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RedShift 6 Premium Edition (PC DVD)
 
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RedShift 6 Premium Edition (PC DVD)

by Focus Multimedia Ltd
Windows Vista / 2000 / XP
3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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System Requirements

  • Platform:   Windows Vista / 2000 / XP
  • Media: DVD-ROM
  • Item Quantity: 1

Product Features

  • Advanced telescope control - controls most popular brands of robotic telescopes, including Orion SkyQuest IntelliScope, Meade LX200 and AutoStar, Celestron NexStar series and all ASCOM compliant telescopes
  • Synchronize your telescope's internal gaze direction with RedShift 6 and vice versa
  • Nudge your telescope by seconds, minutes or degrees
  • Macro recorder create your very own guided tours
  • 3D-flight mode - travel to a selected object in the solar system or nearby stars and study it from a close distance.Joystick control, Access to image data from Digital Sky Survey and Google Earth web-sites which you can synchronise with RedShift 6
  • Live update option to download new discoveries and orbital data from the Internet into the main RedShift database
  • Optimised simulator engine - accelerated rendering of the sky view including realistic horizon panoramas and new images of the stars
  • New surface maps, guided tours and updated database which includes new interplanetary spacecraft and new planetary moons
  • Compatibility with RedShift 5 workspaces
  • Enhanced Dictionary of Astronomy and Record Breakers, plus updated Video and Photo Gallery.

Product details

  • Delivery Destinations: Visit the Delivery Destinations Help page to see where this item can be delivered.
  • ASIN: B000P1U58Q
  • Release Date: 20 Aug 2009
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,300 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Manufacturer's Description

Now with advanced telescope control!

Designed specifically for the experienced astronomy enthusiast and containing the most up to date technology - including telescope control, RedShift" 6 is ideal for your in-the-field observation. This user friendly program provides you with stunning deep sky photography based on the latest discoveries and established star catalogues. Advanced tracking and visualization tools enable you to chart thousands of asteroids, comets and even meteor showers it's your complete guide to the night skies!

Telescope Control:RedShift 6 controls most popular brands of robotic telescopes and all ASCOM compliant telescopes. Target your telescope at any object in the sky to see how it looks in reality, or if you find and observe a mysterious object in the heavens and wonder what it is, just ask RedShift to reproduce your telescope view and show you everything about your target.

Ideal for your in-the-field observation!

Access To The Online Google Map: Along with an updated map of the Earth included in RedShift you also have access to the online Google map and can view anywhere on the planet in more detail.

Access To Online Digitised Sky Surveys:Download a digitized image of any selected region of the heavens to compare the virtual sky in RedShift to a real photo.

Macro Recoder:You can create your very own Guided Tours by using the Macro Recorder tool. You can also add various multimedia files to your tour like photos and music, or just your comments about the scenario as it is played.

3D-Flight And Joystick Control: Now you can smoothly fly among the planets and stars on the RedShift sky in a special 3D-flight mode and study celestial bodies from a close distance. You can also use a joystick to control your 3D-flight and other actions in RedShift.

Heading - Authoritative Content From Top Astronomers

Sky Diary:A powerful feature of RedShift 6. It will allow you not only to calculate events for thousands of years, but instantly visualise them.

Eclipse Maps:Eclipse maps provide astronomers with an accurate calculation of the solar eclipse paths on the Earth's surface.

Live Update Option:Download new discoveries and orbital data of satellites, comets and asteroids from the latest object databases on the Internet into the main RedShift database.

Panoramic Horizon:RedShift 6 includes a number of panoramic horizons. You can set either City view or Mountains, Ocean or Village as a panorama around you.

Numerical Intregration:The numerical integration engine calculates the exact motion of comets and asteroids with all the essential gravitating masses in the solar system. You can even simulate the famous impact of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet with Jupiter!

New And Updated Video & Photo Galleries:The Video and Photos Galleries show dozens of real movies and animations as well as hundreds of photos devoted to space and astronomy.

Update and Improved Database:Includes some 20 million stars, the exciting view of the Milky Way in different wavelengths, 1 million deep sky objects, over 125,000 asteroids and over 1,800 comets.

Additional Features:

  • Calculates the position and simulates the movement of 20 million stars, the entire Milky Way, 1 million amazing deep space objects including nebulae, galaxies and quasars, over 125,000 asteroids, 1,800 comets and over 100 planetary moons.
  • Add or modify your own Deep Sky objects, stars, comets, asteroids, and artificial satellites.
  • Calculate and print maps of solar eclipses (both in the past and future).
  • Exact professional numerical integration of orbits of comets, asteroids and spacecraft.
  • High precision Sky Diary to plan your night's observations - find the times and dates of lunar and solar eclipses, meteor showers and much more..
  • Exhaustive object information for every object.
  • Multi-window mode allows you to observe a celestial event from different locations(e.g. look at a solar eclipse simultaneously from the Earth and Moon).

Box Contents

  • 1 X CD-ROM

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    25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
    4.0 out of 5 stars It does work with Vista!, 27 May 2008
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    D. Woods "HantsAstro.org" (Clanfield, UK) - See all my reviews
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    This review is from: RedShift 6 Premium Edition (PC DVD) (DVD-ROM)
    I run an Online Astronomy Group HantsAstro.org. This product, once updated works fine with Vista Premium. Visually it's not as pretty as Starry Night, but for the price offers telescope control with updated ASCOM drivers and runs an LXD75 telescope fine in our tests. The star catalogs are accurate and the interface, once learnt is quite useful, if a little clunky compared to Starry Night. As planetarium software goes, with introduction presentations to the night sky it does quite well. The 'Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy' intro turns from amusing to a bit tacky after the third time you load it, but thankfully this can be turned off. Being able to generate your own reports for a nights oberving is a useful feature. If you want telescope control, this is a good deal but if you want eye candy too and don't mind paying (much) more, then Starry Night is the way to go...
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    9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for telescope control, 24 May 2009
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    Mr. C. D. Edwards "Stargazer" (London, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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    This review is from: RedShift 6 Premium Edition (PC DVD) (DVD-ROM)
    I bought this specifically to control my Meade ETX 70 AT, having been disappointed with the Meade supplied program.
    Redshift worked easily with the Meade telescope, and allows the program to control the movement of the telecope or the telescope to move the cursor on the screen.
    The ability to control what sky features are displayed at one time is a real benefit - other programs become too cluttered with satelites, moons, asteroids etc. all showing at the same time. Redshift allows you to show exactly what you want to see at any one time. The spacecraft download allows you to track all the latest spacecraft using the latest data available, so you can track, for example, the Hubble telescope.
    There are lots of extras with Redshift, such as video introductions. It also comes with a comprehensive guide book.
    This product does exactly what it says it will do. It is ideal for both beginner and experienced stargazer, who can both select the exact features that they need. As a telescope controller, it is the easiest program I have tried by far. Thoroughly recommended.
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    4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars Redshift 6 is a star!, 28 Mar 2009
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    J. Moodie "Jock in Spain" (Estepona, Spain) - See all my reviews
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    This review is from: RedShift 6 Premium Edition (PC DVD) (DVD-ROM)
    I have been using Redshift for some time, and upgraded to Ver.6 Premium recently. This is a really comprehensive, easy to use planetarium program, ideal for relative beginners to more experienced astronomers. The 'auto update' each time the program is opened ensures that the latest data is always available.

    I particularly like the hard copy printout, which is easy to read during live astro sessions, and can be tailored to the capabilities of your particular telescope or binoculars.

    For a relatively small investment, this program will ensure you make the most of your expensive equipment.
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