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Hi Everyone, My apols for not posting for ages, and then when I do it's off-topic... I just wondered if there were any other astronomers in the LUG? Having recently got my grubby hands on a nice Celestron "goto" Newtonian, I'm thinking about organising a small star party, as I have access to a nice dark-sky site with basic facilities. Either way, it would be nice to expand my circle of astro-nuts (sounds painful!). Hmm how to get back on-topic...ahh yes, XEphem from the clear sky institute is a breeze to compile under Ubuntu - highly recommend it too. Great for tracking objects like satellites and comets. It lives here: http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/ For a straightforward map of the night sky, stellarium can't be beaten for ease of use and looks very professionally built: http://www.stellarium.org/ - again, runs under Ubuntu nicely and is easy to get up and running. Cheers! Tel. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html