One of the outstanding astronomy software available on the net is Lunar Phase Pro – The Moon Observer’s Toolkit as they call it.
Predicting the moon phase is only one thing this piece of astronomy software can do…
- Lunar Phase Pro has the following features:
- predict a wide range of lunar phenomena
- an interactive moon atlas
- zoom, pan, label and print-out maps
- searchable database of over 9,00 lunar features
- libration and colongitude
- find when features are under similar lighting
- emulate the view through telescopes
- top-down views on near and far side features
- watch over 300 moon and astronomy videos
- get the latest moon news and podcasts
- many more features
Well, I think that almost 45 USD is quite big amount for such software. Maybe if They lower the price, they will sell much more apps and will have much more profit.
Hello Mateusz
Yeah, cheaper software always would be nicer
On the other hand – astronomy is a very specialized niche and general interest is not as high as in other fields, I guess they probably would have to charge much more if they only looked at profitability in developing software for astronomy enthusiasts – so probably $45 is already a lowered price…
Mike
I agree with Michael. Although $45 can seem a bit high for software, there’s something about software/products in the science field that makes them more expensive. Maybe its because of all the data that they collect and the amount of data that goes into the software. I remember as a kid, I had one of those “constellation maps” that you can see on your ceiling and that would glow in the dark…they cost a pretty penny lol.