Articles (10)
| Title | Author(s) | Publication | Date |
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| 2068 Gazer’s Guide Everyone enjoys looking at the stars on a starry night even when they do not consider themselves amateur astronomers. A... | Time Designs Magazine | November/December 1985 | |
| Astronomer Review of the program from CP Software. Requires a Spectrum ROM. | Time Designs Magazine | January/February 1986 | |
| Book Review: More Uses For Your Timex/Sinclair 1000: Astronomy on Your Computer More Uses For Your Timex/Sinclair 1000: Astronomy on Your Computer By: Eric Burgess and Howard Burgess Sybex, 153 pp. (softcover)... | Robert Farley | T-S Horizons | July/August 1984 |
| Celestial Basic: Skyplot Eric Burgess' "Celestial Basic," is a collection of astronomy programs converted for Sinclair Basic and published in "More Uses for... | SyncWare News | Jan-Feb 1985 | |
| Celestial Computing Computerists and astronomers have much in common. Both have a fastidious interest in detail, an appreciation of precision and a... | SyncWare News | Jan-Feb 1985 | |
| Celestial Computing: Astronomical Software 1, Planet Finder AS1 provides functions frequently found only on more expensive software for more expensive computers. Combined into two compact “Time Options”... | SyncWare News | Jul-Aug 1985 | |
| Cosmos: QL Software Review It is my hope that 2068 owners will read this review as well as those with QLs. A review of... | Time Designs Magazine | July/August 1986 | |
| Ephemeris V – Review of an Astronomy Program The U. S. Naval Observatory annually produces a book that tells the positions of all the major celestial objects for... | SUM | May 1986 | |
| M*5: Best Overall Paul Holmgren got the idea for this program from one that appeared in “Sync” Vol. 3 No. 1 by Ronald... | Paul Holmgren | SyncWare News | July/August 1987 |
| More Uses for Your Timex/Sinclair 1000: Astronomy on Your Computer This book is a collection twenty programs dealing with amateur astronomy. The programs are quite varied, ranging from the EASTR... | T-S Horizons | January 1985 |
Products (22)
| Title | Company |
|---|---|
| Astro Map & Conversion 16K. | Pegasus Micro Systems |
| Astro-Utilities Calculates Julian date, sidereal time; rise/set times; altitude/azimuth; procession of celestial objects; and more. 16K. | Robert C. Moler |
| Astronomer’s Guide Contains astromap, giving access to information on 800 stars and other celestial objects. 16K. | Sinclair Research Ltd. |
| Astronomer’s Guide Unreleased Timex Computer Corporation version of the Sinclair Research tape of the same name. | Timex Computer Corporation |
| Astronomical Software 1 Menu-driven program providing date, time and coordinate conversions. 64K. | Scientific Computing |
| Astronomy Compute positions of the sun, moon and planets for any date. Find dates and times of moon phases, solar and... | Imre Auersbacher |
| Astronomy Displays all 88 constellations. 16K | Mattsoft Games |
| Celestial Locator Provides the amateur astronomer with AZ/ALT positions for any given celestial source. Radio astronomers can rapidly adjust antennas with the... | Z-West |
| Constellation Turn your ZX81 into a telescope. Produces a simulation of the night sky as seen from any position on Earth... | Bug-Byte Software |
| Ephemeris V Planet finder. Enter date, time, latitude and longitude. Program will calculate azimuth and altitude, right ascension and declination. Provides graphic... | Ephemeris V |
| Galaxy Draws normal and barred spiral galaxies from input parameters. Galaxies may have variable orientation from face-on to edge-on. Choice of... | Robert C. Moler |
| Lunar Cycle Approximation for determining the lunar phase for any day this century; accuracy usually within 1 day; rarely over 3 days.... | Stephen Zachev |
| Moontracker Computes position of moon, rising and setting, for any location, any time. 16K. | Kamel Technology |
| Orbit Astronomical demonstration program for educators. Draws elliptical orbit shapes based on eccentricity. Also calculates and produces animated display of orbital... | Robert C. Moler |
| Planet Finder Planet Finder is a collection of astronomical images and information. It is a graphically interesting, cleverly designed visual database of... | |
| Planetfinder Computes the right ascension and declination, constellation planet is in v brightness, distance from earth, angular diameter, and phase. For... | Kamel Technology |
| Planets Calculates and displays positions of the planets around the sun for a date or series of dates. Can plot planet... | Robert C. Moler |
| Print-Planets Uses the high resolution capabilities of the ZX printer to plot the positions of the planets in their orbits. Menu... | Robert C. Moler |
| Stars A simple program that randomly scatters a group of characters on the screen to produce interesting pictures. Using a “*”... | Systems and Solutions, Ltd. |
| Sunrise/Sunset Complete months or years of tables for sunrise/sunset times every 3 days for any location and time zone. | I. M. S. Enterprises |
| Suntracker Computes position of sun, sunrise, sunset for any location, any time. 16K. | Kamel Technology |
| Telescope Design Asks for desired objective diameter and f/ratio, inputs physical dimensions and optical data for a Newtonian reflector optical assembly. Saves... | Bob Woish |
Downloadable Files (18)
| Title | Type | Company | Download |
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| Astronomy | Program | Download | |
| Astronomy Conversions | Program | ||
| BgDCsecular | Program | Download | |
| BgOBSMEAN | Program | Download | |
| BgORBIT | Program | Download | |
| Constellations | Program | Download | |
| Halley’s Comet | Program | Download | |
| M*5 | Program | Download | |
| Moon Calendar | Program | Download | |
| Moon Phase Calculator | Program | ||
| Moonphase Astrology | Program | ||
| Orbiter | Program | ||
| Planet Ephemeris 2068 | Program | ||
| Planet Finder | Program | Download | |
| Planet Finder | Program | Download | |
| Scope Finder | Program | Download | |
| Skyplot | Program | ||
| Solar/Lunar Eclipses | Program |
Documents (1)
| Title | Author | Publisher | Date | Pages |
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| An Economical Semi-Analytical Orbit Theory for Micro-Computer Applications NASA Technical Paper 2811, published in March 1988, describes a method for predicting the position of an Earth-orbiting satellite using... | R. Asa Gordon | 1986 | 48 |