![]() ![]() Obviously, it graphically displays the current phase of the moon in real time and displays the times and dates of the major lunar phases for the month. LPP is primarily a planning tool for lunar observers and offers an enormous amount of information to assist the observer in this regard. Instructions on viewing the manual are provided on the manual’s download page. The file is a zip file which you extract and view using a browser. There is a downloadable manual which is available to you before you buy the software which I like. In general, I think that while some users might be unhappy with the non-standard appearance of the User Interface, this departure from the standard Windows ‘look’ looks very high-tech. While this would increase the ‘busyness’ of the Window, I feel it would be preferable to the current situation. This gives an extensive list of other functions, all which really deserve their own icons. The number of buttons on the toolbar is small, however one of the buttons is entitled Display Menu of Other Functions. The ‘skin’ is chrome-like, it is impossible for the user to change this to give a more conventional Windows ‘feel’. ![]() The initial window is clean and uncluttered. Installation is straightforward and finished without incident. I installed the software on a 2.8 GHz Pentium 4 PC. I obtained a review copy of the software via a download rather than getting the CD. A 500Mhz or faster PC is recommended but some screen load times on calculation-intensive screens will be slow on less-specified PCs. The recommended minimum amount of RAM on a PC is 128Mb (this will display the Moon in medium resolution graphics) but 256Mb is required for high-resolution displays. Lunarphase Pro needs about 35Mb hard disk space for its installation. LunarPhase Pro is a utility for Windows which provides a range of information on the Moon and, to a lesser degree, the Sun, graphically displaying the current phase of the moon and lunar data, in real time. As you probably know, the weather in Ireland is less than ideal for astronomy, so I try and plan carefully my time under clear skies to maximise my time at the eyepiece and minimise reading in the field. Since the publication of Charles Wood’s ‘Lunar 100’, in Sky and Telescope I have become a very keen observer of the Moon. “The Old Schoolhouse Magazine” Review of LunarPhase ProĬlick here to read this recent review of LunarPhase Pro. Predict Moon Phases And More, Past, Present or Future Get Prepared For A Global Explosion of Interest In The Moon! Learn About Earth’s Nearest Neighbor – The Moon
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