STAR Atlas:PRO™
Astronomy Software




explore the Universe to its limits and back,
control your telescope.

for Windows® 11 and Windows® 10
and previous versions of Windows®

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  1. Cultural Trends: Entertainment content often sets cultural trends, from fashion and music to lifestyle choices and social behaviors. For instance, a hit movie or TV show can popularize certain fashion items or phrases, making them part of the mainstream culture.

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Telescope Control

Telescope Control

STAR Atlas:PRO™ supports most makes and models of telescopes including Meade, Celestron, Vixen, Astro-Physics and the freely available ASCOM telescope plug-in drivers


Telescope Control System

Get ready to observe a lot of deep sky objects in no time at all. A sophisticated telescope control system for robotic telescopes provides superior and easy to use telescope control capabilities for Meade, Celestron and dozens of other popular telescopes. Dobsonian and other telescopes equipped with digital setting circles (DSC) or the Argo Navis are also supported.

Slewing your telescope to the Orion Nebula is easy as choosing the Locate button, select Orion Nebula from the list of deep sky objects, click Goto and your telescope slews to that object. Or with star charts, right click on any celestial object and choose Goto. Telescope control couldn't be simpler...

Goto command for telescope control


[GOTO] dozens of objects in no time at all

STAR Atlas:PRO™ includes a large range of astronomical databases that you may search and browse. Every celestial object in the database and each object on star charts include the [GOTO] button that Slews your telescope to that object. Once your telescope has slewed to the object the [SYNC] button can then be used to re-calibrate the pointing accuracy of Meade compatible telescopes during an observing session.

Advanced Support for Meade Telescopes

The STAR Atlas:PRO™ inbuilt Meade telescope driver supports high and low precision telescope pointing and includes the powerful Control Panel for Meade Telescopes (pictured) that permits you to remotely control the settings of your Meade telescope with ease. Many command are supported including Movement Rate, Slew Rate, Precision Focus Control, Reticle Flash Rate and Brightness Level, Smart Drive mode, Tracking Rate, GPS Controls, PEC Controls, Pointing Precision, Fan Control, Field de-rotator, Sleep Mode, Telescope Parking.

Telescope control panel for Meade Telescopes

Telescope Interfaces

STAR Atlas:PRO™ includes in-built telescope drivers compatible with dozens of telescopes including;

  • Astro-Physics GTO.
  • Argo Navis™ (NGC-superMax™).
  • Celestron NexStar™ 5i/8i.
  • Celestron NexStar 8/9.25/11 GPS.
  • Celestron CGE Series.
  • Celestron NexStar 5/8.
  • Celestron GT Models 60/80/114/4/130 (original series & current series).
  • FS2 telescope drive unit.
  • Meade Telescopes with Autostar™ I and/or Autostar II and/or LX200 command set.
  • Meade LX600.
  • Meade LX850.
  • Meade LX200 GPS and Meade LX200 GPS 16-inch.
  • Meade LX200 and Meade LX200 16-inch.
  • Meade LX90.
  • Meade LXD models.
  • Meade ETX models.
  • Astro-Physics GTO mount.
  • Vixen Sky Sensor 2000.
  • Sky Commander Digital Setting Circles (DSC).
  • Losmandy Digital Setting Circles.

ASCOM telescope control ASCOM Compliant Telescope Control

STAR Atlas:PRO™ also supports telescope drivers available in the ASCOM Telescope Driver software package. The ASCOM software package may be freely downloaded from the ASCOM Web Site and integrated with STAR Atlas:PRO™ to provide additional telescope drivers. For more information and the most recent list of supported Telescopes visit http://www.ascom-standards.org

The ASCOM add-on provides drivers for the following telescopes (check the ASCOM web site for a complete list);

  • ACL Based Telescopes (Comsoft PC-TCS, Optical Guidance, DFM, other research grade instruments)
  • ACP Astronomer's Control Panel telescope hub
  • AstroOptik Research Telescopes
  • Astro-Physics GTO Mounts
  • Celestron NexStar 4 GT, 80 GT, 114GT, 5, 5i, 8, 8i, GPS and Ultima 2000
  • Generic LX200 and other LX series Scopes (many emulations including Bartels, FS2)
  • Losmandy Gemini Controller (levels 1-3)
  • Meade LX200, LX200GPS, and Autostar (Meade specific features supported)
  • Meade Telescope and Focuser
  • Vixen SkySensor 2000 PC

Testimonials

"using the telescope with STAR Atlas:PRO™ makes the whole set up seem more like a remote control robot."

