NEW FEATURES


Event Finder

Appulse event searching alerts you when the Moon or the Pleiades is near bright planets.

Apollo Space Missions

Support for the trajectories of the Apollo spacecraft.

Other

Smooth window fading (Win XP and Vista)
Transparent floating windows (Vista only)

NEW DATA


10 New Earth Horizon Panoramas 

Feel what it's like to observe from a mountain top, the shores of the Dead Sea or the southern skies of the Winter Star Party. Version 6.2 adds additional photorealistic landscapes.

Tip: To view in Starry Night, choose Options->Other Options->Local Horizon from the main menu that runs across the top of the screen.  In the dialog that opens, click on the Default button in the Horizons section.

Pond



Red Mountain



Canebrake



Winter Star Party



Dead Sea, Israel



Judean Desert. Israel



Metzada, Israel



Ubeydia, Israel



National Observatory, Bulgaria



Forest Top, Bulgaria

Apollo Space Missions 

Utilize the new space probe visualization capabilities in Starry Night version 6.2 to explore the Apollo Lunar Program.   Visualize the spacecraft,  trajectories and landing sites as you follow the crews of Apollo 8, 10, 11, 12 and 13.

Tip: To view in Starry Night, open the Favourites pane and navigate to Space Missions > Apollo.

Apollo Saturn V Third Stage



Apollo 13 Damaged CSM



Apollo 11 Lunar Lander

Paleogeographic Maps of the Earth

Travel in time to Earth’s distant past, present and future and view how the Earth has changed over millions of years.

Set of 4 maps show how the Earth looked 200 million years ago before the continents were separated, 65 million years ago when the dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid and 100 million years in the future.

Late Cretaceous – 65 million years ago

Tip: To view in Starry Night, right click on the Earth while hovering above it and select Surface Image/Model from the contextual menu that appears.  In the dialog that opens, use the dropdown menu to select the various Paleo maps.

Shaded Moon Map

High – resolution shaded Moon surface map by Ralph Aeschliman provides the most realistic depiction of our closest neighbor.

Tip: To view in Starry Night, right click on the Moon and select Surface Image/Model from the contextual menu that appears.  In the dialog that opens, use the dropdown menu above the Add Image button and select “Alternate”.

3D Asteroid Models

View over 65 new asteroid models in version 6.2.  All models have been accurately generated from available research data.

Tip: To view in Starry Night, open the Find pane and type in the name of the asteroid in the search box. (see asteroid list below)

65 models include:

Amphitrite
Antigone
Ariadne
Athamantis
Ausonia
Berbericia
Bettina
Bianca
Bohlinia
Camilla
Daphne
Davida
Dejopeja
Dembowska
Diotima
Elektra
Eleonora
Eugenia
Eunomia
Europa
Fides
Flora
Florentina
Fortuna
Geometria
Hebe
Herculina
Hertha
Hesperia
Hygiea
Ino
Io
Iris
Isis
Juno
Kalliope
Koronis
Lacrimosa
Laetitia
Liberatrix
Loreley
Ludmilla
Lutetia
Lydia
Massalia
Melpomene
Nassovia
Nausikaa
Nysa
Nyx
Pallas
Pandora
Penelope
Philomela
Phyllis
Pomona
Psyche
Semiramis
Sylvia
Thalia
Thisbe
Thyra
Unitas
Urda
Victoria

Dawn Space Mission

Follow the Dawn Spacecraft as it begins its trek to the asteroid belt on an unprecedented mission to explore the two largest asteroids in the solar system - Ceres and Vesta.

Tip: To view the Dawn Spacecraft in Starry Night, click the Find pane and type Dawn; or, open the Favourites pane and look in the Space Missions menu.

Constellation Descriptions

Updated mythological descriptions for all 88 classical constellations

Other

Equipment database updated with more accessories.
Extrasolar planets database updated.
Meteor Showers database updated.

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