stacks, it's your fault! This Particular stack features twenty high
quality images taken of Venus by the Magellan spacecraft. Very well done and
professional. The
Exploration in Education home page has more than a dozen other stacks in
this series. Check it out! (3600k) (Freeware)
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NASA's Exploration in Education Server
Endeavour Views Earth
Endeavor Views Earth
NASA has produced many excellent, educational, color HyperCard stacks.
They feature an easy to use and clean interface, lots of great images, and
detailed explanations for each image. If you don't learn something from
these stacks, it's your fault! This Particular stack has photos from shuttle
mission STS-47. The shuttle Endeavor looks back at the Earth. This stack is
really cool because it includes a map which you can click on to see an image
of certain areas. Very well done and professional. The
Exploration in
Education home page has more than a dozen other stacks in this series.
Check it out! (6239K) (Freeware)
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NASA's
Exploration in Education Server
Galactic Interaction
Galactic Interaction 1.0
This Program by Neil Schulman simulates what happens when galaxies
collide. You set the parameters and watch the action. The program isn't
especially fast, but it is easy to use. This is a pretty old program, and I
don't know how it will react to system 8.0 or above. (127K) (Freeware).
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University of Michigan Archive
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Gems of Hubble
Gems of Hubble 3.0
NASA has produced many excellent, educational, color HyperCard stacks.
They feature an easy to use and clean interface, lots of great images, and
detailed explanations for each image. If you don't learn something from
these stacks, it's your fault! This Particular stack features 60 incredible,
high quality images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Very well done and
professional. The
Exploration in Education home page has more than a dozen other stacks in
this series. Check it out! (3919K) (Freeware)
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NASA's
Exploration in Education Server
Gravitation 5.0
Gravitation 5.0
The latest version of Jeff Rommeride's outstanding Newtonian simulation.
Create solar systems and watch how they move under the influence of gravity.
This latest version is a great improvement over 4.0, adding color, as many
as 25 objects (up from 10), and the ability to simulate much smaller bodies
than before. Comes with many pre-made solar systems. This one is a must
have! (367K) (Shareware, $28.95)
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University of Tennessee
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HourWorld
HourWorld 2.36
This is a multi-talented program which shows you a map of the world along
with the portions currently illuminated by the Sun and also in darkness. You
can set up 5 - 7 clocks which display the current time in cities around the
world. Creates moon and sun calendars, a sundial, and more. It distinguishes
between astronomical twilight, civil twilight, and nautical twilight. The
display even shows you exactly which spots on the Earth the Sun and Moon are
directly over at any given time. Very cool! It also supposedly allows use
with GPS satellites and software.
The biggest problem with it are the "sliding scale" software registration
payments. You have to pay more to unlock additional features (making the
program into what is often called "cripple-ware", which I personally
detest). For this reason I gave it fewer stars. If you don't mind this
greedy tactic, you should like the program a lot.
By Paul Software Engineering. PPC only. (960 k) (Shareware, $15.00 or
$29.95 or $34.95)
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The HourWorld Web Site
Images of Mars
Images of Mars 1.1.5
NASA has produced many excellent, educational, color HyperCard stacks.
They feature an easy to use and clean interface, lots of great images, and
detailed explanations for each image. If you don't learn something from
these stacks, it's your fault! This Particular stack features twenty high
quality images taken of the planet Mars. Way cool! Very well done and
professional. The
Exploration in Education home page has more than a dozen other stacks in
this series. Check it out! (1788K) (Freeware)
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NASA's
Exploration in Education Server
Kepler
Kepler 1.1
An interactive, educational software package about extra-solar planet
detection. Intended for secondary level, and also college introductory
astronomy courses. It is produced by NASA, which means quality. 68K mac or
powerPC required. (941 K) (Freeware) You will also need to download the
Hyperstudio Player. (533 K)
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The NASA Kepler
Web Site
Lunar View
Lunar View 1.3
This little program shows you the phase of the Moon. It can be set for
different locations and times. The simple and attractive interface makes it
easy to use. However, the shareware fee is a little pricy for what you get.
