Can I depend on it? Will you make a commitment with me today that Starry Night Pro is going to continue to grow and advance?" He did give some disclaimers like, "SimCurr is a profit-making company. It was actually kind of encouraging to talk with him, because, when I would say things like, "Hey, I'm not going to do a series of videos about this product, only to have you guys let it languish without fixing the pain points. Yes, I recently met with a SimCurr executive who had been with the company for 20 years. : ) (He would say, "More," but I don't think I'd believe him. (I don't blame him.) But it was clear he loved Starry Night Pro almost as much as I do. It would be a bad business decision." He confessed that they were emphasizing the latest upgrade on Sky Safari, but he took some of the pain points I had documented via video and said, "I can't give you a solid upgrade date, but I can assure you, we will address these." It was a good call. It has hundreds of thousands of active customers. We have to follow the market, but yes, I can assure you that we're not going to horizon it any time soon. And thanks for keeping it alive para siempre. Thanks to Sim Curr for virtually "inventing" the idea of planetarium software - with Starry Night Pro - in the late 1990s. But after spending thousands of dollars on your mount and OTA, are we really going to bicker over $100 for the center of our workflow? To me, nothing else compares in depth, beauty, and configurability. To me, it's the powerhouse planetarium software for amateurs and professionals alike. I just slewed to all 110 Messier Objects last weekend without a single glitch. To me, and to Sim Curr as well, it's too beautiful ever to let it die. Starry Night Pro is the most beautiful night sky in the business. But they'll be back with updates - and improvements. And the more I badger them about issues, the more they seem committed to making it better.īut Bill's right. They're not about to drop support for it. Hundreds of thousands are still using it. Nearly one million people have downloaded it. I guess they figured, "Hey, if this guy is going to invest in us, we're going to invest in him." What they've told me is - they love Starry Night. They started interacting with me more personally. But for me, Starry Night Pro Plus comes the closest.Īfter the first 6 videos about Starry Night Pro, the Sim Curr staff noticed. I suppose some of if boils down to personal taste. To me, it seems there is no perfect planetarium software. At the end of the day, for my money, I finally landed on Starry Night Pro Plus. As I said, I tried them all - over and over again. I was looking for a planetarium application that I could make the center of my workflow. But I confess: every month or two, I would try virtually everything again. I had kind of settled on Sky Safari with Alpaca. Sorry I can't be of more help.Įdited by Notdarkenough, 06 April 2022 - 02:40 PM. For years, Starry Night was aimed at educational activities are you looking for something to help you teach Astronomy? With the little information you shared I can only provide my experience. You don't list much information, so I am not aware of what mount you are using (some planetarium software works better for some mounts than others), if you are visual-only, traditional AP, or EAA observer. Maybe someone with a good experience will pop up? Haven't seen any anecdotal evidence yet, but maybe. There have been some rumors that Starry Night 9 will constitute a significant step forward for Celestron telescope C2, but at this point I think I am done with it. And the planning is adequate, with seemless integration with Telescopius, another excellent planning product. I then got an amazing discount on TheSky Imaging Edition when I picked up a CEM70 last month what a great software package! The C2 is brilliant, the pointing model is quite easy to set-up and more powerful than anything I have used before. So, with my Evo 8HD, CPWI was the only choice for ASCOM GoTos when imaging with SharpCap. I love SkySafari 6 Pro, but only when doing visual observations. The C2 (command and control) just never set-up properly. I really liked it for planning and learning, and it was great during outreach at the local schools. I tried to make use of Starry Night for about a year the telescope control subsystem was just bad.
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