Starry Night Complete Space & Astronomy Pack

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Product Features

• Includes CD-ROM software, DVD movie, astronomy book, and user's guide
• Planetarium-in-a-box for exploring the night sky; 50 interactive, guided tours
• Object-specific descriptions for 400 popular deep-sky objects
• Learn how to identify planets, stars, and popular asterisms
• Maneuver around a 3-D universe; explore 1,000,000 stars

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000I2BEUA
• Item model number: CPACK2006-C1U
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,986 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

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 an hour-and-a-half of original movies about space
• Starry Night Companion, a bonus 192-page illustrated book
• New--comprehensive user's guide

Product Description

Prepare to explore beyond the world and the 7 seas where no one has gone before. 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 these stellar planetarium-in-a-box that gets you up and viewing in minutes. 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 Fly around the universe using the joystick supported spaceship mode Magnify up to 600,000x System Requirements - Windows - Windows XP with 500 MHz or higher processor, 128 MB RAM & 850 MB of hard disk space. Minimum recommended monitor resolution 1024 x 768 / Macintosh - Requires OS 10.3.9 or higher with G3 450 MHz or higher processor, 128MB RAM & 850MB hard disk space. DVD

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy, vivid, FUN!, July 24, 2007

By	Lauren Clack (CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This program came with my astronomy book I bought for my college class. The professor didn't require it's use but recommended it and being that I'm majoring in the subject, HAD to try it out.

It is so awesome! It's easy to use. The graphics are amazing. You learn so much and even if you have no knowledge of the stars or planets and you live somewhere that you can't easliy access a telescope, this is the best program to use to learn more about such an interesting subject.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful night sky, January 3, 2008

By	W. F. Lehman "unclebilll" (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I have always enjoyed looking up at the night sky but I couldn't identify very many stars or planets. With Starry Night Complete Space & Astronomy Pack I have solved my problem. It will show me what the sky will look like before I go outside. It names the stars that I am trying to locate. In most cases it will even give me the proper pronunciation of each star. I have learned how to go forward or back in time to see what the sky will look like when I'm on my next vacation or what it looked like on the night that I was born. Love the program and recommend it for any amateur astronomer.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as Red Shift, September 17, 2007

By	D. Fairchilds (Northern California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Not as good as the old Red Shift software from 1995. This product is cumbersome, not even a little intuitive, and lacks on screen pop-up windows to identify functions of icons. There is a lot of fluff included, but precious little substance. When I emailed the company complaining of the fact that menu items in my edition were non-functional or non-existent I received a luke warm response stating roughly... "too bad". The one and only nice touch is it's ability to track and present major satelites... the rest of the graphics are marginal and clutter the screen.