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|Name=gnuskies
 
|Name=gnuskies
 
|Short description=Project to create a free version of the xephem program
 
|Short description=Project to create a free version of the xephem program
|Full description=The GnuSkies Project is an attempt to create a 'Total Plug In' (TPI) application which will eventually contain many features not yet implemented in xephem. The project is still in very early stages of development. Listed below are some of the crude initial modules currently under development. These will likely be updated and can considerably change in the near future.
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|Full description=The GnuSkies Project was an attempt to create a 'Total Plug In' (TPI) application which was will eventually contain many features not yet implemented in xephem.  
* Total Plug In (TPI) base - The TPI core which will let the rest of the application be developed as plugins.
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* SQL database server (plugin) - with star catalogs, orbital elements for the trajectories of well known objects, etc. It will most likely use the PostgreSQL server for this since that is available under GPL.
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gnuskies has been decommissioned as a GNU package. We suggest [celestia](http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Celestia)
* Planetarium-like display facility (plugin) - so objects in the sky can graphically displayed on a computer screen.
 
* Ephemeris backend - covering the most basic functionality.
 
* Orbital computation/estimation module
 
 
|Homepage URL=http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuskies/gnuskies.html
 
|Homepage URL=http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuskies/gnuskies.html
 
|User level=none
 
|User level=none
 
|Related projects=Planet_Finder,Kstars,Xplanet
 
|Related projects=Planet_Finder,Kstars,Xplanet
 
|Keywords=astronomy,solar system,viewing,stars,solar,GNUSkies,xephem
 
|Keywords=astronomy,solar system,viewing,stars,solar,GNUSkies,xephem
|Version identifier=NO_VERSION_DATA
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|Version date=2006/01/01
|Version date=1970-01-01
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|Version status=historical
|Version status=stable
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|Last review by=donaldr3
|Version comment=NO_VERSION_DATA
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|Last review date=2016/10/21
|Last review by=Janet Casey
 
|Last review date=2004-07-16
 
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
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|Status=
 
|Is GNU=Yes
 
|Is GNU=Yes
 
|GNU package identifier=gnuskies
 
|GNU package identifier=gnuskies
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|Real name=Rahul Mittal
 
|Real name=Rahul Mittal
 
|Role=Maintainer
 
|Role=Maintainer
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|Resource URL=
 
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GnuSkies

https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuskies/
Project to create a free version of the xephem program.

The GnuSkies Project is an attempt to create a 'Total Plug In' (TPI) application which will eventually contain many features not yet implemented in xephem.





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