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Advances in computer technology means that it is now possible to travel throughout the universe in the comfort of your own home. Below are a selection of the astronomy programs and night-sky software packages that are currently available. Some are basic ephemerides which can show you which stars and planets are visible from your own garden on any day you choose to go outside for a spot of skywatching, while others will take you right out into Deep Space …

All you need to do with these programs is simply type in the co-ordinates of your chosen observation point, the date and time of your ‘skywatch’, and the celestial objects visible at that time from that location will appear on your computer screen. The image can then be further ‘customised’ before you print out your own ‘star-chart’ to help you recognise the stars, planets and constellations, or see the satellite images of the moons of Jupiter …

Most available astronomy programs will allow you to see the long, slow changes of the various celestial cycles both fowards and backwards in time. With most programs you can track the ‘Precession of the Equinoxes’ back into the Bronze Age and further, when the Spring Equinox sun rose first in Taurus, and then in Aries, before retrograding into Pisces, where it is today at the start of the 21st century. You can easily see what’s happening in the sky on your computer screen even when it’s raining or too cloudy to see anything ‘live’ outside …

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“RedShift 5”

Platforms:

Windows
95 /
98 /
NT /
Me /
2000

Media: CD-Rom

E.U. Release

Features:

The complete Hipparcos and Tycho-2 stellar catalogues and the Hubble Guide Star catalogue 2

View over 100 Deep Sky Objects from the Caldwell 2002 catalogue

Updated catalogue of 50,000 asteroids from the Bowel Database

The latest high resolution maps of planets and moons obtained by the latest space missions

Quick set-up of the sky view with newly integrated Open GL technologies

Use the high precision Sky Diary to plan your night’s observations

Track thousands of satellites, asteroids and comets

“Deep Space Explorer”

Platforms:

Mac OS/9 and below,
Windows
95 /
98 /
NT /
Me /
2000 /
XP

Media: CD-Rom

E.U. Release

Features:

Travel anywhere within 700 million light years of Earth

Visit any of 28,000 galaxies and 30,000 stars

Starship controls to speed up, slow down or change direction

Full-colour images of all planets and their moons

Internet database links for more information on any object

Markers for all known Extra-Solar planets

Over one hour of multimedia on 19 different cosmology and astrophysics topics

“Heads-up display” automatically identifies nearby objects

“Find” command quickly locks on any planet, star or galaxy

“Astronomy Plus with DVD”

Platforms:

Mac OS/9 and below,
Windows
95 /
98 /
NT /
Me /
2000 /
XP

Media: CD-Rom

E.U. Release

Features:

View the sky from anywhere on Earth

Blast off and visit any solar system body, or any location up to 20,000 light years away

Learn how to identify planets, stars and constellations such as “The Big Dipper”

Locate objects easily with ‘Find’ command

Create your own movies and images

Print detailed star charts

Multiple views lets you watch an eclipse from a planet, its moon and the Sun, all at the same time

Includes bonus DVD of wide-screen documentaries

“Starry Night Backyard”

Platforms:

Mac OS,
Windows
95 /
98 /
NT /
Me /
2000

Media: CD-Rom

UK Release

Features:

Introduce your family to the wonders of the night sky

Watch a sunset from the surface of Mars

Experience a comet’s-eye view of the universe

110 deep space objects like galaxies, star clusters and nebulae

Auto Identify automatically shows you what constellation you are viewing

Learn about the stars shining over your house

See the sky at any point in human history

“Starry Night Enthusiast”

Platforms:

Mac OS X,
Windows
98 /
NT /
Me /
2000 /
XP

Media: CD-Rom

UK Release

Features:

View the sky from anywhere on Earth

Stunning OpenGL graphics

New weekly sky-gazing suggestions

Visit any location up to 20,000 light years away

Learn how to identify planets, stars and constellations such as “The Big Dipper”

LiveSky panel – See up-to-date images of the Sun and Earth from ground and space-based observatories

Create your own movies and images

Print detailed star charts for your next outing under the stars

Watch an eclipse from a planet, its moon and the Sun, all at the same time

“Starry Night Pro”

Platforms:

Mac OS,
Windows
95 /
98 /
Me
Media: CD-Rom

UK Release
currently out

of stock

Features:

LiveSky Internet enabled

Over 19 million objects

Travel through 14,700 years of time

Magnify up to 600,000 times

Over 80,000 deep-sky objects with links to the Digitised Sky Survey on the Internet

Enhanced object information

Quick-Time movie tool

Orbit Editor

“Starry Night Pro 4.0”

Platforms:

Mac OS/10.1 or higher,
Windows
98 /
Me /
2000 /
XP

Media: CD-Rom

UK Release
currently out

of stock

Features:

View anywhere on Earth or select from a database of over 8,000 cities

Printable personalised star charts and bservational planner

USN catalogue of 16 million stars on the CD

Tycho 2/Hipparcos 3-D star database and PCG catalogue with 70,000 galaxies

Hertzprung-Russell diagrams for any area in the sky

LikeSky -connects you with astronomy resources/information on the web

Travel through 200,000 years of time

Over 80,000 deep-sky objects with links to digitised sky survey images

Travel to the International Space Station or track the Space Shuttle

“Starry Night Pro 4.5”

Platforms:

Mac OS/10.1 or higher,
Windows
98 /
NT /
Me /
2000 /
XP

Media: CD-Rom

UK Release

Features:

Everything the experienced astronomy enthusiast needs to explore the universe
Enhanced observation planner lets you create detailed lists of targets
New observation logs to store notes, times, sky conditions, equipment used, and 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
View the product manual [Download: PDF, 3MB]

“Starry Night Pro Plus”

Platforms:

Mac OS/10.1 or higher,
Windows
98 /
NT /
Me /
2000 /
XP

Media: CD-Rom

UK Release

“Galileo’s Planetarium Gift Set”

Platforms:

Mac OS,
Windows
95 /
98 /
Me

Media: CD-Rom

UK Release

Features:

200 galaxies and 20 million stars from NASA’s GSC database

Real-time or time-lapse animations of celestial bodies

View the solar system in 3-D from any point in space

A dictionary of astronomy

Includes 30x telescope

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