SPACE.com Expands Its Award-Winning Starry Night Astronomy Software Line With New Products, Packaging and Marketing.Business/Entertainment/Science/Technology Editors and Education Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2000 World's Leading Astronomy astronomy, branch of science that studies the motions and natures of celestial bodies, such as planets, stars, and galaxies; more generally, the study of matter and energy in the universe at large. Software Brings the Universe to Users' Desktops SPACE.com, Inc., the premiere space multimedia company, today announced the addition of new products to its award-winning line of Starry star·ry adj. star·ri·er, star·ri·est 1. Marked or set with stars or starlike objects. 2. Shining or glittering like stars. 3. Shaped like a star. 4. Illuminated by stars; starlit. Night(TM) amateur astronomy Amateur astronomy, a subset of astronomy, is a hobby whose participants enjoy studying celestial objects. It is usually associated with viewing the night sky when most celestial objects and events are visible, but sometimes amateur astronomers also operate during the day for events software and expanded international marketing initiatives including dramatic new package design and broadened distribution. SPACE.com's Win/MAC compatible Starry Night software enables astronomy enthusiasts to turn their desktops and backyards into private planetariums by providing stunningly realistic views of the night sky and the power to easily locate and identify celestial ce·les·tial adj. 1. Of or relating to the sky or the heavens: Planets are celestial bodies. 2. Of or relating to heaven; divine: celestial beings. 3. bodies. The company's flagship Starry Night Pro and Starry Night Backyard products have received numerous accolades including the prestigious Codie Award from the Software & Information Industry Association, the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry; Consumer Digest's Best Buy; and awards from MacUser and ZDNet. An online tour of the software is available at www.starrynight.com. "We are delighted to announce the expansion of our Starry Night software line with products for all levels of stargazers from serious astronomy fans with high-end telescopes, to casual stargazers who observe the sky with binoculars binoculars Optical instrument for providing a magnified view of distant objects, consisting of two similar telescopes, one for each eye, mounted on a single frame. In most binoculars, each telescope has two prisms, which reinvert the inverted image provided by the eyepiece ," said SPACE.com Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Lou Dobbs Lou Dobbs (born September 24 1945), is the CNN anchor and managing editor for Lou Dobbs Tonight. He is also an editorial columnist and syndicated radio show host. Lou Dobbs Tonight attracts CNN's second-largest audience after Larry King Live . "SPACE.com offers something amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. every day and Starry Night delivers on that promise by bringing the beauty, mystery and awe of the universe directly to customers' desktops." SPACE.com's Starry Night products include: - Starry Night Pro - Advanced software for the experienced astronomy enthusiast, Starry Night Pro enables users to explore more than 19 million celestial objects, at any point in time, including planets, stars, comets, asteroids, satellites and moons. Pro features plug-ins for Meade and Autostar telescopes, stellar databases and Internet updates. The Pro version also includes the comprehensive Starry Night Companion book written by Griffith Observatory Planetarium Director John Mosley and featuring an introduction by SPACE Illustrated Editor and acclaimed space journalist Andrew Chaikin. Suggested retail price is $129.95. - Starry Night Backyard - Designed for those with a casual interest in the night sky, the Backyard version, enables space fans to see more than one million stars and deep space objects from any solar system body within the universe up to 20,000 light years away. User's can click on "Go There" to travel to the planet, moon or star of their choice, and learn to identify celestial objects using binoculars or the naked eye. Suggested retail price is $49.95. - Starry Night Backyard Special Edition (SE) - Offers all the same great features as Starry Night Backyard and comes with the same 240-page guide book to the stars as the Pro version. Suggested retail price is $59.95. - Starry Night Beginner - Created for the first-time stargazer, Starry Night Beginner is an introduction to the wonders of the night sky that is easy and fun for both kids and adults. Users can view more than 100,000 stars and Messier objects from anywhere on Earth, print out customized star charts for outdoor stargazing, and travel 3,200 years through time to see what the stars looked like on any night from 200 BC to 3000 AD. The "Auto Identify" mode shows users what constellation they're viewing via classical illustrations. The Beginner package includes a 62-page easy-to-follow User's Guide with step-by-step instructions. Suggested retail price is $29.95. SPACE.com, Inc. SPACE.com, Inc. is the first multimedia company dedicated to space and space related content and serving its audience on a wide variety of platforms. Anchored on the Web, the company has rapidly expanded across media with its print and software offerings. SPACE.com, the definitive space Web site, offers the richest and most compelling content, featuring news, information, education, entertainment, games, science fiction and a kids' channel. SPACE.com is also at the forefront of broadband broadband Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies). content and technology, having launched the broadband channel Space TV on the Real.com Network. SPACE.com publishes SPACE Illustrated magazine which conveys the wonder of humankind's greatest adventure through spectacular space imagery and content, and Space Business International, the leading business to business international space publication. The company also publishes Starry Night(TM), the country's leading software line for amateur astronomers Famous astronomers and astrophysicists include: Directory: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A
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