Astronomy
and Ancient Stone Circles.

"Pete
Glastonbury is a digital photographer extraordinaire!"
(
Mike Pitts at the Inspiration
in Astronomical Phenomenon Conference tour of Avebury, August 2003)
Many panoramics included on the CD Rom that have an
astronomical
feature can be viewed using
the astronomy package Starry Night, a professional astronomy
program that allows you to view the stars as they are now or as they
were in
the distant past from the center of Stonehenge and it's Avenue
and
nearby Cursus.
Avebury viewpoints are from inside the northern inner circle with it's
Cove, and the southern inner circle including views from both the
avenue Coves.
Marden,
Thornborough, Arbor
low and Mayburgh Henges are included.
Stanton Drew and Castlerigg Stone Circles and various Long
Barrows such as West Kennet and Stoney Littleton plus various views of
Silbury Hill.
This collection is constantly being added
to
with online updates.
Programs that can view these horizon panoramas are Starry night
Enthusiast, Backyard, Pro and Pro Plus.
A trial of the program can be downloaded from
http://www.starrynight.com/digital_download.html
The Plant Venus
and a
full Moon over Silbury Hill, March 2004.