Starry Night - Starry Night Complete Space & Astronomy Pack

Starry Night™ Complete Space & Astronomy Pack (2006 edition)

If you′re new to astronomy or looking for the perfect gift for someone interested in the stars, this new edition of Starry
Night Complete Space & Astronomy Pack has everything you need to get started.

With direct, easy-to-understand explanations and impressive visuals of all kinds of night sky phenomena, Complete Space &
Astronomy Pack is the perfect way to share the wonders of the universe with your entire family. Satisfy your curiosity about the
universe without having to do more than point, click and explore.

Find out what it is like to be an astronaut in spaceship mode where you can travel to the edges of the known universe. See what
the universe looked like thousands of years ago or what it will look like thousands of years from now. As new discoveries are
made, the new objects will automatically update into the software!
	
You′ll never be ′lost in space′ with this stellar planetarium-in-a-box that gets you up and viewing in
minutes.

New Features:
Locate objects easily with SmartFind
Daily Events Reminder lists all celestial events visible
tonight from your backyard
Hear the correct pronunciation of constellations and over 500 celestial
objects
Features object-specific descriptions for 400 popular deep sky objects, from double stars to lenticular
galaxies
Other Features:
See the night sky from anywhere on Earth, especially your own backyard
Select your home
location from a database of over 8000 locations or by zip code or longitude/latitude
Learn how to identify planets, stars
and popular asterisms such as ″The Big Dipper″
Blast off to visit any planet in the
solar system, its moons or the Milky Way
Travel in time from 4713 BC to 3000 AD
Learn about the movements of the
planets, watch the phases of the moon and see what the stars looked like on the day you were born!
Explore 1,000,000 stars
from the Hipparcos and Tycho-2 3D star catalogs
Maneuver around a 3-D universe created exclusively using the Tully
database with 3-D positions of 28,000 galaxies
Find your way around the night sky with SkyGuide′s 50 interactive,
multimedia guided star tours
Know exactly where, when, and what you′re observing with the ′Status′ and
′Info′ panes
Fly around the universe using the joystick supported spaceship mode
Magnify up to
600,000x
 Depicts realistic twilight, daytime and nighttime views
Enjoy high-resolution illustrations of all 88
classical constellations and photorealistic Earth horizon panoramas
Zoom in on the Best of Hubble Space Telescope
images
Boost your knowledge of space trivia with Record Holders and the built-in astronomy Dictionary
Save or
export color images to create your own space art
Print star charts for your next outing under the stars
Stay
current with instant online updates of asteroids, comets and satellites (Internet connection required)
And much
more!
Starry Night Complete Space & Astronomy Pack provides an ideal introduction to astronomy with:
Starry Night
software with 50 interactive, guided tours to get you started exploring our solar system
SkyTheater DVD with over and
hour-and-a-half of original movies about space
Starry Night Companion, a bonus 192-page illustrated book
Windows: Requires Windows XP with 500 MHz or higher processor, 128 MB RAM and 850 MB of hard disk space. 32 MB OpenGL
capable graphics card. Minimum recommended monitor resolution of 1024 x768 pixels.

Macintosh: Universal Binary runs natively on Intel and PPC Macintosh computers. Requires OS 10.3.9 or higher with G3 450
MHz or higher processor, 128 MB RAM and 850 MB of hard disk space. 32 MB OpenGL capable graphics card. Minimum recommended monitor
resolution of 1024 x768 pixels.