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Astronomy Lab for WIN 3.x

Astronomy Lab is one of the most innovative, interesting, and useful shareware astronomy programs available for Microsoft Windows 3.X. Astronomy Lab generates animated movies that simulate a host of astronomical events (including solar and lunar eclipses, lunar occultations, planetary occultations, transits of Mercury and Venus, the orbits of Jupiter's bright moons, and the motions of the planets in the plane of the ecliptic). In addition, Astronomy Lab produces several reports that contain predictions of the most important and exciting astronomical events of the present, future and past. Also, Astronomy Lab generates several graphs that illustrate many fundamental astronomical concepts.

This program will provide hour after hour of fascination and education to anyone interested in astronomy. The novice can use Astronomy Lab as an excellent learning tool. Seasoned astronomers can make the best use of their observing time by using the program to calculate when astronomical events will occur, and where in the sky they will be found.