This is the Windows app named APOD desktop whose latest release can be downloaded as APOD0.2portable.exe. It can be run online in the free hosting provider OnWorks for workstations.
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SCREENSHOTS:
APOD desktop
DESCRIPTION:
[This is not the official application of APOD]
APOD desktop is a program that permit see and navigate in the APOD directory of easy and fast form.
Official webpage of APOD: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
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Developed in:
Python 3.4 with tkinter GUI
Tested on:
Windows 10 x64 bits
Versions:
0.2 --> 08-02-2017 (actual)
0.1 --> 06-02-2017
Developer:
Bryan Casanelli, student of physical civil engineering
[email protected] / [email protected]
Features
- See the Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Date finder
- Random option if the button 'go' is pressed without insert a date
- Download option
- Cache option, that permit the offline navigation
Programming Language
Python
Categories
This is an application that can also be fetched from https://sourceforge.net/projects/apod-desktop/. It has been hosted in OnWorks in order to be run online in an easiest way from one of our free Operative Systems.