National Geographic Presents: RedShift 5 Planetarium Software
 | Platform: Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP Topics Entertainment, 2004, CD-ROM Customer Rating: 6 reviews Recommend This product is currently not available and cannot be purchased. It means that we have no merchant offers for this product at the moment or it was discontinued by the manufacturer. |
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- User-friendly resource providing stunning deep-sky photography
- Hailed as the world leader in astronomy software
- Info based on latest discoveries and established star catalogs
- Tracking and visualization tools; chart asteroids, comets, and meteor showers
- Thrilling points of view anywhere in solar system at unique vantage points
National Geographic Redshift 5 turns your personal computer into a personal planetarium! This user-friendly resource provides you with stunning deep-space photography and a guide to the latest discoveries. Advanced tracking and visualization tools let you track thousands of asteroids, comets and even meteor showers. It's your complete guide to the night skies. Study the authoritative content of 100 deep sky objects from the Caldwell catalog
Title: National Geographic Presents: RedShift 5 Planetarium Software
Sales Rank: 3280 in Software
Publisher: Topics Entertainment
Platform: Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, CD-ROM
Item Dimensions: 2 pounds
Package Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 2 inches, 1 pounds
- Inflated MSRP
- I am giving this one star based on the sell price stated by these resellers. The product itself is decent - especially when you can buy it for what it was originally sold for - $39.99. Now that the product is no longer offered by the publisher & was closed out, resellers like the ones listed on this page take advantage of that fact by inflating… More reviews
- Very easy to use
- This software is very easy to use and quite intuitive. It works well for beginners and more seasoned star gazers. Kids seem to be able to negotiate it with a bit of help and I recommend it especially with the low price and the quality of the application. Buy it. More reviews
- See the Stars even when it's cloudy
- I have Red Shift 2 but it had its limitations. Red Shift 5 is out of this world by comparison. Not only is it like the older version but it has vastly improve upon it. I have traveled back in time to see what the sky looked like as the British Regulars marched out of Boston to their fateful encounter on Lexington Green, and in so doing knew why… More reviews
- I thought it was good anyway
- I actually have had great succes with this product. I recieved Redshift 3 as a Christmas gift when I was in middle school, and now I'm a Teaching Assistant for an Astronomy class at the school I attend. The class comes with some planetarim software, but it's no where near as capable or user friendly as Redshift. Starry Night is another popular one, and I would certainly… More reviews
- Frustrating AND Disappointing
- I too, have installed lots of software but I'm not impressed with this one---firstly, I tried it on Win98se---message: "Redshift 5 has encountered an error & must close". To which it closes & refuses to run at all. Tried it on WinXPsp1. "Redshift 5 has encountered an error & must close". Got a brand new P4 with a 250GB drive & a fresh copy of WinXPsp2. "Redshift 5 has encountered an error & must close". I can run… More reviews
