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Events Finder
Starry Night Event Finder allows you to dynamically generate lists of events such as eclipses, meteor showers, moon phases, conjunctions and more. Requires QuickTime 7.
3.8 MB
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Multiple Planet Textures
Select from several textures that wrap around the Earth. Requires Quicktime 7.
1 MB
Finding Objects
Finding an object in Starry Night. Requires Quicktime 7.
4.8 MB
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Starhopping Charts
Print three pane starhopping charts based on the field of view and orientation of your equipment. Requires QuickTime 7.
7 MB
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Observing Lists
Generate object target lists using a variety of filters. Set goals and keep track of the objects you have observed. Requires QuickTime 7.
5.6 MB
Pronunciation Guide
Hear the correct pronunciation of over 500 celestial objects. Requires QuickTime 7.
4.8 MB
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Themes
Choose from several themes or skins for Starry Night version 6. Requires Quicktime 7.
3 MB
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Location Markers and Outlines
Mark a landing site or draw the outline of planetary surface features. Requires QuickTime 7.
7.8 MB
Animated Horizons
View animated horizons and listen to ambient sounds such as birds or crickets. Requires Quicktime 7.
6.9 MB
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Starry Night astronomy software captures the Universe in all its glory and mystery and turns your computer into a planetarium.
Click here for download instructions for the FREE 6.0.4 update
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. Replay spectacular fly-bys of Voyager, Galileo, and other famous space missions. Never miss your chance to witness celestial events with the powerful Events Finder. Easily navigate around the cosmos using SkyGuide as your tour guide.
Starry Night Pro is a powerful program designed for the serious astronomer. 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. Extensive data sets, advanced telescope control, and comprehensive observational tools transform your computer into a sophisticated virtual observatory.
Starry Night Pro Plus has it all plus the ONLY full-color AllSky CCD image mosaic of the entire night sky visible from Earth. View on your computer screen an image better than the best-trained human eye can capture in real-time viewing through a telescope on a "good seeing" night. See the entire Milky Way in exquisite detail and then zoom in to explore dust lanes and nebulae. Instead of dots and circles, you will see an actual photo of a star or a deep sky object.
Read the September issue of Starry Night Times for an inside peek of the best new features of version 6
Click here for the Starry Night comparison chart
Click here for FAQs
New Features in Starry Night Enthusiast, Pro, Pro Plus version 6 and AstroPhoto Suite (2006 edition) Include:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Browse a library of over 100 Starry Night files that demonstrate events such as eclipses, planetary alignments and close-ups of galaxies and planets
- 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)
- Print full-sky (planisphere view) star charts to take outside with you to identify constellations or locate the brighter stars and planets visible with the naked eye
- 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
- Ambient environment sounds enhance the digital observing experience
- Flip through a comprehensive, 210-page User's Guide, back by popular demand
Additional New Features Exclusive to Starry Night Pro and Pro Plus version 6 and AstroPhoto Suite (2006 edition) Include:
- 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
- Smoothly track and follow satellites with the Meade LX200 GPS telescope (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
- Models atmospheric scattering
- Customize the look and feel of the interface
Starry Night Pro Plus version 6 includes all 27 above-mentioned features PLUS:
- AllSky CCD image loads up to 20X faster in DDS texture format (additional 6 GB of hard drive space needed)
- Improved OpenGL graphics enable cutting-edge display of animated horizons, planet rendering and more.
Download Starry Night 6.0 New Features Matrix
FAQs
What happens if I only have OpenGL 1.4 and not OpenGL 2.0? Will Starry Night version 6 run?
In Starry Night version 6, the graphics default settings are not any more graphics-intensive than version 5.
The 3 things that are new and may not be supported are:
- The AllSky Image "shader". This is OFF by default and is only used when the user selects to use it from the Preferences. All this does is speed up the AllSky image at large FOVs (the lowest two resolution levels). The AllSky is ALSO sped up by Starry Night's use of DDS images, which every video card should support.
- The "daytime sky" shader. This is also OFF by default. All this does is give that pretty gradient sky look during daytime/twilight.
- Animated horizons. Again, this is OFF by default, and Starry Night will automatically determine if it'll work on your machine (and then disable -gray out- this option). If it IS enabled and it does not work well, this option will be automatically disabled the next time the program is started up.
The ONLY new features which require a better video card than Version 5 are the three "eye-candy" features listed above. Overall, the other graphics in the application will not be affected if you only have an OpenGL 1.4 card.
Starry Night will NOT run without OpenGL.
What's the difference between Starry Night Pro Plus and AstroPhoto Suite?
Starry Night Pro Plus is the only version of Starry Night which contains the full-color AllSky CCD mosaic of the entire night sky.
The reason that Astrophoto Suite is more expensive than Pro Plus is because it comes with a (Lite) version of MaxIm DL imaging software.
Please note that the Starry Night product that comes in AstroPhoto Suite is the equivalent of Starry Night Pro, NOT Starry Night Pro Plus.
The "AstroPhoto" version of Starry Night does NOT, for example, have the AllSky image and other features exclusive to Pro Plus.
Also note that Starry Night Pro Plus 6 comes complete with the plugin necessary to interface with any version of MaxIm DL but does NOT come with a version of MaxIm (Lite or otherwise.)
If you're already an owner of the full version of MaxIm DL, you want Pro Plus (which will interface with MaxIm DL for importing images, etc.)
Starry Night Astrophoto Suite is meant for people who do not have MaxIm DL, but would like to do some imaging with webcams and select DSLR cameras.
If you want the best that Starry Night has to offer, then you want Starry Night Pro Plus.
Is the Version 6 upgrade downloadable?
No, the Version 6 upgrade is not downloadable. You will receive version 6 software either on CD-ROM or DVD-ROM and a comprehensive User's Guide in your upgrade pack. Upgrades are only avaiable through StarryNight.com
New Version 6.0.4 Update Now Available!
We have been listening to your feedback and are happy to announce the release of the FREE version 6.0.4 update for owners of Starry Night version 6.
Download Instructions
You must already own Starry Night version 6 in order to qualify for this free update to 6.0.4.
If you don't already own Starry Night version 6, click here to find your special upgrade price to version 6 with free update to 6.0.4
You must be connected to the Internet to receive the 6.0.4 update.
Windows users should click on Start>All Programs>Starry Night (Enthusiast 6, Pro 6, Pro 6 AstroPhoto or Pro Plus 6) >Check for Starry Night (Enthusiast 6, Pro 6, Pro 6 AstroPhoto or Pro Plus 6) Updates.
Macintosh users should click on Macintosh HD>Applications>Starry Night (Enthusiast 6, Pro 6, Pro 6 AstroPhoto or Pro Plus 6) >(Enthusiast 6, Pro 6, Pro 6 AstroPhoto or Pro Plus 6) Updater.
You can also download the 6.0.4 update as a standalone updater file. This will allow you to save the update to a CD and then install it later.
The updater will only update Starry Night version 6 to 6.0.4. The size of the updates ranges from 10 to 46 MB.
Please download and install only the update specified for your product. Installing the wrong update will corrupt your copy of Starry Night.
Click here for the standalone updaters
Please be patient as there may be a number of people downloading at the same time.
The 6.0.4 Update includes:
- Added new 3D model of ISS with solar panels deployed.
- Fixed change to Animated Horizon allowing it to work again on most systems.
- Fixed bug where horizon would switch back to animated if changed to flat or custom before photorealistic.
- Additional fix for unnecesary visual updates to calendar panel.
Thanks again for supporting Starry Night.
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