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Focus RedShift 5.1 Deluxe Edition - astronomy software
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Details and specifications of Focus's RedShift 5.1 Deluxe Edition, £24.99 (GBP inc VAT RRP £29.99). Hailed as the world leader in astronomy software, RedShift 5.1 Deluxe Edition will help you turn your computer into a personal planetarium. Designed for both the amateur and experienced astronomy enthusiast, stunning deep-sky photography based on the latest discoveries and established star catalogues. Advanced tracking and visualization charting 1000s of asteroids, comets, meteor showers; point-of-view options place you anywhere in the solar system at unique vantage points for celestial phenomena.
Buy or call us on 0870 360 3699. See other astronomy software or products from Focus.
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2 Disc Set The ultimate desktop planetarium
Immerse yourself in the wonders of the Universe
Hailed as the world leader in astronomy software, RedShift™ 5.1 Deluxe Edition will help you turn your computer into a personal planetarium. Designed for both the amateur and experienced astronomy enthusiast, 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; and thrilling point-of-view options place you anywhere in the solar system at unique vantage points for celestial phenomena. It’s your complete guide to the night skies!
NEW FEATURES:
- Improved and enhanced images of stars
- Improved Sky Diary – the calendar includes additional celestial events in the monthly overview and a new planet/eclipses observation mode, plus special guided tours animating the events
- Over 70 guided tours showing the most interesting objects and constellations in the sky
- Use the world map to zoom in on the correct observation spot for your home and current location
- 12 lectures through deep space
- Video gallery with over 50 real movies and animations devoted to space and astronomy – including Apollo 13 and the Hubble Space Telescope
- An 'assistant' to help you get started. A series of animated tours explain how to set the time, location and direction of view
- Updated database of asteroids and comets
- 7 different background music options
- Realistic changes of sky colour during sunrise
- and sunset
- Introduction Panel providing quick and easy access to the most interesting features of RedShift 5.1
- Quick downloading and visualization of the Earth’s current artificial satellites
- 60 minutes of narrated introduction on the origin and structure of the universe
Ideal for beginner, intermediate and advanced astronomers!
Beginner
- Travel through time to observe the skies from any vantage point on Earth or in our solar system from 4173 BC to 9999 AD
- Access a spectacular photo gallery of high-resolution colour images, featuring millions of celestial bodies
- Video gallery – delve into the fascinating science, history and mysteries of the universe
- Astronomical Dictionary and Astronomical Record Breakers
- Capture your voyages in space with the movie recorder
- Macro-player to view the collection of guided tours of space illustrating
- fascinating aspects of astronomy
- Learn how to instantly identify and locate planets, stars and constellations
- Displays of Solar corona with total eclipse event, Meteor showers, 'quasi-realistic' images of comets (with nuclei and tails)
- Magnification of planets and moons image
Intermediate
- Night vision option – screen dimming and reddening – useful for observers
- Use the high precision Sky Diary to plan your night’s observations – find the times and dates of lunar and solar eclipses and meteor showers
- All planets and moons including recently discovered moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
- Improved Display Mode – on-screen labels, full screen display without bars
- 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)
- Flip view to mirror image seen through your own telescope
- Revised high-resolution maps of planets obtained from the latest space missions
- Expanded database of images of Deep Sky Objects from the Messier and Caldwell catalogues
- Print Star Charts
- Exhaustive object information for every object in the database
Professional
- Add your own Deep Sky objects, stars, comets, asteroids, and artificial satellites
- Download daily updates of new discoveries and orbital data of satellites, comets and asteroids
- Calculates the position and simulates the movement of 20 million stars, more than 70,000 deep space objects including nebulae, galaxies and quasars, over 50,000 asteroids, over 100 planetary moons and 1,500 comets
- New Tycho-2 and Tycho Double Star Catalogue
- Hubble Guide Star Catalogue II, version 2.2.01
- Revised Hipparcos stellar catalogue
- New versions of the catalogues of optically visible open clusters and candidates, variable stars, quasi-stellar objects and BL Lacertae
- Calculate and print maps of solar eclipses (both in the past and future)
- Exact numerical integration of orbits of comets and asteroids
Manufacturer's Product Code: FFB058 Our Product Ref: FRDS51 / FRS51D
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REVIEWS
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Computer Shopper
"The best all round astronomy package on the market", 5/5
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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Windows 98/Me/2000/XP |
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Pentium II 300 MHz or equivalent
1.2GB Hard Drive Space
64MB RAM
800x600x16bit colour (OpenGL compatible recommended)
CD-ROM Speed 12x or faster
Any 100% Windows® compatible soundcard
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Apple MAC |
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Purchase Virtual PC first |
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Linux |
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VERSIONS, OPTIONS & ALTERNATIVES
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Focus |
RedShift 5.1 Deluxe Edition |
£24.99 |
(RRP £29.99) |
[FRDS51] |
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PRICING
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Focus |
RedShift 5.1 Deluxe Edition |
£24.99 |
(RRP £29.99) |
[FRDS51] |
Buy |
Also see alternative versions and products above
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