As if 3 encyclopedic reference works plus

• telescope optics
• observing log and list builder
• customizable live reports
• realtime ephemeris
• location browser
• sophisticated searches embracing planets, comets, asteroids, DSOs, and over 300,000 stars

Now, because so many of you asked, Stella talks!

The New Extended Edition of the acclaimed Stella 2000 astronomy software suite now brings you

• The Complete Hipparcos Catalogue of over 118000 stars
• Astrogloss A-Z unabridged
• Sky Quiz Color Edition
• Realtime spoken output via your very own Genie(tm)
• Multi-speed tracking of Asteroids and Comets, with simultaneous orbital views

Stella delivers atmospheric effects such as scintillation, refraction, and extinction right to your screen in realistic, spotlight, and the new photoplate sky display styles. Selectable projections include Equal Area, Equidistant, Stereographic, Orthographic and Celestial Globe, from a choice of Horizon, Ecliptic, and Equatorial Planes of reference. And the NEW Live Orbits window offers an exciting Heliocentric view of Planets, Comets, and Asteroids interacting within our solar system.

Scintillation? - Yes, the stars in this astronomy software even twinkle like the real stars! Subtler color gradations accurately reflect each star's true nature, and the complete Messier catalog in ImageIcons, animation modes, multiple toolbars, custom and online options, and the facility to display JPEG imagery in response to mouse-clicks on a wide range of celestial objects only begins to scratch the surface of Stella's full planetarium feature set.

And now there is the NEW Drag Mode - simply drag the mouse for an instantaneous interactive 'head turning' view of the heavens.

"The program is extremely fast and accurate ... and very comprehensive."
Jack L. Varney, Honolulu, Hawaii

"Stella best feature: The colors and magnitude ratings of the stars in the Planetarium view. I like the overall interface and windowing of all the different components of the software. 
Well done." 
William W. Turner, Seattle WA

Stella 2000 astronomy software sports 3 new and expanded star catalogues. A permanent level-one database, the HR Bright Star Catalogue with its 9089 meticulous entries is present in both the trial and licensed versions of the software, supplemented by a 7000 star selection from the ultra-modern ESA Hipparcos satellite sky survey.

But you can radically extend the scope of Stella's planetarium with the Hipparcos / SAO data extensions, all the way from magnitude 7.0 to those stars beyond magnitude 12 resolvable by that most popular of astronomical telescopes the 4.5" reflector.

"I would like to thank you for your most generous package. I never thought I would receive so much material when I first purchased version 4.7 of Stella 2000. I would also like to congratulate you on the quality of the software. Visual Planets is an excellent program and both the Astrogloss dictionary and the 'Aspects of Astronomy' section from Stella are very thorough research tools. I know they'll keep me occupied for a long time to come."
Jason Ware, registered user, Melbourne, Australia

Because it is knowledge you need more than anything else, Stella now gives you integral access to three encyclopedic reference works: 

• The Concise HTML Dictionary of Astronomy
• Coeli Solar Guide
• Aspects of Astronomy, the major NEW book-length primer.

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Experience through your own eyes today 

How this informational paradigm shift allows Stella 2000 astronomy to uniquely achieve a breakthrough in the ready accessibility of advanced astronomical knowledge, bringing the Cosmos to everyone's fingertips.

Are you ready to touch the infinite?

"As a city dweller, I don't get to see this in full on a regular basis, just the brightest stars over the haze of the city lights. Between escapes to the country, $49 bought the closest approximation, and many tools to explore structure and reason. You have lavished a great amount of attention on this project, and it speaks highly of your efforts. Splendid job! "
Peter Kreuthmeier, Architect, Pittsburgh, PA

"Extensive deep database; many amateur and advanced features... I am very impressed with this software. Many of my astronomical club friends use it." 
Robert L. Salhaney, Detroit MI

What does Stella offer the experienced observer? To take just one example, with the advent of version 6.03 comes the ability to

• Control your Meade ETX or LX200 Telescope automatically from within Stella 2000, via DC3 Dreams' acclaimed Astronomer's Control Panel.

• Add your own permanent observations and remarks to data displayed in Stella's Report window.

• Watch this facility grow into a unique repository for personal reference over the years.

  Hardened observers and those thirsty for knowledge can transfer facts and printed text from books or magazines into Stella's database at their leisure.

  You'll agree that this is an ideal and timely complement to Stella's existing full-featured logbook!

• Broad-ranging commentary relating to the common names of catalogued stars, their variability, spectroscopy, and multiplicity, has been made accessible from the Report window, amounting to almost half a megabyte of new stellar data.

  If your field is variable or double star observation, you won't want to miss this!

• The Report window's functionality has been greatly optimised in other areas, and 110 extra star-names are now available from the Data|Extensions Menu to enrich Stella's sky projection.

"Far easier to use than Deepsky. The "sky" screen is very intuitive." 
Eric Lee Weller, Atlanta GA