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| Description: On Sale - Regularly $79.95. On sale at $17.00 off - just $62.95. Brilliantly realistic, but designed for anyone with an interest in the night sky, Starry Night Enthusiast lets novice space explorers instantly launch themselves into the fascinating world of astronomy right from their desktops, with or without a telescope. Watch a sunset from Mars. Hitch a ride on a comet. And learn all about those stars and planets shining over your house. Then travel through time and marvel at the night skies as seen from anywhere on Earth, from the distant past to the far future spanning 15,000 years. Starry Night Enthusiast invites you to experience all that and much, much more. Acclaimed by critics, educators, and home users like you, Starry Night Enthusiast is the ultimate user-friendly tool for exploring our cosmic neighborhood with its unrivalled realism. Includes bonus Sky Theater DVD movies disc (requires a DVD player). Your Starry Night Software is upgradeable directly from the internet. Add features, comets, asteroids and more. New 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 And all the new data and features in Starry Night Complete Space & Astronomy Pack., including: 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. Other Features: 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 And all the data and features in Starry Night Complete Space & Astronomy Pack. 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 System Requirements for version 6.0: 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. 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. Also available: Starry Night Complete Space & Astronomy Pack - an introduction/basic program. See Starry Night Complete Space & Astronomy Pack. Starry Night Pro - the ultimate program for amateur astronomers. See Starry Night Pro. | |||