
                         C O O L S K Y
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                          Version 2.0
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               V E N D O R    I N F O R M A T I O N
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This file provides information for Shareware Distributors, Disk Vendors
and BBS SYSOPs who wish to distribute CoolSky 2.0.


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                  Part 1:  Program Information:
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Program Name, Category, Keywords:
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   Name     - CoolSky
   Category - Science / Education / Astronomy
   Keywords - ASTRONOMY
              PLANETARIUM
              STAR CHARTS
              STARS
              PLANETS


Short Description
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CoolSky is a Windows 9x/NT/XP based planetarium program,
that offers highly realistic views of entire sky from
any place on the Earth. CoolSky is built in OpenGL 
technology that allows to render celestial objects 
in the highest possible level of detail. CoolSky has 
an intuitive and easy-to-use interface that lets quickly 
navigate within the program and search for celestial bodies.
Extensive information about objects is available after
single mouse click. It can also smoothly animate solar
system objects, create star charts on the printer and
display photographic images on the screen.


Long Description
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CoolSky is an original astronomical software that gives you
the possibility to observe the sky on your computer. Thanks to
OpenGL graphics it offers the most realistic views of entire
sky as seen from any location on Earth, for any day in the past, 
present and future. You can selectively display stars, planets, 
deep sky objects, and enhance the display by drawing constellations, 
equatorial grids, ecliptic and more.

CoolSky has easy-to-use interface that allows you quickly 
navigate within the map, search for celestial bodies and view 
detailed information about any visible object. Using the mouse 
buttons as well as the menu commands and the toolbar buttons, 
you can do everything with the celestial sphere and objects on it.

With CoolSky, you can view the motions of the stars, Sun, Moon 
and planets over time and observe many interesting astronomical 
phenomena. The sky display can be also easily printed to take 
with you on skywatching journeys. CoolSky implements the WYSIWYG 
technology (What You See Is What You Get), so you can view exactly 
what you can get from the printer. 

One of the most impressive features of CoolSky is its capacity 
for displaying photographic images. There are two different ways 
to display an image: manually and automatically. Thousands of 
beautiful astronomical images are available on the Internet, 
so you can easily build your own collection that can be simply 
accessed in the program.   

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                Part 2:  Distribution Requirements
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The Shareware Version of the CoolSky may be freely distributed.

BBSs - please name the file COOLSKY2.xxx.

When distributing CoolSky the following files must
be distributed together.
SETUP.EXE
SETUP.INI
_SETUP.DLL
SETUP.INS
SETUP.LID
_INST32I.EX_
_ISDEL.EXE
LAYOUT.BIN
_SYS1.CAB
_USER1.CAB
DATA1.CAB
LANG.DAT
OS.DAT
DATA.TAG
README.TXT
VENDOR.TXT
FILE_ID.DIZ
REGISTER.TXT
    
Disk Vendors, Shareware Distributors and BBS(s) may charge a nominal fee for
distribution of the program. The recipient of CoolSky must be informed 
in advance, that the fee paid to acquire CoolSky does not relieve the 
recipient from purchasing the Licensed Version of CoolSky if the recipient 
continues to use CoolSky.
