Coeli Stella 2000 descriptions Complete astronomy suite comprising a full-featured planetarium observing log & list builder Coeli Time Line Live Orbits location browser Sky Quiz & sophisticated searches embracing planets comets asteroids DSOs & up to 300 000 stars. Planetarium effects include scintillation extinction refraction & precession in point source photo plate & spotlight display styles along with the complete Messier catalog in image icons. An integral HTML guide to the solar system a 1000-term astronomical dictionary & the 2nd revised & enlarged edition of Aspects of Astronomy -- a book-length prhymer covering topics such as quot What are the Stars? quot quot Choosing a Telescope quot quot Cosmology quot quot Dark Matter quot quot Eclipses quot & quot The History of Astronomy quot to name but a few -- are closely coordinated with the sky display & picture windows. Stella 2000 talks & teaches aloud. With complete incorporation of Microsoft Agent speech technology animated characters guide you painlessly through the pronunciation of a myriad of arcane star names & lore & even read aloud from Astrogloss & Aspects of Astronomy not to mention offering that most immediate form of program help: spoken guidance. Stella apos s Drag Mode brings complete plasticity into all your interactions with the planetarium display. Dragging the mouse auto-scrolls sky quadrants smoothly & quickly into view from three selectable planes of reference: Horizon Equatorial & Ecliptic / Heliocentric. Stella provides direct links to extensive DSO & planetary information on the Web all tightly unified with the Sky display Reports & the Coeli Solar Guide. Auto-Search instantly updates readouts & reports on any object your mouse pointer scrolls over. You may even slew your Meade ETX/LX200 telescope to the object selected in Stella apos s sky.