"star atlas pro's Telescope Control System makes controlling your telescope a breeze..."

"never before have I located so many deep sky objects, so quickly, in one night"

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STAR Atlas:PRO™ Astronomy Software for Windows™ 64-bit & 32-bit


How to download and install STAR Atlas:PRO™ for Windows

1 Purchase your License Key from our on-line store. The download link to the software package and your Personal License Key will then be E-mailed to you.

2 Download the install package from the link that you received in our E-mail. The download is 3.5 GigaBytes in size.

3 Follow the Installation and Setup Instructions provided in the Quick Start Guide.

4 Start STAR Atlas:PRO and use your Personal License Key to activate the software.


Latest Minor Upgrade

Version 7.5 is an upgrade to Version 7 installations of STAR Atlas:PRO™ (Do not install if you have an earlier version than version 7.0, it will not work!). This upgrade rectifies a minor issue encountered when downloading the most recent Comet Elements necessary to produce accurate comet positions.

Download and Install Instructions:

1) Make sure STAR Atlas:PRO™ is closed and not running.
2) Download the new version of StarAtlasPro.exe (5.7MB).
3) Copy the new downloaded program file to the folder where you installed STAR Atlas:PRO, by default this location is C:\StarAtlasPro. When prompted overwrite the existing program file.
4) Start STAR Atlas:PRO™, then from the floating menu choose [L]ocate, then select [2] Comets, then select [Load Comet Elements], for this upgrade choose [Clean], answer Yes when prompted to clean the comet database, then choose [Download] and the latest Comet orbital elements will be downloaded.
5) Done!


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STAR Atlas:PRO™ for Windows™


STAR Atlas:PRO™ is available for download. Simply purchase your software activation key from our on-line store, you will then receive download instructions and your software activation key by E-mail.

STAR Atlas:PRO™ is also available as boxed software, delivered by international Express Mail Service, you will receive tracking information as soon as your copy is despatched.


STAR Atlas:PRO™ PRO-AM download

Purchase the complete full edition and download direct to your computer.

Price $95.00 AUD

The download instructions and your personal software Activation Key are E-mailed* to you after purchase.
Download size is 3.5 Gigabytes.

*Please check your junk e-mail folder as our E-mail instructions contain download links and sometimes arrives in the junk e-mail folder. We do our best to send your download instructions and personal activation key as soon as possible, occasionally it may take up to several hours.


STAR Atlas:PRO™ PRO-AM
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complete full boxed edition on DVD-ROM and USB Drive
delivered by international Express Mail Service.

Star Atlas Pro - Star Charts|Telescope Control|Observation Planner STAR Atlas PRO on USB Media

Purchase the complete full boxed edition with international express delivery.

Price $135.00 AUD + 24.95 Express Mail Delivery

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Resources for STAR Atlas:PRO™ Users


Latest free software update

Version 7.5 is an upgrade to Version 7 installations of STAR Atlas:PRO™ (Do not install if you have an earlier version than version 7.0, it will not work!). This upgrade rectifies a minor issue encountered when downloading the most recent Comet Elements necessary to produce accurate comet positions.

Download and Install Instructions:

1) Make sure STAR Atlas:PRO™ is closed and not running.
2) Download the new version of StarAtlasPro.exe (5.7MB).
3) Copy the new downloaded program file to the folder where you installed STAR Atlas:PRO, by default this location is C:\StarAtlasPro. When prompted overwrite the existing program file.
4) Start STAR Atlas:PRO™, then from the floating menu choose [L]ocate, then select [2] Comets, then select [Load Comet Elements], for this upgrade choose [Clean], answer Yes when prompted to clean the comet database, then choose [Download] and the latest Comet orbital elements will be downloaded.
5) Done!


How To Documents

The How To Documents aim to allow both beginner and experienced users to gain full benefit from STAR Atlas:PRO™. Each document is written by other amateur astronomers, using STAR Atlas:PRO™ in the field, to give examples of how to use the software in many situations. Check out the How To Documents


Frequently Asked Questions

A list of our most popular questions. Check out the Frequently Asked Questions


User Manual

The STAR Atlas:PRO™ User Manual is a great reference to have handy. Check out the User Manual


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