Starry Night Pro Plus 6.0 (5-User Lab Pack)

Now with Full-Color CCD Photograph of the Entire Night Sky Visible from Earth!

Starry Night Pro Plus version 5.0 enhances your observation experiences with the first-ever, full-color photograph of the entire night sky, to a limiting magnitude of 14-15. Quickly and easily navigate the full-color CCD image mosaic comprised of about 20,000 individual images taken with a 6 mega-pixel CCD camera and custom-built optical system.

Make the most of the enhanced telescope controls to find your target and capture it using the new plug-in to MaxIm DL* imaging software. This innovative integration lets you find your target, take and process pictures with MaxIm DL and then import these pictures back into Starry Night.

Add exciting, new dimensions to your passion for the night sky with the ability to create your own stunning astrophotography.

What's New

Zoom in on the AllSky Image, a full-color CCD mosaic of the entire sky visible from Earth, to a limiting magnitude of 14-15

Connect to MaxIm DL* to take pictures with your telescope and camera and import them into Starry Night (Windows only)

Move your telescope freely in altitude or azimuth using the "telescope handbox simulator" (Macintosh only)

Use the improved "Telescope" pane to park/unpark and home your scope, configure slew limits and more

Explore PGC Catalog of 1 million galaxies

Plan observing sessions using SkyCalendar full of upcoming astronomical events

Export positional data for any object over a specific time span or interval with the Ephemeris Generator

Track satellite positions more accurately as predicted by the SGP4 model

Deepen explorations of the universe with over 100 SkyGuide tours

Choose from over 30 photo-realistic horizon panoramas

Enjoy high resolution exclusive constellation illustrations and images from Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes and Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Fly around the universe using joystick-supported spaceship mode

Other Features

Control most popular brands of computerized telescopes including Orion SkyQuest Intelliscope, Meade LX-200 and AutoStar and Celestron Nexstar series (additional cable required)

View over 55 million stars and 1 million galaxies with online link to 500 million stars

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

Store comments and images on individual targets in observation logs

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

*MaxIm DL Advanced CCD Imaging Software for Windows is sold separately.

System Requirements

A DVD-ROM drive is required for the installation of Starry Night Pro Plus version 5.0 on your computer.

Macintosh:

OS X 10.3 or higher

G4 800 MHz or higher processor

256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)

3.0 GB of hard disk space for full install

OpenGL support requires a 64 MB OpenGL capable graphics card

Minimum recommended monitor resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels

DVD-ROM drive required for installation.

Will not run on OS 9.x or earlier.

Windows:

Windows XP

800 MHz or higher processor

256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)

3.0 GB of hard disk space for full install

OpenGL support requires a 64 MB OpenGL capable graphics card

Minimum recommended monitor resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels

DVD-ROM drive required for installation.

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.