Information for Educators
As Simon Fraser University's Leigh Palmer tells it, "Acquiring a conceptual grasp of the motions and spatial relationships of planets and moons in the solar system is the most elusive of all learning outcomes for introductory students. Starry Night is the best tool I know for both demonstrations of these phenomena to the student and the acquisition of the concepts by the student through hands-on experience. Starry Night's intuitive interface puts the whole solar system in the learner's hands."
Whether you are teaching children to find specific constellations or teaching university students about orbital elements, SPACE.com has a version of Starry Night adapted to the task.
Starry Night Pro is our most advanced product
with highly accurate star positions, over 19 million stars, proper motion
vectors, 70,000 galaxies, the complete NGC/IC deep sky database, Hertzsprung-Russell
diagrams, an orbit editor for learning about orbital elements, 3D star
fields, and complete access to in depth online information at LiveSky.com.
Educators can purchase lab kits of Starry Night Pro directly from us.
Call 1-877-ASTRONOMY or 1-877-278-7666 (Toll free) or 1-416-410-0259 for
details or send us an email at education@starrynight.com.
Starry Night Backyard is one of our newest
products. Designed for casual observers, it provides an easy to grasp
introduction to the night sky. Perfect for beginners, its highly accurate
database of over a million stars is also well adapted to those with a
deeper interest. Backyard is available directly from SPACE.com and is
available in lab packs. Call 1-877-ASTRONOMY or 1-877-278-7666 (Toll free)
or 1-416-410-0259 for details or send us an email at education@starrynight.com.
K-12 Curriculum
If you are using Starry Night Pro or Starry Night Backyard for teaching students about the night sky and astronomy then you may want to download our student guide and teacher guides for Starry Night to assist you.
Starry Night Backyard
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Download Backyard Student & Teacher Guides for Macintosh (704 KB)
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Download Backyard Student & Teacher Guides for Windows (1.2 MB)
Starry Night Pro
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