WHAT THE WORLD IS SAYING ABOUT STELLA 2000

"I thought SkyMap was excellent but this program is better... I like it." -- Ronald Norris, London, Canada, in Stella 2000 Questionnaire.

"Simply the best" --Brenjon Mar, Philippines, in Stella 2000 Questionnaire.

"Extensive deep database; many amateur and advanced features... I am very impressed with this software.  Many of my astronomical club friends use it." --Robert L. Salhaney, Detroit MI, in Questionnaire.

"Far easier to use than Deepsky.  The "sky" screen is very intuitive." -- Eric Lee Weller, Atlanta GA, in Questionnaire.

"Being very new to astronomy and astro software, I've been impressed with Stella. Mostly obvious." --Adam B. Kanis, Wellman, IA, in Questionnaire.

"I would recommend it for use in schools" --John A. Chauvin, Independence MO, in Questionnaire.

"It is the best program I have used so far, it is very easy to use." --Trev Cannon, Gillingham, Kent, UK, Registered Stella User.

"I like it - it does what me, a newcomer with motivation, needs it to and in a non-complex way"
"Stella best feature: The graphic representation - I'm very visual and that's what lured me to you." --Paul Ellison, Oklahoma City, OK, in Stella 2000 Questionnaire.

"I have evaluated different astronomy software and I am overall impressed with the performance of Stella" --Timothy L. Edwards in Stella 2000 Questionnaire.

"Well drawn maps and views... it's pretty darn good" --Paul Llewellyn Dale, Sydney, Australia, in Stella 2000 Questionnaire.

"The beautiful detailed sky; I was very impressed with the software." --Juan C. Delgado, in Stella 2000 Questionnaire.

"Stella best feature: It's accuracy and inclusion of 6th magnitude stars; ... I always thought astronomy was too hard to learn, but with Stella 2000, I can learn at my own pace. Thank you." --Donald Craig Chancy, Orlando, FL, in Stella 2000 Questionnaire.

"Exciting! Do not stop improving it!" --Dr. Reinhard Jäger, registered user from Hart/Graz, Austria, in Questionnaire.

"Beautiful graphics and many nice viewing options.  I especially like the twinkling stars!  :) " --John Vylasek, Brooklyn Park MN, in Questionnaire.

"Love the ease and simple layout." --James Thomas, Atlanta, GA, in Questionnaire.

"For the limited time I've been using it, I think it is a wonderful piece of software" --Christopher Battles, New Haven CT, in Questionnaire.

"Well done, good balance without being overwhelming." --Gary L. Parish, Mobile AL, USA, in Questionnaire.

"Nice presentation with realistic stellar colors.  Also, the presentation is not cluttered with star names, etc.  Looks like the real sky" --Peter Cole, Lawrence, MA, in Questionnaire.

"Filled with its creator's enthusiasm; quite well supported by astronomical data; overall - nice" --Victor Ciofoaia, Brasov, Romania, in Questionnaire.

"Stella 2000 looks like a quality product.  I like SkyGlobe's simplicity, but I think I will enjoy using Stella 2000 once I learn my way around it." --David Megnin, Everett WA, USA, in Questionnaire.

"Stella best feature: The colors and magnitude ratings of the stars in the Planetarium view; ...I like the overall interface and windowing of all the different components of the software.  Well done." --William W. Turner, Seattle WA, USA, in Questionnaire.

"It 'looks' as though someone knocked it together from their house.  But a close look at the program shows that it was 'knocked together' by someone who knew exactly what they were doing." --Jason A. Fields, Nashville TN, USA, in Questionnaire.

"Really good, Pretty small, Really fast, User friendly." --Chua Yi Fan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in Questionnaire.

"I own several astronomy programs, including a couple CD versions, but my favorite is Stella 2000 (price, performance, ease of use)... Your willingness to communicate with end users is most admirable." --Jack L. Varney, Honolulu, Hawaii, in Questionnaire.

"When I first saw the program, I was amazed. The amount of detail - fascinating!" --Michael Bæk, Copenhagen, Denmark, in Questionnaire.

"Good graphics, easy features, and it sure beats staring up at a cloudy night sky!" --William Collver, Arlington, TX in Questionnaire.

"Excellent program.  I am very impressed with the presentation.  Had to register as soon as I ran it the first time." --Peter W. Cole, Lawrence, MA, in Questionnaire.

