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I bought Starry Night Pro several years ago. I love it. Yes I had to pay for it but I think it was money well spent.

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Indeed. I'm also not opposed to paying for astronomy software. Red shift has quite a good reputation for example. Xephem (which I use, myself) has a for-pay windows version that I'm sure is worth every penny, though, their unix releases are free.

Still, I would encourage even those who decide to pay for astronomy software to take a look at the free alternatives as well. It can't hurt to have a few extra planetarium programs setting around.

Chris

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"To tread the sharp edge of a sword;
to run on smooth-frozen ice,
one needs no footsteps to follow..."

"Well, people sometimes ask me 'how did you get involved in astronomy?' I said 'I got born, what's your problem?'" -- John Dobson

"In discussing the large-scale structure of the cosmos, astronomers sometimes say that space is curved, or that the universe is finite but unbounded. Whatever are they talking about?" -- Carl Sagan

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