Mir Space Station Flyover

ZenithStarChart[{1995,2,1,21,50,0},
  RadialAngle->105*Degree,
  Mesh->True,
  StarColors->True,
  StarLabels->True,
  MagnitudeScale->0.7,
  MagnitudeRange->4.0,
  RotateLabel->False,
  Epilog->{RGBColor[1,0,0],
    OrbitTrack[Mir, {1995,2,1,21,50-10,0},
                    {1995,2,1,21,50+5,0},
               ViewPoint->TopoCentric,
               PlotPoints->100]}];1;

Track of Mir Space Station flying overhead. It takes about 10 minutes for Mir to pass from the southwest horizon over the zenith and down into the northeast horizon.

Deep Sky Objects

doit[{{ 4, 8.2}*15, {-35,35}}];1;

Finder chart for various interesting deep sky objects (such as nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies) in the direction of Orion.

Space Shuttle Orbit

OrbitTrackPlot[
      STS63, {1995, 2, 6, 8 + 11, 0, 0}, {1995, 2, 6, 14 + 11, 0, 0}, 
      PlotPoints -> 250, LocationRing -> True]; 1;

Four orbits of a Space Shuttle mission. The light red areas indicate the locations on Earth, where the Space Shuttle will be visible to the naked eye just after dusk as it moves overhead. Similarly, the light blue area indicates visibility just before dawn.

OrbitTrackPlot[STS63, {1995,2,6,8+11,0,0},
                      {1995,2,6,9+11,0,0},
               PlotPoints -> 50,
               Shading    -> True,
               PlotRange  -> {{90, 180},
                              {-50, 10}}];

Chart zoomed into area around Australia showing the track of the Space Shuttle. The shading on the right is the approaching night.

Astrological Birth Chart

BirthChart[{1812,2,7,0,0,0},
           GeoLongitude -> 0*Degree,
           GeoLatitude  -> 51*Degree, 
           TimeZone     -> 0];

Birth chart for Charles Dickens, born at midnight on 1812 February 7 in England.