Wow. A quick trick to Tau Ceti anyone?

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I found a great freeware astronomy program called Celestia. This thing gives you first-person views of stars, planets, even asteroids as you fly through the solar system (and to other stars as well.)

It's a big download, took me half an hour on our dial up connection, but well worth it. From what I saw it works on most platforms.