Starry Night Version 4.x. (IT News).

Guildsoft Ltd, has released Starry Night Backyard V4.x and Starry Night Pro V4.x. Featured on the programme 'The Sky at Night' in December and enhanced with a plethora of new features, Starry Night Backyard V4.x and Starry Night Pro V4.x are now compatible with Windows XP and Mac OS X.

Starry Night Backyard V4.x now includes a separate multimedia CD-ROM "Atlas of the Sky' which contains over 90 minutes of mini documentaries and video visualisation of the Universe. Also included is the Starry Night companion book, comprising of 200 pages to understanding the night sky using Starry Night. Also users get access to LiveSky on the Internet for additional online astronomy resources.

Key Features tn Starry Night Backyard V4.x include:

* View 2,500,000 stars and 170+ deep space objects like star clusters, nebulae and galaxies

* Travel 15,000 years through time - from 4713 BC to 9999 AD

* 'Find' command to locate images quickly

* Movie and image creator.

* Observation planner - quickly view current events

* Fully customisable time steps to animate sky views

* Track satelites, asteroids and comets www.guildsoft.com