Create Observing Lists of astronomical objects using a variety of filters
Three-view starhopping charts customised to your equipment
Select your equipment from expanded default database of over 300 scopes, binoculars, SBIG, Apogee, FLI and Starlight Express CCD chips and more
Improved Digital Settings Circles Support for non-motorized telescopes
Computer Controlled telescope Focuser Support (Windows only).
Track and follow satellites with the Meade LX200 GPS telescope (Mac only)
Recognise 1000+ craters, valleys and more instantly
View the locations of 160+ extrasolar planets
8 additional photorealistic Earth horizon panoramas
Watch the sun set over Gusev Crater horizon panorama created with data from Mars Rover Spirit
Explore 10+ Moon panoramas taken by Apollo astronauts
Select from multiple surface maps of Earth, Moon and Mars
Customise the sky with 3 additional cloud panoramas
Mimic effects of the atmospheric scattering
Customise the look and feel of the controls
PLUS!
Controls most popular brands of robotic telescopes
See the sky from any location in the universe up to 700 million light years away
Visit 16,000,000 stars
Access 500+ million stars online
Explore PGC Catalog of 980,000 galaxies
View Zwicky catalog of 9134 clusters
Select objects from dozens of databases for double stars, quasars and pulsars
Automatically download Digitized Sky Survey images
View Milky Way in 12 wavelengths, from infrared, radio to X-ray
Create custom constellation sets
Add your own horizon panoramas
Add custom field of view indicators to match your telescope eyepiece, binoculars, CCDs or DSLRs
Store comments and images on individual targets in the Log Book
Export positional data for any object over a specific time span and interval from Ephemeris Generator
Build your own databases
Display dynamic Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams
Activate night vision mode for in-the-field use
Deepen your explorations and understanding of the universe with over 100 interactive multimedia SkyGuide tours
See how stars and constellations change over time from 99,999 BC to 99,999 AD
Create QuickTime VR movies
All the data and features included in Starry Night Enthusiast version 6