4 files changed, 22 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/astro/openuniverse/pkg-descr b/astro/openuniverse/pkg-descr
index e7d98c2a45c0..8aa2d72095ec 100644
--- a/astro/openuniverse/pkg-descr
+++ b/astro/openuniverse/pkg-descr
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ ssystem is an OpenGL Solar System simulator with Sun, nine
 planets, and a few major satellites.  Background stars are
 also included.
 
-http://www1.las.es/~amil/ssystem
+WWW: http://www1.las.es/~amil/ssystem
 http://www.msu.edu/~kamelkev
diff --git a/astro/saoimage/pkg-descr b/astro/saoimage/pkg-descr
index d5c49e0ae6f6..819d35a311b7 100644
--- a/astro/saoimage/pkg-descr
+++ b/astro/saoimage/pkg-descr
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 SAOimage (pronounced S-A-0-image) displays astronomical images in the X11
 window environment. It was written by Mike Van Hilst while he was at the
 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) in 1990 and is now maintained by
-Doug Mink also at the SAO. Online documentation is available at
-http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/software/saoimage.html
+Doug Mink also at the SAO.
 
-Online help is available at
-http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/software/saoimage.html.
+Online help and documentation are on the webpage.
 
 Image files can be read directly, or image data may be passed through a
 named pipe (Unix) or a mailbox (VMS) from IRAF display tasks. SAOimage
@@ -19,3 +17,5 @@ panel, a display magnifier, a pan and zoom reference image, and a color bar.
 A color table graph window can be brought up by clicking on the color bar.
 
 Bugs or problems should be reported to Doug Mink at dmink@cfa.harvard.edu.
+
+WWW: http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/software/saoimage.html
diff --git a/astro/sattrack/pkg-descr b/astro/sattrack/pkg-descr
index 241de804f72d..53379367e2e3 100644
--- a/astro/sattrack/pkg-descr
+++ b/astro/sattrack/pkg-descr
@@ -2,32 +2,23 @@ This is a port of SatTrack version 3.1, which is
 Copyright (c) 1992-1997 Bester Tracking Systems. All Rights Reserved.
 
 SatTrack is a real-time satellite tracking and orbit propagation
-program with an X11 color world map tracking chart. It provides
+program with an X11 color world map tracking chart.  It provides
 two different live displays, for single or multiple satellites,
-and two different orbit prediction modes.  Cursor controls used in
-the numerical live displays are compatible with the VT100 standard,
-which allows the program to be run basically from any terminal
-without the graphics display. If the program is run from an X Window
-terminal, the realtime graphics display can be started up. It will
-show the location of any number of specified satellites like the
-Space Shuttle or the Russian Space Station Mir, featuring the circle
-of visibility for any selected spacecraft and for the primary and
-a number of secondary ground stations.  Also shown are the ground
-track for the next three orbits, the black-out zones for communication
-through the TDRSS network, Mission Elapsed Time (MET), the terminator,
-spacecraft lighting conditions and other details. The world maps
-are provided in two different styles with four different sizes
-each.  Program SatTrack is particularly interesting for the upcoming
-Shuttle - Mir rendezvous missions.
-
-Current on-line information on SatTrack can be found on the World
-Wide Web page with the following URL:
-
-	http://www.bester.com
+and two different orbit prediction modes.  The program can be run
+from almost any VT100 compatible terminal.  If the program is run
+from an X Window terminal, the realtime graphics display can be
+started up.  It will show the location of any number of specified
+satellites like the Space Shuttle or the Russian Space Station Mir,
+featuring the circle of visibility for any selected spacecraft and
+for the primary and a number of secondary ground stations.  Also
+shown are the ground track for the next three orbits, the black-out
+zones for communication through the TDRSS network, Mission Elapsed
+Time (MET), the terminator, spacecraft lighting conditions and
+other details.  The world maps are provided in two different styles
+with four different sizes each.  Program SatTrack is particularly
+interesting for the upcoming Shuttle - Mir rendezvous missions.
 
 The much advanced commercial off-the-shelf version of SatTrack
 (V4.0) can be obtained from Bester Tracking Systems.
 
-Port to FreeBSD 2.2 by
-Brent J. Nordquist <bjn@visi.com>
-Sun Mar  2 1997
+WWW: http://www.bester.com
diff --git a/astro/xtide/pkg-descr b/astro/xtide/pkg-descr
index b014de5a65f2..0965333e2090 100644
--- a/astro/xtide/pkg-descr
+++ b/astro/xtide/pkg-descr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-xtide is a program which predicts and displays tides.  It is capable of
+The xtide program predicts and displays tides.  It is capable of
 producing output in a variety of dynamic and static formats, and has
 extensions for X, plain ASCII, and HTML.
 
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ also have to specify your location either by setting the LOCATION
 environment variable, by using the -location script, or by creating
 an appropriate ~/.xtiderc. 
 
-http://www.universe.digex.net/~dave/xtide/xtide.html has complete
-documentation, or just read the man page.
+WWW: http://www.universe.digex.net/~dave/xtide/xtide.html
 
 - Brion Moss
 brion@queeg.com