The Launch

Starry Night 8

Apollo 11
Lunar Orbit

Starry Night 8

Apollo 11
July 20, 1969

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Apollo 11
Return Home

Starry Night 8

Apollo 11
Improved DeepSky Database

LiveSky User Data Management

Starry Night 8

Improved Telescope Control

Open Astronomy Log Support
Dark Theme

Interactive Live SkyGuide

Starry Night 8

Audio Descriptions

Map & Location Services
Spacefaring Civilizations

Starry Night 8

Missions to Mars
Totality

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Be There, One Time
Find Another Earth

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Exoplanets in 3D
One Small Step

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50th Anniversary
Cosmic Dust in the Wind

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Multi-Wavelength Sky Surveys
The Infinite Organized

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Structure of the Universe

Starry Night 8 - Professional Astronomy Telescope Control Software for Mac/PC

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Improved DeepSky Database

Version 8 includes a 36,000 object, up-to-date, cross-referenced database built from various source catalogs

Improved Telescope Control

Starry Night 8 supports all telescopes that are supported by Ascom. Plus, connect SkyFi 3 with Starry Night too.

3D Binary Stars

Version 8 accurately renders stars as 3D bodies with classification color, surface texture and relative radii.

Apple iMac running Starry Night Middle School software showing a planet Saturn simulation

Data Backup and Cloud Sync

Backup your data to our secure cloud storage, sync it across Starry Night & SkySafari, and access it on LiveSky.com.

Redesigned Interactive SkyGuide

Web-delivered multimedia reveals the science of the solar system, stars, galaxies, and the known universe.

OpenGL Graphics

High performance OpenGL graphics set the industry standard for excellence in astronomy software.

Starry Night Pro Plus 8

Starry Night Pro Plus 8 is our fully featured flagship program, tailored for the astronomer who wants the very best in-class astronomy software and telescope control experience.

$259.95 USD

Learn more aboutPro Plus 8

Key features include:
• Apollo 11 Mission Data
• Data Backup and Cloud Sync
• Improved DeepSky Database
• Improved Telescope Control
• New Dark Theme
• New Audio Descriptions
• Stars and Exoplanets in 3D
• Simple, fast, user-optimized interface
• All-Sky CCD Mosaic
• 5 multi-wavelength full sky surveys
• Fully featured with a complete object database
• Redesigned Live SkyGuide
• Maxim DL Plugin

Starry Night Pro 8

Starry Night Pro 8 is the premium go-to solution for advanced stargazing used by thousands of astronomers around the world for research and to control professional observatories.

$159.95 USD

Learn more aboutPro 8

Key features include:
• Apollo 11 Mission Data
• Data Backup and Cloud Sync
• Improved DeepSky Database
• Improved Telescope Control
• New Dark Theme
• New Audio Descriptions
• Stars and Exoplanets in 3D
• Simple, fast, user-optimized interface
• Fully featured with a complete object database
• Resigned Live SkyGuide

Starry Night Enthusiast 8

Starry Night Enthusiast 8 is designed for the serious amateur astronomer who wants an entry-level program that also includes advanced observing features and binocular databases.

$89.95

Learn more aboutEnthusiast 8

Key features include:
• Apollo 11 Mission Data
• Data Backup and Cloud Sync
• Binocular Improved Deepsky database
• New Dark Theme
• New Audio Descriptions
• Stars and Exoplanets in 3D
• Simple, fast, user-optimized interface
• Advanced Features
• Redesigned Live SkyGuide

Starry Night CSAP 8

Starry Night Complete Space & Astronomy Package 8 is the perfect program for beginners who want an easy to understand starting point into both astronomy and software simulation.

$59.95 USD

Learn more aboutCSAP 8

Key features include:
• New Horizons, Voyager & More
• Data Backup and Cloud Sync
• Improved Deepsky database
• New Dark Theme
• New Audio Descriptions
• Stars and Exoplanets in 3D
• Simple, fast, user-optimized interface
• Redesigned Live SkyGuide

What's New in Starry Night 8

Part cloud, part data, all unified

Data Backup and Cloud Sync

Backup your data to our secure cloud storage, sync it across Starry Night & SkySafari, and access it on LiveSky.com.

Improved DeepSky Database

Explore a new, up-to-date, 36,000 object, cross-referenced database, built from various source catalogs.

