Astronomical and Space-Related OS/2 Software

• Blackbody: Planck Balckbody Radiation Curve, by Robert D. Miller © 1997. Shows what the name says, in a native OS/2 PM application [sources].
• Ephem 4.28: Ephemeris calculator for OS/2 (Unix port)
• XEphem for OS/2, port by Mark Goldberg (goldber at primenet.com) of Elwood Downey's XEphem program, using EMX, XFree86 for OS/2 and Lesstif for XFree86/OS2, the free Motif clone for OS/2 (for more information see the Lesstif for XFree86/OS2 description by Michael Holzapfel). XEphem version 3.1 for OS/2 is also available from Mark Goldberg's site.
• PM Mond: Native OS/2 PM Lunar Phases Calculator
• Newton PM: Simulations of planetary systems and multiple stars. Native PM, SFX
• PM Globe 32: Spinning Earth globe and distance calculator [description]
• Skygate: Planetarium and telescope control program demo (Native OS/2 PM). By Wayne L. Gary of AstroGrafx. Also note AstroGrafx Skygate page.
• Cosmos for OS/2, Part 1 and Part 2: Native OS/2 PM Planetarium Program Demo, by Mensys (Netherlands). Note their catalogue offer
• Night Vision Version 2.3 for OS/2: Shows the night sky from every location on Earth. Shareware program by Brian Simpson (see his Night Vision homepage) and BMT Micro (note their Night Vision page). [ Documentation] [We temporarily continue to hold the older Version 2.2; Documentation]
• For viewing images, I recommend one of the following fine native programs:
  • PM View 1.00: A superb native OS/2 PM image viewer and image tool, also suitable as image format converter, and (limited) editor. Now able to view FITS images also. You can run slide shows, and it is a superb OS/2 icon generator (view mini images in their directory folders).
  • PM JPEG 1.74: Good viewer and image tool, e.g. converter for various image formats.
• For animations, take:
  • PM MPEG 3.0: Native OS/2 PM view for MPEG animations