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Software Bisque's TheSky
The astronomy software that places most of the known universe at your fingertips with breathtaking graphical beauty, gigabytes of data that plot nearly instantaneously and a depth of features to fulfill a professional's wish list and yet perform so easily that even the newest astronomers find navigating the night sky as simple as point and click. TheSky6 generates the most realistic and attractive rendition of the night sky ever. Horizon glow, behind photographic horizons, with haloed stars, the shimmering haze of the Milky Way - it feels so real you'll think you're under the stars right now.
TheSky Student Edition is for the budding or student astronomer. It is easy to use, yet contains a powerful set of features to help learn about the fascinating field of astronomy.
TheSky Serious Astronomer Edition is targeted for the amateur or hobbyist astronomer. It includes native telescope control for virtually all commercial telescopes and more. See the table below for a list of additional features.
TheSky Professional Edition is designed for the advanced or professional astronomer. The Professional Edition contains the greatest number of features, largest databases and most pictures. See the table below for a list of additional features.
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| Native Telescope Control |
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| Display/Import Minor Planets |
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Display/Import Extended Minor Planets (display all known minor planets simultaneously) |
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Display Satellites |
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| Data Wizard™ | |
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| Field of View Indicators™ |
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Integration with TPoint for Windows™ |
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Image Manager |
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Multiple Mapping Projections |
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Minimum field of view of 30 arcseconds |
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One hundred thousand, 1.7 arcsecond per pixel, in-place PGC images |
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| High-Resolution Moon photographs (100 meter resolution) |
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| UCAC2 Stellar Catalog |
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| USNOB Subset Stellar Catalog (fills out UCAC2) |
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Mosaic |
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Extensive scripting object model |
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| Integration with CCDSoft's Auto-Astrometry |
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| Integration with AutomaDome for complete, closed-loop, automated dome control |
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Includes Orchestrate Scripting Software |
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| DVD format |
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| Image Link™ |
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| Native support for the raw, USNO B1.0, 80 gigabyte catalog (catalog not included) |
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| Integration with CCDSoft's CCD Camera Control |
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| Integration with CCDSoft's Digitized Sky Survey support |
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Export Star Chart Layers |
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| Internet Telescope support for accessing telescopes over the Internet, as part of the Internet Astronomy Software. |
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| Astronomy Command Language (ACL) support |
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| Paramount ME support |
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| Telescope Application Programming Interface (TeleAPI) allowing third party-custom telescope support |
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| Description | Item # | Price | Add to Cart |
| Software Bisque TheSky6 Student Edition | SBSKY6S | $49 | |
| Software Bisque TheSky6 Serious Astronomer Edition | SBSKY6SA | $129 | |
| Software Bisque TheSky6 Professional Edition | SBSKY6P | $279 |
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Starry Night
Astronomy Software
The World's Leading
Astronomy Software.
Starry Night is the ultimate desktop planetarium. Whether you just want to view the night sky from Earth or the Solar System with Starry Night Enthusiast, or travel 700 million light years away with Starry Night Pro, just look at the comparison page to see the features each version supports. Starry Night generates detailed photo realistic graphics of the planets, moons, and deep sky objects. Just as an example, from Earth you can point to Jupiter, lock your view to it, zoom in until it fills the screen, step up the time to 3 minutes per second, and watch Jupiter rotate in all its cloudy, richly colored glory. You can do this and much, much more with Starry Night!
Click here for a full feature comparison.
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Starry Night™ System Requirements |
| WindowsTM: PC with Pentium Processor 500 MHz or higher, color monitor, CD-ROM drive, and Windows 98/ME/2000/XP. Requires 64MB RAM, 400MB hard disk space. OpenGL requires a 32MB OpenGL capable graphics card. |
| MacintoshTM: OS X 10.1 or higher, color monitor and CD-ROM drive. Requires 400MB hard disk space. Will not run on OS 9.x or earlier. |
Requirements for Video DVD: Home DVD player and TV, or computer with DVD player. |
Starry Night Enthusiast, Pro and Pro Plus include the Windows and Macintosh versions on the same CD.
| Description | Item # | Price | Add to Cart |
| Starry Night Enthusiast v4.5 | SNENT | $59.95 | |
| Starry Night Pro v4.5 | SNPRO | $149.95 | |
| Starry Night Pro Plus v4.5 | SNPPLUS | $199.95 |
 Deluxe Stand |
 Economy Stand |
Portable Laptop Stands
Many astronomers are now taking their laptops out into the field for a variety of tasks, running astronomy software, using a webcam or CCD imager, etc. There is rarely a decent place to put your computer and dragging large foldaway tables can be a pain. These compact laptop stands are an ideal solution. They weigh almost nothing and take up very little space when folded. They can be setup and taken down in seconds. The Deluxe Stand sets up faster and is more sturdy for heavier laptops. Once you use one you'll wonder how you got along without it!
| Description | Item # | Price | Add to Cart |
| Economy Portable Laptop Stand | STPLSE | $69.95 | |
| Deluxe Portable Laptop Stand | STPLSD | $129.95 |