By Jeff Destross (131K)
(Shareware, $10.00)
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Apple Mirror (USA)
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AOL
Mirror (USA)
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Canada
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Australia
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Singapore
Luna (After Dark)
Luna 1.0 (After Dark)
An After Dark Module which puts the Moon on your screen. It shows the
proper phase for your current location and time. Cute, but in my opinion the
image is too large. By Stephen and Jason
Linhart (98K) (Freeware)
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The
Paganlink Web Site
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Maelstrom
Maelstrom 1.4.3
Ambrosia Software presents this
excellent version of the classic arcade game "Asteroids." Much better than
the original, with flying saucers, deadly space mines, Supernovas, power-up
supply canisters, bonus comets, and the ever dangerous Maelstrom! (1129K)
(Shareware, $15.00)
(So it's not very educational... but it sure is fun!)
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Ambrosia
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Magellan at Venus
Magellan at Venus
NASA has produced many excellent, educational, color HyperCard stacks.
They feature an easy to use and clean interface, lots of great images, and
detailed explanations for each image. If you don't learn something from
these stacks, it's your fault! This Particular stack features twenty high
quality images taken of Venus by the Magellan spacecraft. Very well done and
professional. The
Exploration in Education home page has more than a dozen other stacks in
this series. Check it out! (3053k) (Freeware)
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NASA's
Exploration in Education Server
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Microproject Astro
MPJ Astro 1.5.1
A very nice planetarium program by Darryl Robertson. View the sky from
any point on Earth during a wide selection of times. Not so many features as
to require hours with a manual to learn to use, but enough to make it
useful. Includes annual meteor showers, positions of Jupiter's moons and
Saturn's rings, Sun and Moon rise and set, plus other features. Version
1.5.1 (1983K) (Shareware, $25.00).
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Apple Mirror (USA)
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AOL
Mirror (USA)
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Canada
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Australia
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Singapore
Moonclock
Moonclock
MOONCLOCK produces a continually updating, real-time graphical
representation on the visual aspect of the moon. The lunar aspect may be
computed geocentrically, or top centrically, for the current epoch, or for
any time and date. By
sofTouch APplications (check their web site, it has other cool stuff).
(Shareware, $5.00).
Select your Version :
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68K Macintosh
Version (531K)
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Power PC
Macintosh Version (512K)
MoonIt
MoonIt 1.1
At system startup, it displays a graphical representation of the current
phase of the moon. It also makes one of three different sounds to remind you
to look at the screen. After doing its thing, it erases itself from RAM so
that it doesn't occupy any system heap. This one is a must have (and the
price is right)! Unfortunately, I don't believe that it works under system
8.0 or above. Written by
Eiji Nitasaka. Version 1.1 (35K) (Freeware).
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The
Paganlink Web Site
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Moon Phaser
Moon Phaser 1.0
A simple program by Dave Kalin that will show you the phase of the moon
for any date up to the year 2006. Short and to the point. It works under
system 7 and 8. (27K) (Shareware).
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The
Paganlink Web Site
Moon Tool
Moon Tool 1.0.1
A simple program by Richard Knuckey that will show you the phase of the
moon at the time and location set on your Macintosh. Requires at least a
680x0 Mac. Works under system 7 and 8. My only gripe is that you cannot
change the time or date for the moon without going into your computer's
control panel. (88 k) (Freeware).
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The
Paganlink Web Site
Newton's Aquarium
Newton's Aquarium 1.1
A solar system simulator very similar to Gravitation. Create objects with
mass and initial velocity vectors and watch them evolve over time. Try to
create stable orbits. Study n-body dynamics, and much more. you can waste
DAYS playing around with this. Although it appears to be a close rip-off of
Gravitation (even most of the demonstration systems are the same), this
program is cheaper and more versatile. Comes in 68K and PPC Macintosh
flavors. By Eureka Software (640 k)
(Shareware, $20.00)
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Eureka
Software's Newton's Aquarium Web Site
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