ble objects. Also shown here is the current moon phase and upcoming meteor showers. A Lunar Phase chart is also available to quickly judge how much moonlight will be competing with the fainter starlight.
The supplied databases contain more than 8000 stars, and 100 nebulae. Virtual Reality Laboratories has additional data sets available if you desire. Best of all, you can update this information yourself, entering orbital parameters for asteroids or comets as they are discovered. You can even customize the data used for the ground silhouette to more closely resemble your location.
The 128 page spiral-bound manual contains information ranging from the history of astronomical observations to technical details of the program. There is even a section about buying a telescope. Scattered throughout are tutorials that familiarize the user with the features of the program, while also providing eye-opening lessons. For example, one of the tutorials demonstrates an event in 1989, where an asteroid made
