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	Starry Night Pro 6.2 Astronomy Software
	$149.95 Buy Now

The developers of our award-winning Starry Night® software are pleased to announce the release of version 6.2, which is available now for purchase. Version 6.0 users can upgrade for free! Version 6.2 is the most robust version yet, with performance-enhancing features such as Smooth Window Fading and Transparent Floating Windows.

Starry Night® has never been better. So don’t delay, get the new version 6.2 today!

Use your computer to explore a vast array of astronomical wonders! In Version 6.2, you can follow a space probe's actual path, explore interplanetary trips, even view 3D objects–spacecraft, moons or asteroids to see textured surfaces and much more.

Explore a vast array of astronomical wonders, both natural and man-made! Replay spectacular fly-bys of Voyager, Galileo, and other famous space missions. Never miss your chance to witness celestial events, such as Jupiter satellite shadow transits, with the powerful Events Finder. Easily navigate around the cosmos using SkyGuide as your tour guide. Starry Night Enthusiast gives you the freedom and resources to explore the night sky on your computer or with the naked eye or a pair of binoculars.

New Features for Version 6.2:

• New Appulse Event Searching alerts you when the Moon is near bright planets
• 4 New Earth Horizon Panoramas let you observe from more interesting new locations
• 65 New 3-D Asteroid Models let you explore these intriguing celestial bodies
• New Meteor Showers Update makes your meteor shower observations even better
• New Extrasolar Planets Update helps you learn even more about planets beyond our Solar System
• Extended Constellation Descriptions provide more detailed information on all 88 constellations
• Smooth Window Fading (Win XP, Vista) and Transparent Floating Windows (Vista) will enhance your experience

Other Features:

• Follow the paths of over 25 interplanetary probes through the solar system. Ride along with New Horizons on its mission to Pluto and more
• Pan around 25 3-D models of spacecraft, including Voyager, Deep Impact, Stardust and more
• Zoom in on 3-D models of comets, asteroids and satellites
• Track over 830 artificial satellites used for communications, GPS, environmental monitoring and scientific research
• 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
• Assign horizon panorama to a specific location on or off Earth with your choice of 11 photorealistic horizon panoramas
• Pinpoint the exact location of historical events, such as the Apollo moon landings, with Location Markers
• Access up-to-date local observing conditions through online link to Clear Sky Clock (requires Internet connection)
• Click on any location on Earth while hovering and select a Google Map for that precise location (requires Internet connection)
• Create your own automated guided tour of the universe with AppleScript, which helps you run a list of Starry Night files in sequence (Mac only)
• Ambient environment sounds enhance the digital observing experience
• Locate objects easily with SmartFind, which cross-indexes and groups all the databases in which an object appears
• Daily Events Reminder lists all celestial events visible tonight from your backyard
• Hear the correct pronunciation of constellations and over 500 celestial objects
• And much more.
• Explore without limits 700 million light years of space
• View 2,500,000 stars
• Zoom in on the location of 13,000 deep space objects
• Travel in time from 4713 BC to 9999 AD
• Deepen your understanding of the universe with over 70 interactive SkyGuide tours
• Simulate the view through binoculars
• View how the Earth and Sun look like right now with images from ground-and space-based observatories
• Add your own asteroids, comets, satellites and 3-D models
• Create your own movies to share with friends
• Zoom in on the Best of Chandra X-Ray Observatory and Spitzer Space Telescope images
• Recreate lunar and solar eclipses

Starry Night Enthusiast version 6 includes:

• CD-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 Enthusiast version 6 you need:

Windows: Requires Windows XP, 500 MHz or higher processor, 128 MB RAM and 900 MB of hard disk space. 32 MB OpenGL capable graphics card. Minimum recommended monitor resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.

Starry Night 6.0.6 will run on a Windows Vista computer provided the latest graphics card Vista drivers supporting hardware-accelerated OpenGL are installed. At present, there are Vista drivers that do not support hardware-accelerated OpenGL to the extent required by Starry Night. This is beyond our control.

The following graphics cards have been successfully tested against Starry Night on Windows Vista using latest manufacturer's drivers:

nVidia: 7600, 7300, 6600, 6200
ATI: X1900, X1650, X1550, X1300, X800 (non-AGP only)

By no means is this an exhaustive list. We are certain there are many more cards that will work and we will add more cards to this list as we are able to fully test them.

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 900 MB of hard disk space. Will not run on OS 9.x or earlier. 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.