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View of Earth - containing to-hour weather satellite imaginary and simulation of eclipses Highly accurate satellite predictions - e.g. for the Space Shuttle or the famous Iridium flares Have you ever seen a galaxy? Find these deep-sky objects using our observation timetable and finder charts Discover our planets - see the Moons of Jupiter and it's shadow - and get the time of there disappearance behind our Moon! Setup your position by selecting from thousands of cities, by clicking on your country map, or -most accurate- by reading your national mapping agency's map coordinates See the eclipses for 5000 years from anywhere on the world! Get your own daily astro-calendar! Select among thousands of events from many dozens of categories See the Moon at any time and date - discover the name of hundreds of craters and other lunar features! Star charts - containing millions of stars and photographs
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  • See the International Space Station ISS as it silently transits the sky, or even crosses the Moon, Sun, or encounters/occults planets or stars. Transits during twilight make ISS an obvious and easy target to the naked eye.
  • Try out our E-mail Alert Manager. You first need to register and give your e-mail address; it's free − then you can subscribe to aurora alerts, good ISS passes and Iridium flares, satellites and ISS transiting the Sun or planets, your detailed daily celestial calendar, or simply get warned of the full Moon by e-mail.
  • Zoom into weather satellite images, as if the satellite were above your site.
  • Observe the star chart of your observing site.
CalSky Highlights
  • You can receive your daily personal celestial calendar - selected from thousands of events. Then import events into Outlook, your PDA or other personal planner software - to be notified before an event takes place.
  • Do you just want to find out the exact times of Sunrises or Moon phases?
  • Explore the eclipses of our solar system! You can see solar and lunar eclipses; or explore how the moons of Jupiter play with their shadows.
  • You can specify your observation site using an interactive interface - using our highly accurate map coordinate transformations, or simply query our geographic database containing 10 million names.
  • Find and see the maximum phase of any solar eclipse from 1900 - 2100 from any place on Earth using our interactive eclipse maps.
  • The more experienced amateur-astronomer will find much, much more information at her or his fingertips - your valuable tool from astronomers.
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You guide your way through the world of CalSky using the menus on the top. To make navigation easier, the software takes care of your level of experience - hence, everybody finds the information she/he is looking for!

We are sure you will re-visit this site. Therefore we provide the technique to save your coordinates and all program settings in your personal file. You may find the interface in the User Profiles, or by clicking on the Earth globe in the position control box.


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