Increase your in-the-field observing success with Starry Night Pro version 6. Use the Events Finder to choose targets, or make your own Observing List for a specific night or for specific objects of interest. Print out three-view starhopping charts customized to your equipment that effortlessly guide you to challenging objects. With extensive data sets, advanced telescope control, and comprehensive observational tools, Starry Night Pro is a powerful program designed for the serious astronomer. Transform your computer into a sophisticated virtual observatory.
New Features:
Create Observing Lists of astronomical objects using a variety of filters such as magnitude, altitude above horizon, type or database. Quickly see what objects you have observed and which ones you still need to hunt down
Find targets effortlessly with three-view starhopping charts customized to your equipment
Select your equipment from expanded default database of over 300 Orion, Meade, Celestron and Vixen scopes, binoculars, SBIG, Apogee, FLI and Starlight Express CCD chips and more
Take advantage of 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
Control your robotic telescope focuser with Computer Controlled Focuser Support (Windows only). 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.
Smoothly track and follow satellites with the Meade LX200/RCX400 telescopes (Mac only)
Recognize 1000+ craters, valleys and more instantly with surface feature outlines for the Moon
View the locations of 160+ extrasolar planets
Enjoy 8 additional photorealistic Earth horizon panoramas
Watch the sun set over Gusev Crater horizon panorama created with data from Mars Rover Spirit
Explore 10+ Moon panoramas taken by Apollo astronauts
Select from multiple surface maps of Earth, Moon and Mars
Customize the sky with 3 additional cloud panoramas
Mimic effects of the atmospheric scattering
Customize the look and feel of the controls
Follow the paths of over 25 interplanetary probes through the solar system
Zoom in on 3-D models of comets, asteroids, satellites and spacecraft
Plan observing sessions with Event Finder that instantly displays celestial events, such as lunar and solar eclipses and conjunctions, for months far into the future
Browse a library of over 100 Starry Night files that demonstrate events such as eclipses, planetary alignments and close-ups of galaxies and planets
And much more.
Other Features:
Controls most popular brands of robotic telescopes, including Orion SkyQuest Intelliscope, Meade LX200 and Autostar, Celestron Nexstar series and all ASCOM compliant scopes:
Synchronize your telescope's internal gaze direction with Starry Night
Home Scope moves your scope to home position for easier computer-to-star alignment
Park, unpark and set the park position of your scope, which is ideal for scopes placed in a permanent location or in one position for several days. Simply unpark the scope and start observing immediately without having to perform a star alignment again or recalibrating
Quickly center the Starry Night view on the onscreen telescope position marker
Configure slew limits prevents the telescope from moving outside a user-defined horizon in both altazimuth and equatorial configurations. This helps protect your valuable equipment from hitting the mount or tripod of the telescope.
Simulates telescope handbox control
Nudge your scope by seconds, minutes or degrees
Displays scope altitude and azimuth readout
See the sky from any location in the universe up to 700 million light years away
Visit 16,000,000 stars
Access 500+ million stars online
Explore PGC Catalog of 980,000 galaxies
View Zwicky catalog of 9134 clusters
Select objects from dozens of databases for double stars, quasars and pulsars
Automatically download Digitized Sky Survey images
View Milky Way in 12 wavelengths, from infrared, radio to X-ray
Create custom constellation sets
Add your own horizon panoramas
Add custom field of view indicators to match your telescope eyepiece, binoculars, CCDs or DSLRs
Rotate FOVs directly onscreen
Turn on more than one indicator at a time, especially if you are using a primary scope and a finderscope
Flip the view to match your telescope, finder or binoculars
Store comments and images on individual targets in the Log Book
Export positional data for any object over a specific time span and interval from Ephemeris Generator
Build your own databases
Display dynamic Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams
Activate night vision mode for in-the-field use
Deepen your explorations and understanding of the universe with over 100 interactive multimedia SkyGuide tours
See how stars and constellations change over time from 99,999 BC to 99,999 AD
Create QuickTime VR movies
And all the data and features from Starry Night Enthusiast version 6
Starry Night Pro version 6 includes:
DVD-ROM of Starry Night software for Windows and Macintosh
Exclusive SkyTheater DVD with over an hour or original movies about space
Starry Night Companion, a 192-page illustrated astronomy book
New, comprehensive 210-page User's Guide
To run Starry Night Pro version 6 you need:
A DVD-ROM drive is required for the installation of Starry Night Pro version 6 on your computer.
Windows: Requires Windows XP, 500 MHz or higher processor, 128 MB RAM and 2 GB of hard disk space. OpenGL support requires a 64 MB OpenGL 1.4 capable graphics card (OpenGL 2.0 is required for features like shaded sky and animated grass). Minimum recommended monitor resolution of 1024x768. DVD-ROM drive required for installation.
Recommended Graphics Card: 128 MB nVidia GeForce 6600 (or higher) or ATI Radeon X800 or higher.
Macintosh: Universal Binary runs natively on Intel and PPC Macintosh computers. Requires OS X 10.3.9 or higher, G3 450 MHz or higher processor, 128 MB RAM and 2 GB of hard disk space. Will not run on OS 9.x or earlier. OpenGL support requires a 64 MB OpenGL 1.4 capable graphics card (OpenGL 2.0 is required for features like shaded sky and animated grass). Minimum recommended monitor resolution of 1024x768. DVD-ROM drive required for installation.
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