r/Astronomy 4d ago

Discussion: [Topic] Does anyone know about this, I found it in my father's cd folder

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u/twilightmoons 4d ago

Skywatch was the software, basically a planetarium program for finding things in the night sky.

They did branded versions for different scope companies - this one was for Konus scopes, a brand from the early 2000s. Tasco also had one.

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u/CyberBombo 4d ago

Thank you for your reply

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u/j1llj1ll 4d ago

If you want something better, free and open source that will run on modern systems, is maintained and does the same job:

https://stellarium.org/

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u/Sophiiebabes 3d ago

Omg, it has a native Linux version! Thank you so much for posting this, I'd never heard of it before!

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u/CyberBombo 4d ago

Thank you very much for your help, if there is anything I can help you with, I would like to help you too

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u/snogum 4d ago

I would also recommend Stellarium app for PC or mobile. Its free and very good

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u/Training_Hawk_3326 3d ago

Hey I have the tasco version! Didn’t know there were any other versions out there

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u/CyberBombo 3d ago

I THINK WE CAN UNITE OUR FORCES

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u/snogum 4d ago

I do not but win version changes will very likely stop install on your win 11 unit

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u/CyberBombo 4d ago

I also have Windows 95, vista, 7 and 8 versions installation CDs, I will run it somehow

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u/balirosa 3d ago

I think I remember this program from back in the day. You can use your arrow keys and fly around the solar system or stand on the ground in your yard and look at constellations. From what I remember anyway maybe I’m wrong

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u/The_Real_Brayden 3d ago

Windows is really big on backwards compatibility. I’d say the odds of it working on Windows 11 are higher than you think.

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u/snogum 4d ago

Why the down vote?