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RedShift desktop planetarium CD-ROM, is the world's best selling astronomy title, it has sold over 750,000 copies. The original program and its two significant updates have received over 25 international multimedia awards including a Codie award in 1999

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Workspace Downloads

New Spacecraft for RedShift User Catalog

New Comets for RedShift User Catalog

New Asteroids for RedShift User Catalog.

 

 

 

 

Evaluation copies

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RED SHIFT 4

RedShift 4 is the latest version of Maris Multimedia's award-winning desktop planetarium software. RedShift 4 allows you to recreate a view of the night sky from anywhere in the Solar System from 4700BC to 9999AD.

Using the latest orbital theories, star catalogs and galaxy catalogs RedShift 4 delivers the universe onto your desktop at unprecedented levels of accuracy. RedShift 4 has been designed to make knowledge of the heavens available to the beginner, amateur and professional astronomer alike.

New Features

Tycho-2 star catalog alongside the Hipparcos catalog giving precise astrometric measurements on 2.5 million stars down to 11th magnitude.

4M catalog and the Hubble Guide Star Catalog covering a further 15.5 million stars down to 20th magnitude.

New General Catalog of Variable Stars and the Washington Double Star Catalog to provide further information on stellar systems.

Principal Galaxies Catalog containing details on over 70,000 galaxies.

RedShift 4 uses multiple windows allowing you to simultaneously view events from multiple locations.

The latest algorithms for plotting the positions of planets and moons in the Solar System giving positional accuracy of the planets to less than 1 arc second for at least 2000 years into the past or future.

The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database giving the positions of 15,000 asteroids.

The 13th edition of the Catalog of Cometary Orbits containing over 1,700 comets.

Updated features

Jacqueline Mitton's Dictionary of Astronomy.

Photo Gallery. Sky Diary allowing you to plan your observations.

Interface design giving you greater control over how you view the universe.

Plus! many features from the award winning RedShift 3:

Detailed, annotated, surface maps of Earth, Mars, Venus and the Moon.

Surface maps for other moons and planets.

A series of animated lectures on astronomy. Movie recorder allowing you to record your view of the heavens.

£12.50

$20.00

fully inclusive of postage

 

Minimum system requirements:

Pentium processor 200 MHz or equivalent.
Windows®95, 98,2000.
Quad speed CD-ROM drive.
800x600 resolution. 64k/16 bit color.
2MB Video RAM.
64 MB of RAM
80MB Hard Disk Space

 

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RedShift 4 - The Makers Viewpoint, December 1, 2000
Reviewer: Dr. Chris Lawton


RedShift 4 is the fourth version of our highly successful product, which has now sold over 750,000 copies and won over 25 international multimedia awards. RedShift 4 is the definitive desktop planetarium that brings the exploration of the universe to your computer and has been designed so that anyone interested in astronomy will find something of value in the product. RedShift 4 contains many databases covering 20 million stars (from the Tycho-2, 4M and Hubble Guide Star Catalog), over 70,000 galaxies, 15,000 asteroids and 1,700 comets. RedShift4 main mode of operation is a planetarium mode that allows you to view the night sky from anywhere in the solar system over a 15,000 year period. Alongside this are a range of multimedia features, such as an exstensive photo gallery and narrated lectures, to enhance your knowledge and understanding of astronomy. A final unique feature in our latest version of RedShift is the use of mulitple windows allowing you to view an event simultaneously from several different locations. RedShift 4 is the best version yet of our product and represents outstanding value of money.

 

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Software upgrade

This download fixes the following:

 

Option "Printing" is added to the Object Info and Sky Diary
Telrad circles can be printed now
List of "Hot Keys" is released
Patch for RedShift 4 installer is added
Spacecraft orbital data can now be entered in TLE format
Alphabetical sorting of user objects
Predicting the motion of user objects
Shadow of Saturn
Cometary motion before BC epoch
Motion of some spacecraft
Eclipse search issues
Calculating Venus magnitude
Solar magnitude variations are now calculated
A drift in galactic coordinates
Saving home location at south latitudes
Proper motions of some stars and some other minor bugs.

 

Available from the MARIS web site OR email us and we will suply the upgrade free of charge on disc - (Or - for the cost of the postage we will supply it on CD with the excellent Maris workspace example files)

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New Spacecraft for RedShift User Catalog

New Comets for RedShift User Catalog

New Asteroids for RedShift User Catalog

Available from the MARIS web site OR email us and we will suply them free of charge on disc - (Or - for the cost of the postage we will supply them on CD with the excellent Maris workspace example files)


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