Talstarone
Vendor (Inner Planetary Products)
Reged: 09/12/06
Posts: 7593
Loc: Benson, North Carolina
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I am curious to know if Windows Vista supports The Sky,Starry Nights,Celestron NexRemote,And Meade #505/#506 Software.
I am hopeing we can locate some answers here so I will know what choices I have in purchasing telescope control software and planetarium software.
Thanks Everyone For All Your Help.
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Todd C.
Celestron NexStar 4SE(102mm F/13)Maksutov-Cass
Meade ETX-80AT(80mm F/5)Achro Refractor
Meade ETX-60BB(60mm F/5.8)Achro Refractor
www.innerplanetaryproducts.com
Meteorites and More....
"Outer Space at Down to Earth Prices"
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Old Dinosaur
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 05/08/07
Posts: 839
Loc: Out in the sagebrush
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Todd,
Doesn't Vista have something called XP compatibility mode? So you can run programs that were written for XP. I got a computer with XP because of problems I'd heard with Vista.
I bet one of the computer gurus here will jump in with the real skinny.
John
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WRS Observatory
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jeepizoid
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Reged: 12/29/07
Posts: 59
Loc: Mesa , Arizona
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Hi Talstarone , I have Starry nights and it runs on vista, but you have to right click and run it as administrator other wise it has an error and the meade software that came with the 70 az refractor and usb cam also works with my dell inspiron e1505 with vista ...if thats any help...any way good luck ..i use Stellarium along with my intelliscope and i couldnt be happier...1 9 volt battery and my laptop charged up and im in business for the night
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Meade az 70 mm f/8.5 refractor
Orion svp 120 mm f/8.3 refractor with intelliscope
Orion 1 1/4 inch dielectric diagonal
custom aluminum 1 1/2 inch slow-motion
control knobs and 2 inch focus knobs
Orion 10,25mm. sirus plossl
Gso 4,6,9,12,15,32mm. super plossl
Agena Astro SWA 20mm
Gso 1 1/4 2x barlow
Baader 1 1/4 Moon & Skyglow filter
Barska 10x50 binoculars
Phillips SPC900NC
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Luigi
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Loc: Massachusetts
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17.5" f/5 Discovery Truss
IM715 7" f/15 MCT, Eon-120ED
Lunt 60mm single etalon HA
CG5A coffee grinder, Orion Skyview Alt-AZ
35,19,15 Pans.9 Nag. Meade 24.5 4kSWA, 4.7 5kUWA.
BO-TMB 7mm planetary.
Zeiss Diascope 85
Zeiss, Leica, Canon IS, Fujinon, Nikon binos
One each generic rescue Greyhound (pictured)
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tishovlin
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Loc: Springfield, Pa
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Starry Nights runs beautifully on my Vista Laptop. I have 4 gigs of RAM though.
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Tim S
C6-RGT
13.1" Truss Dob
Osypowski dual-axis Eq. Platform
15x70 Obies
NP-101
Gibraltar tripod/mount
Losmandy G-11 w/Gemini
I'm headin for Galt's Gulch
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Cenk
professor emeritus
Reged: 05/29/04
Posts: 749
Loc: South East England
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The Sky - YES
Starry Night - YES
Celestron NexRemote - YES
Meade #505/#506 Software - NO IDEA
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Celestron C8 Starbright (now Hilux) Fastar on Nexstar SE mount
100mm Achro Refractor on Meade EQ mount
Televue Plossls 32mm,15mm,11mm,8mm
Baader Ortho GO 6mm, Orion Ultrascopic 5mm
Celestron 6.3 Focal Reducer, William Optics Dielectric Diagonal
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panhard
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 01/20/08
Posts: 2574
Loc: Markham Ont.
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The Sky - YES
Starry Night - YES
Celestron NexRemote - YES
Meade #505/#506 Software - NO IDEA
I agree with the three do not have the mead software.
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Orion xt10i
8 & 17mm Hyperion eye pieces
koning 32mm 25mm skywatcher eyepieces
lumicon 0111 & antares variable polarizing filters
12x50 binos
A love for this hobby
"What goes around comes around."
"She who must be obeyed."
