Explore a vast array of astronomical wonders! Replay spectacular
fly-bys of Voyager, Galileo, and other famous space missions. Never
miss 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....
Explore a vast array of astronomical wonders! Replay spectacular
fly-bys of Voyager, Galileo, and other famous space missions. Never
miss 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.
Features
Exclusive "SkyTheatre" DVD with over an hour or original
movies about space
Starry Night Companion, a 192-page illustrated electronic
astronomy book
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)
Explore without limits 700 million light years of space
View 2,500,000 stars
Zoom in on NGC-IC Catalog 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
Requirements
Version
Platform
Windows XP,
Mac OS,
Windows™
Windows™ XP
500 MHz or higher processor
128 MB RAM and 500MB of hard disk space.
OpenGL® support requires a 32 MB OpenGL® capable graphics
card.
Minimum recommended monitor resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.
Macintosh™
Mac OS X 10.3 or higher
G3 450 MHz or higher processor
128 MB RAM and 500 MB of hard disk space
Will not run on OS 9.x or earlier
OpenGL® support requires a 32 MB OpenGL® capable graphics
card
Minimum recommended monitor resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.
*(Deep Space Explorer will run on Classic mode in OS X.)