Improved Telescope Control

Telescope control has been redesigned to offer a modern, sleek looking, user experience,

Open Astronomy Log

With the international standard for astronomical logging now export your data to Open Astronomy Log (OAL) format.

Sky Calendar

Explore a hand picked list of the most interesting celestial objects to observe each evening.

Audio Descriptions

Hours of descriptive audio for over 400 of the most interesting night sky objects. Click and listen!

Maps & Location Services

Auto-detect your home location and choose additional observing sites quickly and accurately.

Interactive Live SkyGuide

Web-delivered multimedia reveals the science of the solar system, stars, galaxies, and the known universe.

Binary Star Systems

3D models of eight beautiful and accurately rendered binary stars!

Click here for the Starry Night 8 comparison chart

This is going to be big - think spacetime plus one.

Features

We put the rocket in space science software

Universal Search

New dynamic user-optimized interface, with "Universal Search" for objects, Starry Night files, SkyGuide references, options, events, and more.

High Performance Graphics

The incredibly rich and detailed Starry Night software OpenGL graphics that have set the industry standard for excellence in astronomy software.

Extragalactic 3D Database

New & Exclusive - The Starry Night Extragalactic 3D Database includes over 200,000 galaxies encompassing over 1 billion lights years of space.

Space Missions

New and updating space missions with 30 detailed and accurate 3D models of spacecraft & trajectories for a real flight time experiences.

3D Suns

Every star is now accurately rendered as a 3D body with classification-appropriate color, texture and relative radii.

Updated Messier Catalog

An updated Messier catalog with new breathtaking high resolution images of your favourite star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies.

Analemma Simulations

The Sun's analemma can now be drawn accurately on any planet's surface.

3D Exoplanets

Exoplanets as 3D bodies with proper location, size, orbit and planetary texture. Land on the surface, see a sunset from the surface of Kepler-62e!

Scientific Precision

The most precise planetary positions available (using JPL ephemerides) plus an expanded asteroid catalog with highlighted families and groups.

H-R Diagrams

Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams tell about star age and mass, plotting star luminosity on a vertical axis vs. star temperature on a horizontal axis.

Horizon Panoramas

54 streamable photorealistic horizon panoramas, from Antarctica, to Stonehenge to the Egyptian Pyramids, and much more!

Ephemeris Generator

Ephemeris values are handy for knowing where an object will be in the sky at a particular time. You can export and print it out.

Graph Tool

The Graph offers a way of examining changes in an object’s qualities over time. It is possible to plot more than one object on the Graph at one time.

Updated Surface Maps

We've got new maps of many planets and moons including Vesta, Ceres, and, of course, our favorite dwarf planet Pluto!

Apple iMac running Starry Night College sofware showing a Rosetta space mission

Windows

32-bit or 64-bit operating system
Windows 10
1 GHz or higher processor
1 GB RAM
12 GB of hard disk space
128 MB OpenGL 1.4 capable graphics card
Minimum recommended monitor resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.

Macintosh

macOS 10.12+
1 GHz or higher processor
1 GB RAM
12 GB of hard disk space
128 MB OpenGL 1.4 capable graphics card
Minimum recommended monitor resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.

Starry Night 8 - Professional Astronomy Telescope Control Software for Mac/PC

Improved DeepSky Database

Improved Telescope Control

3D Binary Stars

Data Backup and Cloud Sync

Redesigned Interactive SkyGuide

OpenGL Graphics

Starry Night Pro Plus 8

Key features include:

Starry Night Pro 8

Key features include:

Starry Night Enthusiast 8

Key features include:

Starry Night CSAP 8

Key features include:

What's New in Starry Night 8

Data Backup and Cloud Sync

Improved DeepSky Database

Improved Telescope Control

Open Astronomy Log

Sky Calendar

Audio Descriptions

Maps & Location Services

Interactive Live SkyGuide

Binary Star Systems

Click here for the Starry Night 8 comparison chart

Features

Universal Search

High Performance Graphics

Extragalactic 3D Database

Space Missions

3D Suns

Updated Messier Catalog

Analemma Simulations

3D Exoplanets

Scientific Precision

H-R Diagrams

Horizon Panoramas

Ephemeris Generator

Graph Tool

Updated Surface Maps

Windows

Macintosh