Herb c
cloudy nights my # 1 site
43.53°n 79.17°w
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Talstarone
Vendor (Inner Planetary Products)
Reged: 09/12/06
Posts: 7593
Loc: Benson, North Carolina
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Thank You All For Answering so very quickly.I am very Thankful and Happy to find out the Answers, were the ones I was hopeing for.
And to the Moderators,Thank You for Moving this in the correct area.Well it looks as if it is time to get some software.
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Todd C.
Celestron NexStar 4SE(102mm F/13)Maksutov-Cass
Meade ETX-80AT(80mm F/5)Achro Refractor
Meade ETX-60BB(60mm F/5.8)Achro Refractor
www.innerplanetaryproducts.com
Meteorites and More....
"Outer Space at Down to Earth Prices"
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danmesloh
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Reged: 05/20/04
Posts: 708
Loc: N 40.774 W 124.176 Eureka, Ca.
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The Sky - YES
Starry Night - YES
Celestron NexRemote - YES
Meade #505/#506 Software - NO IDEA
The first two work on my week old laptop but NexRemote is giving me an error that Celestron hasn't resolved yet.
I also have Meades Autostar software installed and it seems to work
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pennyandchris
professor emeritus
Reged: 01/30/07
Posts: 505
Loc: Horsham, England
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Starry Nights v.5 onwards was no problem. V.4 just would not run properly - not sure if it was Vista or my AMD graphics card. In common with a lot of software, you may need to 'run as administrator' with the install program.
Not sure about the Meade 505/506. I have heard that there are no Vista drivers for the Meade LPI (which you can use for autoguiding with the Autostar), and haven't yet had a chance to try mine on either Vista machine.
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Orion UK OMC140 Mak Cass
TeleVue Ranger
Coronado Ha and CaK PSTs
Meade LXD75 mount
Ambermile alt-az mount on wooden surveyors tripod
Manfrotto 074 photo tripod with 501 head
+ various binocs
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knightware
Vendor (Knightware)
Reged: 03/22/06
Posts: 33
Loc: North Carolina
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If you get TheSky6 or Starry Night, you will probably want to turn off UAC in Vista. Also, another program you might consider is Redshift 6. Both TheSky6 and Redshift 6 work beautifully under Vista.
Regarding Starry Night and Vista - the latest update (patch) to Starry Night 6 seems to solve some intermittent issues with Vista. If you get Starry Night 6, you will most likely want to download and install this patch (to v 6.2.3). With the patch installed, Starry Night 6 runs well with Vista.
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Joe Ogiba
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Loc: NJ USA
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Windows Vista Compatibility
Starry Night 6.0.6 will run on a Windows Vista computer provided the latest graphics card Vista drivers supporting hardware-accelerated OpenGL are installed. At present, there are Vista drivers that do not support hardware-accelerated OpenGL to the extent required by Starry Night. This is beyond our control.
The following graphics cards have been successfully tested against Starry Night on Windows Vista using latest manufacturer's drivers:
nVidia: 7600, 7300, 6600, 6200
ATI: X1900, X1650, X1550, X1300, X800 (non-AGP only)
By no means is this an exhaustive list. We are certain there are many more cards that will work and we will add more cards to this list as we are able to fully test them.
New Features for Version 6.2:
New Appulse Event Searching alerts you when the Moon is near bright planets
New Apollo Space Missions feature lets you explore the trajectories of the Apollo spacecraft not available anywhere else!
6 New Earth Horizon Panoramas let you observe from several interesting new locations
65 New 3-D Asteroid Models let you explore these intriguing celestial bodies
New Meteor Showers Update makes your meteor shower observations even better New Extrasolar Planets Update helps you learn even more about planets beyond our Solar System
New Equipment Database Update means you can use the software with a growing list of equipment
Extended Constellation Descriptions provide more detailed information on all 88 constellations
Smooth Window Fading (Win XP, Vista) and Transparent Floating Windows (Vista) will enhance your experience
Starry Night
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Pentax PF-80ED
Meade 102ED APO
Orion EON 72
120ST
Apex 127
C6 XLT
CR150
C9.25
XT10
Zeiss 7x42 FL
Canon 10x42L IS WP
15x50 IS
12x36 IS II
Garrett Optical 28x110 HD-WP Signature Series
Oberwerk BT-80 45
Apogee RA-88-SA
Denk II Power x Switch binoviewer w/13mm Ethos, 20mm Pentax XW's, 20mm Widescan III's.
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