This will take some time, about 10 to 15 minutes depending on your computer. After accepting the license and choosing where you want the software to install, sit back and relax for a while, as there are nearly 6000 files to be installed for the main program. You will need QuickTime 6.0 or later to run Starry Night, so install that if not already on your computer. Installing was easy, just insert the Starry Night CD and click on the Install icon. The PlusPaks will also require about 500 MB of additional disk space each to install as well. This is not a typo! If you install all the additional packs and CDs, reserve at least 2 GB! The application alone is 557 MB, and if you choose to install the multimedia movies, add an additional 600 MB of space. You will need OS 10.1 or greater to us this program, and at least 1 GB of free disk space to install. Starry Night is big and has high system requirements. I can see before I start that this is not going to be a trivial program to learn. The other book is the 168-page User’s Guide to using the program. Instead, it includes Astronomy Basics, Observational Advice, info on Earth’s Celestials Cycles, and info on our solar system and deep space constellations. The first, Starry Night Companion is a 240-page guide to better understanding the night sky while using the Starry Night program, but is not a User’s manual. An additional CD was included in box, which is also called “Atlas of the Sky†and is a multimedia CD similar to the DVD that installs as an option into the program. Also included in the plus box was a DVD called “Atlas of the Sky†which contains more than 2 1/2 hours of original movies showing some amazing images and visualizations of astronomical objects and phenomena. PlusPak 2 adds 11,000 additional galaxy, nebula and star cluster images as well as 10 additional Milky Way images. PlusPak 1 adds additional Mars, Moon, and Earth high-resolution planet-surface and horizon images as well as a 16-minute mini-movie. In addition, 2 “PlusPaks†CDs were included. First was the Starry Night Pro CD that installs on both Windows and Mac computers. Starry Night Pro Plus comes packed with a number of different items in the box. And I cannot tell you how many times I have looked at a bright object in the sky and said, “What is that?†So a chance to play with Starry Night Pro, self-proclaimed as “the world’s most realistic astronomy software†sounded like a great opportunity. Except for maybe Venus and the big and little dipper, I am mostly useless at finding these objects. I love looking up at the stars, but trying to find constellations, planets, and other celestial objects has always escaped me.
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