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Space and Astronomy ScreensaversFreeware Screen Savers Lots of free astronomy screen savers are available from around the World Wide Web. Here are just a few. Astronomy Software from Astrod Earth Screen Saver for Windows - Earth Screen Saver for Windows - The Earth screen saver displays an image of the Earth as currently illuminated by the Sun, from a variety of viewpoints. You can view the Earth from the Sun (day side), the night side, from the Moon, or from an arbitrary altitude above any point on the globe specified by latitude and longitude. Day and night regions of the globe are shown based on the current date and time. The image of the Earth shifts location on the screen every 10 minutes to avoid burning in the phosphor in one location. The Earth Screen Saver is available exclusively for 32-bit Windows systems such as Windows 95/98/Me and Windows NT/2000/XP. The Earth Screen Saver is in the public domain. You can do anything you like with it. The images are generated based on the cloudless Earth databases created by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from the MODIS instrument onboard the Terra satellite. The image of the Earth by night is based on nine months of observation by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. For further information and additional images, visit the NASA Earth Observatory site. Astronomy Software from Astrod Jupsat screensaver - Jupsat screensaver - Jupsat screensaver allows you to see jupiter and saturn bounce around the screen. The images where made by Bob Hogeveen and Jo Sanders on march 16, 2003 with a C11, 2x Barlow, Philips ToUcam Pro in the primary focus. Registax was used to stack images from the recorded avi files. Astronomy Software from Astrod Astronomy software from Astrod |