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Starry Night

Starry Night - 6.2.3

astronomy software: celestial sky simulator

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This Version: Not rated (0.0)
Current Version: 6.2.3
Release Date: 2008-03-04
License: Update
Downloads (this version): 4,122
Downloads (all versions): 43,553
Price: $199.95

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Product Description:

Increase your in-the-field observing success with Starry Night Pro version 6. Use the Events Finder to choose targets, or make your own Observing List for a specific night or for specific objects of interest. Print out three-view starhopping charts customized to your equipment that effortlessly guide you to challenging objects. With extensive data sets, advanced telescope control, and comprehensive observational tools, Starry Night Pro is a powerful program designed for the serious astronomer. Transform your computer into a sophisticated virtual observatory.

What's new in this version:

  • Apollo Space Missions ΓΆβ?¬β?? new models, trajectories and SkyGuide tours. (Available in Pro, Pro Plus, Astrophoto Suite and High School.)
  • Added moons Nix and Hydra to Pluto.
  • Fixed incompatibilities with QuickTime 7.4.1.
  • Fixed incompatibilities with on-board Intel Graphics chips on Vista.
  • Printing on windows fixed. Labels correct size, legend now prints on 1-pane printing.
  • Surface Feature Outlines / Location Markers user interface now correctly updates when new files are opened.
  • Google Maps links from right-click menu fixed.
  • Added ability to not apply nighttime shading to horizon panoramas.
  • Surface Feature Outlines now correctly save and read-in from files.
  • Problem with certain files saved with a locked selection not setting correct FOV, now fixed.
  • Export as QuickTime VR no longer crashes on OS-X.
  • Fixed crash with space missions saved in file but not loaded on startup.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9

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Starry Night ReviewNo G4 Support - Version: 6.2.3, 3/30/2008 12:33AM PST

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dmanasco
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So far no one at Imaginova has offered any help to those of us with G4s whose programs were killed by the 6.2.3 update.

Below is a log of my attempt to run 6.2.3:

> Last login: Sun Mar 30 02:15:46 on ttyp1
> Welcome to Darwin!
> Beowulf:~ dmanasco$ /Volumes/Arthur/Starry\ Night\ Pro\ Plus\ 6/Starry\ Night\ Pro\ Plus\6.app/Contents/MacOS/Starry\ Night; exit
> -bash: /Volumes/Arthur/Starry Night Pro Plus 6/Starry Night Pro Plus 6.app/Contents/MacOS/Starry Night: Bad CPU type in executable
> logout
> [Process completed]


It's obvious that they left out the G4 code.


When are we going to see an update that includes the G4 code?


-=-Dennis
















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Starry Night ReviewNo G4 Support - Version: 6.2.3, 3/30/2008 12:33AM PST

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dmanasco
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So far no one at Imaginova has offered any help to those of us with G4s whose programs were killed by the 6.2.3 update.

Below is a log of my attempt to run 6.2.3:

> Last login: Sun Mar 30 02:15:46 on ttyp1
> Welcome to Darwin!
> Beowulf:~ dmanasco$ /Volumes/Arthur/Starry\ Night\ Pro\ Plus\ 6/Starry\ Night\ Pro\ Plus\6.app/Contents/MacOS/Starry\ Night; exit
> -bash: /Volumes/Arthur/Starry Night Pro Plus 6/Starry Night Pro Plus 6.app/Contents/MacOS/Starry Night: Bad CPU type in executable
> logout
> [Process completed]


It's obvious that they left out the G4 code.


When are we going to see an update that includes the G4 code?


-=-Dennis
















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Starry Night ReviewKiller (or maybe assassin) upgrade - Version: 6.2.3, 3/11/2008 01:14AM PST

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dmanasco
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I was using Starry Night 6.2 and thought it a pretty good program (except for all the star databases they've removed in the last few years...).

(I've used earlier versions since the 90s.)

Then the 6.2.3 "update" was offered.

It totally destroyed my ability to use the program. The program doesn't even bounce in the dock anymore.

To add insult to injury:

I complained about the upgrade's destruction of my program to the Starry Night Users Group.

My post was never posted or sent to the other members.

Obviously this is a "User" mailing list tightly controlled by the corporate interest, rather than the user interest.

This is the post I made to the (alleged) "User" List for Starry Night:


At 10:01 AM -0500 3/6/08, Dave Whipps wrote:


>> We've confirmed that there is a problem with 6.2.3 on (Macintosh) G4 processors on any version of OSX.


Read it again:

"there is a problem with 6.2.3 on (Macintosh) G4 processors on any version of OSX."


"Problem??"

Totally disabling a product is a "problem"?

It's a disaster.


"Any version of OSX?"

That means that the upgrade was _never_ tested against G4 Macs using OSX.

How incredibly stupid is that??


This sort of quality-control failure is absolutely unconscionable.


My complimentary "update" of Starry Night made the program totally non-functional.

My program has been killed by the "update."

Dead.

Useless.

It doesn't even bounce in the Dock.


This problem _must_ be fixed quickly, without my re-installing the original and destroying my modifications.


It is absolutely amazing to me that Starry Night would release an "upgrade" that completely disabled the program for so many users.


-=- Dennis


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Yes.

If you can't tell:

I'm MegaPi$$ed.

If I can't download something within the next few days that makes it all better, without reinstalls and partial restores from backup and etc., then I'm going to be:

Mega SCREAMING Pi$$ed.


Then I'm going to pursue a secondary career in on-line software commentary...

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