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title: "From Halley’s Comet to the Stars: With Astronomy Software, Your Computer’s a Planetarium"
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excerpt: "Celestial BASIC (programs from Eric Burgess' Celestial BASIC book) and Halley's Comet, both from S&T Software, mentioned in the Software For Stargazers table on p 38."
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Celestial BASIC (programs from Eric Burgess’ Celestial BASIC book) and Halley’s Comet, both from S&T Software, mentioned in the Software For Stargazers table on p 38.