"The more I used this program, the more I liked it. Of all the astronomy programs I've tried I consider Starry Night the most powerful, most elegant and most pleasing to use." -Jim Kendrick, SkyNews

Continue your exploration of the night sky. You can purchase Starry Night Backyard in one of three formats.

Starry Night Backyard Special Edition (SE) is identical to the full retail version of Starry Night Backyard, except for the inclusion of Starry Night Companion, a 240 page guide written by Griffith Observatory Planetarium Director, John Mosley and featuring an introduction by Andrew L. Chaikin, acclaimed author of A Man on the Moon.

You can order the full retail product of Starry Night Backyard with package, printed manual and CD-ROM.

If you downloaded the Starry Night Backyard trial or received a trial CD, all you have to do is purchase a permanent registration number for Starry Night Backyard ESD from our website.

Giving a gift or ready to do some serious star gazing?

Starry Night Pro comes with stellar databases, movable horizons, internet updates and the special edition Starry Night Companion written by John Mosley, with an introduction by Andrew L. Chaikin. This visually stunning CD has all the data you need to guide you to all the planets, stars, constellations and over 70,000 galaxies.