I ordered my Starry Night Pro upgrade on Wednesday evening. Choosing
the expedited delivery method, I found the package waiting for me
Friday morning. I haven't installed it yet, but it looks like a nice
upgrade, judging from the specs. One nice feature is the ability to
import custom, photorealistic horizon images, so you can make the
virtual planetarium look like your favorite observing location. This
could be particularly useful for people who can use their scopes from
home. They could set up the horizon in the program to match the real
thing, so they could tell in advance whether certain areas of the sky
would be visible throughout the night. Very nice!
Jeff Kirk
PS: I'll post a review to the TAC web site when I've played with the
program a bit.
On Saturday, Sep 27, 2003, at 07:14 US/Pacific, Micheal Hewett wrote:
> I happened to visit the Starry Night website the other day and
> noticed that they have new versions out. Starry Night Pro
> owners can upgrade from the current version (4.0.5)
> to the new version (4.5) for the cost of the CD-ROMs ($8.95).
> Or you can upgrade to the new Pro Plus for $29.95.
> This offer is only good through October 15.
>
> Order the 4.5 update:
> https://orders.starrynight.com/pro_upgrade/
>
> Upgrade from Pro 4.0 to Pro Plus 4.5:
>
> http://orders.starrynight.com/shop/
> shop.php?action=navForward&reProductLength=18&startLimit=0&endLimit=9&R
> ECORDS_PER_PAGE=9&category=&snCart=0976f0f0116f6eee2306281f43a0d48e
>
> Update to 4.0.5 (if you haven't already):
> http://www.starrynight.com/tech_swupdates.html
>
>
> Mike
>