Distant Suns Special Edition 6.0 build 5

Distant Suns Special Edition 6.0 build 5 is designed as a professional and useful freeware which is a fully functional desktop planetarium, showing the riches of the evening sky from anywhere on the earth or out into the solar-system.

This is a fully functional freeware version of the award winning astronomy package for the PC lacking only the larger databases and some of the more professional level features. Distant Suns 6-Special Edition contains a database of over 25,000 stars, 1000 deep sky objects, the sun, moon, planets, numerous asteroids, and comets.

View the sky from anywhere on earth this century, or sweep out among the planets to watch the sunrise over Io, the mysterious Titan or the distant Pluto. Distant Suns is a perfect tool for the inquisitive youngster, to the entire family.

Major Features:

1. Daylight effect never before seen in Distant Suns
   
2. Cool editable landscape profiles from real places in the world makes stunning scenarios
   
3. Integrated "fly to" other planets and moons in 3D feature, using a joystick or keyboard
   
4. Live Cloud Data for the Earth - see the Earth's everchanging clouds.
   
5. Windows XP Look & Feel (XP users)
   
6. Changeable color preferences
   
7. Distant Suns Grand Tour 3D screen saver
   
8. See the night sky by the time you were born.
   
9. Create stunning AVI movie sequences.
   
10. Twinkling stars at night makes up for outdoor viewing.
    
11. Save and store special events.
    
12. Different astronomical stories and tutorials each night.
    
13. See the Moon Landing.
    
14. Print out star charts.
    
15. Flashcard - get to know the night sky above your home.
    
16. More than 16 million stars in the star catalog.
    
17. Distant Suns uses plugins to control telescopes.
    
18. Cool star globe that can be rotated.
    
19. Cool chart with stars, constellations, galaxies and names.
    
20. All celestial markers available.
    
21. Distant Suns can be set up to recognize your home town.
    
22. Landscapes simulate your home town surroundings.
    
23. Fly through space and time.
    
24. Milky Way outlines included
    
25. Graphic icons for the galaxies.
    
26. The planets are shown graphically realistic.
    
27. Constellation outlines and names.
    
28. Look down on solar-system from outer places.
    
29. Add your own asteroid and comet orbits.
    
30. Expandable User Database
    
31. Navigator - 3D navigation of the sky.
    
32. Solar-System summary.
    
33. Click on any object in the sky and get info about it.
    
34. Event Alert system that warns you of upcoming events.
    
35. Powerful calendar feature you can modify.