| Feature |
AstroElite |
Winstar |
Solar Fire |
Kepler-Sirius |
| Calculations time range |
5400 BC - 5400 AD |
600 BC - 2299 AD |
5400 BC - 5400 AD |
999 BC - 2100 AD |
| Accuracy |
Less than 1 second of arc. For the asteroids, transneptunians, and Chiron less than 1 minute. |
| Number of locations in cities database |
~260,000 |
| Time zone and DST tables for automatic time adjustment: available |
| Planet-centered charts |
Earth (Geocentric), Sun (Heliocentric), Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto-centered charts |
Geo- and Heliocentric only |
| Satellites |
Mars (Phobos, Deimos), Jupiter ( Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Amalthea, Himalia ), Saturn ( Enceladus, Tethys, Rhea, Dione, Titan, Iapetus ),
Uranus ( Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Miranda ) and Neptune ( Triton ) |
unavailable |
| Recently discovered bodies |
Varuna, Ixion, Quaoar, Hermes, Sedna, Orcus, UB313 |
unavailable |
| Fixed GE stars |
Customizable list of 48-1614 stars (2-5 magnitude) |
unavailable |
| Bradley index |
yes |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Bayer rules |
yes |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
|
Econograph |
yes |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
|
On-demand features |
Just add a
necessary feature to our wish list and get update with your feature added in few weeks for free! |
no |
no |
no |
|
Automatic updates |
Click Check updates menu item and have a new version installed in few minutes |
no |
no |
no |
|
Message board support |
post you questions, problems and suggestions to our forum and be
answered in 24 hours or less |
no |
no |
no |
|
Free life updates and upgrades |
YES! |
no |
no |
no |
| Graphics quality |
Guess which charts produced by AstroElite? |
| Price, USD |
100 - 150 |
300 - 400 |
325 - 485 |
300-650 |
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