Developed in collaboration with Rice University and the Houston Museum of Natural Science

VIRTUAL PLANETARIUM™ SOFTWARE

Virtual Planetarium™ is one of the most fascinating, entertaining, and educational astronomy software packages available anywhere!

A $39.95 value, Virtual Planetarium™ is seven great programs in one: interactive sky maps, a huge library of stunning astronomy imagery; information and images of the solar system and latest space events; and space weather reports about sun spots, auroras and more.

Virtual Planetarium™ includes the latest images and information received from the two Mars rovers, the Saturn and Titan missions, and the Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes! With an Internet connection hundreds of images can be updated with live satellite data at the click of a button.

We also include a pair of anaglyph 3-D glasses so you can view the dozens of 3-D images on the disk, as well as thousands more on the internet. Virtual Planetarium™ is fun for the whole family — and it is included in every deluxe gift set at NameAStarLive.com

Virtual Planetarium™ Software $39.95

The Sky Tonight

Easily find your star’s constellation in the sky for any date and time - also find planets and other objects.

Space Weather

Learn how the “weather” in space affects us on Earth. Movies, photos and diagrams of the sun, auroras & more. Free link to live data.

Astronomy Update

Gorgeous photos, movies & more from the Hubble Space Telescope & observatories around the world. Free photo updates a click away via Internet.

Capture a Space Experience

Updates on SSI’s exciting Solar Sail technology, and links to products that bring you into real space missions.

Solar System Update

Photos, movies and 3-D images from NASA missions to planets, asteroids, moons and comets. All images can be zoomed, and some are panoramic.

Space Games

Enjoy a fun, interactive Tic Tac Toe game based on astronomy facts.

Windows:

• Windows 2000, XP
• At least 256 MB of RAM.
• Sound card
• CD player
• 450 MB free hard disk space for all of Virtual Planetarium (or 50-140 MB if you just want to run one module)
• Display set to High Color (16 bit).
• 800x600 monitor

Macintosh:

• OSX native
• CD player
• You need 450 MB of free hard disk space for all of Virtual Planetarium (or 50-140 MB free if you just want to run one module)
• Display set to High Color (16 bit).
• 800x600 monitor