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Starry Night Simulations

Research confirms that Starry Night simulations are essential for student comprehension of space science concepts. The awesome vastness of the Universe is fully replicated with Starry Night's desktop planetarium software, drawing students into a dynamic world that can be difficult to teach in a classroom setting.


This video gallery showcases a VERY small portion of the visuals that you can display using Starry Night. This powerful simulation software allows students to position themselves anywhere on Earth or in space at any time -- past, present or future.


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The space science curriculum solution that meets all the state standards.

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Visit any solar system object, star or galaxy with 700 million light years of Earth.

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Starry Night lets you display the stick figures of the constellations to help your students quickly identify them in the night sky.

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View the classical illustrations of the 88 constellations and learn the stories behind their names, a great way to remember groups of constellations. Identify and use asterisms (star patterns found within a constellation) such as the Big Dipper, as starting points to find constellations.

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Travel to anywhere on Earth to witness a total solar eclipse. Then with the click of a button, go out into space to view the small dark shadow of the eclipse moving slowly across the Earth.

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Create images, movies and star maps to share with your family and friends.

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Quickly search and locate thousands of celestial objects. You can label any object and zoom in for a closer look.

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View the luminous band of our galaxy - the Milky Way - as it stretches across the sky. Then view its disc shape in 3-dimensional space.

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Explore the solar system through the "eyes and ears" of interplanetary spacecraft.

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Watch the changing face of the Moon as it goes through its phases in the course of a month. Then zoom in and explore its cratered surface.

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See Jupiter's four largest moons as they orbit Jupiter. As you watch, one or two may, at times, appear to be missing. They're still there, of course, either behind Jupiter or crossing its planetary disc. Starry Night allows you to predict these events so you can plan your planetary observing ahead of time.

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Explore the planets from above the Solar System. Follow their path around the Sun and zoom in closer to learn more about each one.

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Predict and track the path of man-made satellites from its launch point to its final destination at the outer edge of our solar system.

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Astronomers are discovering new objects in our solar system all the time - some of these objects are bigger than Pluto!

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Travel thousands of years backward and forward in time. See the shift of the north celestial pole, or the changing shape of the constellation patterns. Go back in time to see how the sky looked like on the day you were born.

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Track the path of comets, past and present, as they streak across the night sky or from high above the solar system. New comets are automatically downloaded into Starry Night.

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