Software and Data for Practical Astronomers: The Best of the Internet (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series): The Best of the Internet (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series) (Paperback)

Product Description
The Internet contains so much information and data for astronomers that just finding what you want is a daunting task, and downloading can take hours of computer and telephone time. This selection of "the best of the Internet" is accompanied by a free CD-ROM containing over 300 MB of downloaded material that will fascinate every astronomer. There is a fully registered version of SkyMap, an MPEG video player, Acrobat readers, massive deep-sky, double-star, comet and asteroid databases, some of the best images and videos from space, and of course lots of shareware programs. Several NASA eclipse guides are featured, including a 120-page guide to the 1999 total solar eclipse.

First Sentence
The Internet could have been invented for Astronomy. Read the first page