Welcome to the first SKY:Lab ASTRONOMY SOFTWARE Newsletter for 2002.


NEWSLETTER Contents.
1. What's New
2. The Latest Upgrades
3. New Upgrade for Standard Ed. to Advanced Ed.
4. GOTO Telescope & Digital Setting Circle Interfaces

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1. WHAT'S NEW
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Since the first public release of SKY:Lab early in 2001,
there have been several upgrades that offer improvements and new
functions.

SKY:Lab was renamed to STAR Atlas:PRO and split into two seperate
Versions, the "Standard Edition" and the "Advanced Edition". The
Standard Edition is a much revised and improved version of SKY:Lab.

STAR Atlas:PRO Advanced Edition is a 3xCD-ROM Set that is supplied
with The Guide Star Catalog and the SAP/INET Module. The SAP/INET
modules allows STAR Atlas:PRO to access, retrieve and integrate
astronomical data from on-line astronomical catalogues that include
the new Guide Star Catalog 2 and the USNO-A2.0 database.

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2. The Latest Software Upgrades
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Most Current Upgrade for SKY:Lab = V3.20
Most Current Upgrade for STAR Atlas:PRO STANDARD EDITION = V3.20
Most Current Upgrade for STAR Atlas:PRO ADVANCED EDITION = V3.01

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3. Telescope Interfaces
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STAR Atlas:PRO interfaces to a variety of GOTO Telescopes & Digitial
Setting Circles (DSC) are now nearing final development. The list of
equipment to be initially supported include:

    GOTO TELESCOPES
        MEADE LX200
        MEADE AutoStar
        Celestron Nextstar

    DIGITAL SETTING CIRCLES
        Sky Commander
        Losmandy DSC