Starry Night Pro 6.0 (5-User Lab Pack)

Immerse yourself in the wonders of the universe. Over 100 interactive, multimedia tours reveal the fascinating science and history of stars. An elegant, easy-to-use interface lets you quickly tap into a new and improved suite of features. All the tools you need are at your fingertips. Powerful and fast, this program is a feast for your senses and fuel for your imagination.

New Features:

SkyCalendar seamlessly integrated with observation planner and logs

PGC catalog with 980,000 galaxies

New high-precision satellite tracking

Over 100 multimedia tours to deepen explorations and understanding of the universe

Built-in Ephemeris Generator

New, high-resolution constellation illustrations and panoramas to enjoy

Joystick-supported spaceship mode to maneuver around the Universe

Other Features:

Control most popular brands of computerized telescopes

Explore over 16 million stars and 1 million galaxies objects with online link to 500 million stars

Plan a night under the stars with the observational planner

Store comments and images on individual targets in observation logs

Customize field-of-view indicators to match your eyepieces stored in the equipment list

See the sky from any location in the universe up to 700 million light years away

Print full sky (180-degree) star charts of any area in the sky

Receive automatic updates of new discoveries and orbital data of satellites, comets and asteroids

New Features

Nebula Outlines – Added Outlines and positional data for 1400 dark, emission, planetary and reflection nebulae.

Star Cluster Catalogs - Added positional data for 1700 globular and open clusters.

Default Equipment Database – for CCDs, telescopes, binoculars, and eyepieces added. Choose FOV indicators from a database of over 200 Orion, Meade, Celestron and Vixen scopes, binoculars, and SBIG, Apogee, FLI and Starlight Express CCD chips.

Field-of-View-Indicators (FOV) Support for DSLR (digital) cameras - A list of popular cameras has been added to the Equipment List database. FOV Position Angle can also be rotated directly onscreen.

Improved Digital Settings Circles Support for non-motorized telescopes such as: Orion SkyQuest IntelliScope, NGCMAX, Lumicon Sky Vector, Discovery Digital Star Finder, Orion SkyWizard III, and Celestron Advanced Astromaster.

Computer Controlled Focuser Support (Windows only) - Control your robotic telescope focuser. Supported models include: AstroOptik telescopes, Astrophysics GTO mount, Finger Lakes focusers, Gemini equipped mount, JMI Smart Focus, Meade LX200 and Autostar, Optec TCF-S, and PCFocus.

Advanced Telescope Control Panel - more precise control of robotic telescopes with 'nudge' control and telescope slew limits.

Space Missions (Probe Paths) - Follow the actual path of a space probe's orbit through the solar system in Starry Night. The space probe's past, current and future paths can be drawn onscreen. Explore interplanetary space missions and relive some of the spectacular views seen by Voyager 1 and 2, Pioneer 10 and 11, Galileo, Mars Express, and Cassini and Huygens.

3-D Object Models - Starry Night now supports 3DS models with textured surfaces, allowing for the display of irregularly shaped 3-dimensional objects such as spacecraft or small planetary moons and asteroids. The spacecraft models of Pioneer 10 and 11, Galileo and the Cassini Huygens probe and the asteroids Annefrank, Braille, Bacchus are included.

Clear Sky Clock (Internet connection required) - Check out your local astronomical weather forecast when planning your observing session.

Google Maps Integration (Internet connection required) – Click on any location on Earth while hovering and select Google Map for a Google Map for that precise location.

Zip/Postal code look-up - Find the latitude and longitude of your location by entering your zip code (US) or postal code (Canada).

Searchable Locations - Locations are now searchable by country, province/state, and location "type" (e.g. observatory).

Location Markers – Assign markers to any predefined location on Earth or any other rocky planet or moon where have surface data is available. For example, the Apollo mission landing sites.

Location Specific Horizon Panoramas - When you select New York from the location list, you will be greeted by a photorealistic landscape of Central Park. Where possible, our panoramas have been associated with their respective locations.

More Detailed Object Info - Stars now show a spectral class

Applescripting added (Mac Only) -- Starry Night is now Applescript-able! Create a script to run a list of Starry Night files in sequence.

"Universal Binary" compatible (Mac only)- Starry Night runs on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Mac computers.

Event Finder - Dynamically generate a list of upcoming astronomical events visible from your location. Events can include Moon Phases, Eclipses, Appulses, Elongations/Conjunctions/Oppositions, Meteor showers, etc

Improved Planner - Generate observing lists based on selection criteria such as database, constellation, visibility, object type etc. Observing lists are no longer tied to a particular date. Keep track of what objects they have observed and which ones they have not. Observing lists will be searchable.

Enhanced Logbook - Search logs based on object, location, equipment used.

SETI Institute Searched Planets Data Set

Satellite Tracking – Enable ASCOM for existing mounts that track artificial satellites.

Moon Location Panoramas

Planetary Feature Outlines - For example, as you hover over the moon, it will outline significant features and identify them.

Improved Printing -3-pane printing will shows a naked eye view, a finderscope view and an eyepiece view on the same chart, a great tool for star hopping. Print out planispheres.

Improved Object Name Database – Objects with multiple star catalogs entries will be grouped under a single entry making it easier to search for targets.

Animated Horizon Panoramas

Pronunciation Guide of Astronomical Terms and Objects

Improved OpenGL graphics (including real-time cloud cover from orbit)

Additional Spacecraft and Asteroid 3D Models

System Requirements

Windows

Windows XP

500 MHz or higher processor

128 MB RAM

500MB of hard disk space

OpenGL® support requires a 32 MB OpenGL® capable graphics card

Minimum recommended monitor resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.

Macintosh

OS X 10.3 or higher

G3 450 MHz or higher processor

128 MB RAM

500 MB of hard disk space

Will not run on OS 9.x or earlier

OpenGL® support requires a 32 MB OpenGL® capable graphics card

Minimum recommended monitor resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.

Basic support for joysticks recognized by Windows XP and Mac OS X.

Requirements for Video DVD: Home DVD player and TV, or computer with DVD player.