Re: The Sky or Starry Night? Opinions Please

On Jan 30, 6:36 pm, Chris L Peterson <c...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 30 Jan 2007 16:22:32 -0800, "RMOLLISE" <rmoll...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It is, but IMO not so nice as Starry Night, which is completely
photorealistic (it uses an actual all-sky mosaic of images).

Hi Chris:

Right, but only Starry Night Pro _Plus_ which costs substantially more
(in line with The Sky 6 Pro). The other versions don't offer the
photomosaic (originally developed for Desktop Universe). I haven't
tried Plus, but I have tried DU. My verdict? Interesting, but it
really didn't add much functionality for me, and, frankly, didn't look
much "better" than The Sky 6 with all the "stuff." turned on.

Don't get me wrong. I like Starry Night fine, and, like you, use it
with my students (though I now use Celestia for the Solar System
Tours). For my own work/observing? I use The Sky 6 Pro and
Astroplanner or Skytools, and, right now, that's about it.

Unk Rod

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