Starry Night Complete Space & Astronomy Pack 6 2006 edition ( WIN / MAC )

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.

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

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

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.

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