Starry Night Pro Updater 6.0.4 review

See the sky from anywhere on Earth or lift off and visit any solar system body or any location up to 20, light years away.

License: Freeware OS: Mac OS X File size: 23776K Developer: Space Holding Corp. Price: $0.00 Updated: 17 Jan 2007

0

See the sky from anywhere on Earth or lift off and visit any solar system body or any location up to 20, light years away. View 2,500, stars along with 170+ deep-space objects like galaxies, star clusters and nebulae.

Travel 15, years in time. Check out the view from the International Space Station. See planets up close from one of any of their moons. OpenGL support renders stunning 3D graphics for realistic views of the sky.

Print handy star charts to explore outside. Bonus DVD features more than 2 1/2 hours of mini-documentaries hosted by guest experts and accurate visualizations of astronomical objects and phenomena. Learn about the movement of the planets, watch the phases of the moon and see what the stars looked like on the day you were born!

Here are some key features of "Starry Night Pro Updater":
Enhanced observation planner lets you create detailed lists of targets for an observing session
New observation logs allow you to store notes, times, sky conditions, equipment used and even images on targets
Equipment list allows you to store all scopes, eyepieces, binoculars and accessories
LiveSky™ panel lets you see up-to-date images of the Sun and Earth from ground and space-based observatories
Navigate and open your saved Starry Night files easily with the new “Favorites” panel
View from anywhere on Earth or select from a database of over 8, cities
See the sky from any location in the universe up to 700 million light years away
Print personalized star charts of any area in the sky
OpenGL® support renders high-end 3D graphics
Create QuickTime™ movies and export images
16 million stars and corrected NGC/IC catalogs
Online access to 500 million stars
Tycho 2/Hipparcos 3D star database
PGC catalog with 70, galaxies
Control most popular brands of computerized telescopes (additional cable required).

Requirements:
Starry Night Pro 5.0 or later.