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Details and specifications of Focus's RedShift 6 Premium, £49.00 (GBP inc VAT RRP £99.99). Designed for the experienced astronomy enthusiast and containing up to date technology including telescope control. Stunning deep sky photography based on the latest discoveries and established star catalogues. Advanced tracking and visualization tools, chart thousands of asteroids, comets and even meteor showers, complete guide to the night skies. Buy or call us on 0844 808 3699. See other astronomy software or products from Focus.

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Advanced telescope control - controls most popular brands of robotic telescopes, including Orion SkyQuest IntelliScope, Meade LX200 and AutoStar, Celestron NexStar series and all ASCOM compliant telescopes.
Synchronize your telescope's internal gaze direction with RedShift 6 and vice versa.
Nudge your telescope by seconds, minutes or degrees.
Macro recorder create your very own guided tours.
3D-flight mode - travel to a selected object in the solar system or nearby stars and study it from a close distance.Joystick control, Access to image data from Digital Sky Survey and Google Earth web-sites which you can synchronise with RedShift 6.
Live update option to download new discoveries and orbital data from the Internet into the main RedShift database.
Optimised simulator engine - accelerated rendering of the sky view including realistic horizon panoramas and new images of the stars.
New surface maps, guided tours and updated database which includes new interplanetary spacecraft and new planetary moons.
Compatibility with RedShift 5 workspaces.
Enhanced Dictionary of Astronomy and Record Breakers, plus updated Video and Photo Gallery.
263 page printed manual including an in-depth reference section.

Telescope Control

RedShift 6 controls most popular brands of robotic telescopes and all ASCOM compliant telescopes. Target your telescope at any object in the sky to see how it looks in reality, or if you find and observe a mysterious object in the heavens and wonder what it is, just ask RedShift to reproduce your telescope view and show you everything about your target. Ideal for your in-the-field observation!

Access To The Online Google Map

Along with an updated map of the Earth included in RedShift you also have access to the online Google map and can view anywhere on the planet in more detail.

Access To Online Digitised Sky Surveys

Download a digitized image of any selected region of the heavens to compare the virtual sky in RedShift to a real photo.

Macro Recoder

You can create your very own Guided Tours by using the Macro Recorder tool. You can also add various multimedia files to your tour like photos and music, or just your comments about the scenario as it is played.

3D-Flight And Joystick Control

Now you can smoothly fly among the planets and stars on the RedShift sky in a special 3D-flight mode and study celestial bodies from a close distance. You can also use a joystick to control your 3D-flight and other actions in RedShift.

Authoritative Content From Top Astronomers

Sky Diary

A powerful feature of RedShift 6. It will allow you not only to calculate events for thousands of years, but instantly visualise them.

Eclipse Maps

Eclipse maps provide astronomers with an accurate calculation of the solar eclipse paths on the Earth's surface.

Live Update Option

Download new discoveries and orbital data of satellites, comets and asteroids from the latest object databases on the Internet into the main RedShift database.

Panoramic Horizon

RedShift 6 includes a number of panoramic horizons. You can set either City view or Mountains, Ocean or Village as a panorama around you.

Numerical Intregration

The numerical integration engine calculates the exact motion of comets and asteroids with all the essential gravitating masses in the solar system. You can even simulate the famous impact of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet with Jupiter!

New And Updated Video & Photo Galleries

The Video and Photos Galleries show dozens of real movies and animations as well as hundreds of photos devoted to space and astronomy.

Updated and Improved Database

Includes some 20 million stars, the exciting view of the Milky Way in different wavelengths, 1 million deep sky objects, over 125,000 asteroids and over 1,800 comets.

Additional Features:

Calculates the position and simulates the movement of 20 million stars, the entire Milky Way, 1 million amazing deep space objects including nebulae, galaxies and quasars, over 125,000 asteroids, 1,800 comets and over 100 planetary moons.
Add or modify your own Deep Sky objects, stars, comets, asteroids, and artificial satellites.
Calculate and print maps of solar eclipses (both in the past and future).
Exact professional numerical integration of orbits of comets, asteroids and spacecraft.
High precision Sky Diary to plan your night's observations - find the times and dates of lunar and solar eclipses, meteor showers and much more..
Exhaustive object information for every object.
Multi-window mode allows you to observe a celestial event from different locations(e.g. look at a solar eclipse simultaneously from the Earth and Moon).

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Please Email or Call 0844 808 3699 to enquire about site licenses, network versions, bulk discounts, reseller/trade orders or educational/institutional pricing.

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Focus RedShift 6 Premium £49.00 (RRP £99.99) [FRS6PM] Buy or Phone 0844 808 3699

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Focus RedShift 5 £19.99 (RRP £49.99) [FREDS5] Buy | Info

Focus RedShift 4 £14.99 (RRP £19.99) [FREDS4] Buy | Info

Focus RedShift 3 £9.99 (RRP £7.99) [FREDS3] Buy | Info

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Focus RedShift 6 Premium £49.00 (RRP £99.99) [FRS6PM] Buy or Phone 0844 808 3699

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*Focus*	RedShift 5	£19.99	(RRP £49.99)	[FREDS5]	Buy \|	Info
*Focus*	RedShift 4	£14.99	(RRP £19.99)	[FREDS4]	Buy \|	Info
*Focus*	RedShift 3	£9.99	(RRP £7.99)	[FREDS3]	Buy \|	Info

Telephone :	(UK) 0844 808 3699	(World) 00 44 844 808 3699
Email :	sales@bmsoftware.com