"I'm quite impressed with the improvements over other programs trying to accomplish the same thing." --Rafael Sandoval, Woodstock Valley, CT, in Questionnaire.

"Stella's best feature: Powerful data base" --Joseph Mendiola, Hanford CA, in Questionnaire.

"Completeness of detail; So far, it hasn't disappointed me." --Ivan Avei, Sydney, Australia, in Questionnaire.

"Impressive product -- excellent displays and effects." --Chet Wade, Phoenix AZ, in Questionnaire.

"Should be used by all science classes." --Robert C. Knudsen in Questionnaire.

"It's the best! It has made photography of the objects so easy! I don't know what I would do without it! Thanx alot Coeli!" --Andras Sudy, Tokyo, Japan, in Questionnaire.

"Great program without too much nonsense." --Jakob Steen Madsen, Hvidovre, Denmark, in Questionnaire.

"Stella best feature: Ease of use.  I demo Deepsky 99 and it was too confusing to use.  I like the ability to set the sky to a future time/date." --Eric Weller, Atlanta GA, in Questionnaire. 

"For me its the basic introduction to star gazing." --Geert-Jan Bogaerts, Hoeilaart, Belgium, in Questionnaire.

"Help file wasn't very easy to use, but the software is amazing. Easy to grasp, full of features." --Jai Kharbanda, London UK, in Questionnaire.

"The star fieds I can see and use are far better than anything else that I have seen... It would be hard to improve Stella's overall performance on my computer... Easy to use, and it has helped me in my quest for knowedge about the heavens above." --Bruce Patrick, Tumut  NSW, Australia, in Questionnaire.

"I had no trouble downloading the registered version and getting it up and running. Thanks for the quick
response to my order!" --Bill Salmon, Elk City, ID, in correspondence.

"Thank you for putting together and making available such a fabulous product.  It is an incredible fun, instructive, easy to use program... I am so happy I came across this product.  I found it at www.usatoday.com website listed at  number one on the top ten downloads of shareware and I have emailed that link to several of my friends." --Chris Schultze, Vancouver BC, Canada, in correspondence.

"The program is up and running and I have downloaded the Hipparcos. In all the time I have spent looking for
this type of software, Stella 2000 leaves all the other programs for dead." --Frank Hazlewood, Sydney, Australia, in correspondence.

"The program is extremely fast and accurate ... and very comprehensive. Perhaps you could add some
'twinkle' to the stars (just kidding!)" --Jack L. Varney, Honolulu, Hawaii, in correspondence.

"Its been great to deal with you. I'm new to astronomy and my son is keen to learn so this is a great package to play with. Thanks again and all the best with a really interesting and cost-effective piece of software." --John Stafford, Elm Creek, Canada, in correspondence.

"On a personal note, your Stella 2000 is GREAT!!  Why are you dropping the price PLUS adding in the other gifts????  Well I won't say anything more, I'll just get my order in before your medication wears off...  Keep up the good work and Long live Shareware!" --Marty Farrell, Central Islip, NY, in correspondence.

"As a city dweller, I don't get to see this in full on a regular basis, just the brightest stars over the haze of the city lights.  Between escapes to the country, $49 bought the closest approximation, and many tools to explore structure and reason... You have lavished a great amount of attention on this project, and it speaks highly of your efforts.  Splendid job!  I look forward to any updates you may have in the works." --Peter Kreuthmeier, Architect, Pittsburgh, PA, in correspondence.

"The installation was a complete success.  May I add that the Stella 2000 interface is in my judgment stunningly beautiful, and the program largely intuitive in execution and very responsive to configuration and query commands. Thank you for you significant contribution to computer-assisted astronomy; I will not hesitate to recommend your software to friends and associates." --Robert M. Owen, Brevard, NC, in correspondence.

"Beautiful, accurate and highly informative; especially because paraplegia restricts my using the telescope." --Roy Selby, M.D., Texarkana, TX, coeli.com guestbook entry.

"It runs pretty fast on my laptop at 300 Mhz. But it's blindingly fast on my desktop at 450 Mhz... This is definitely the best software I've ever purchased!" --Zoël LeGresley, New Westminster BC, Canada, in correspondence.

"Very impresive program - beats my current SkyMap." --Arthur Winn, Australia, guestbook entry.







"Yet another pop-up-nag-and-discard type program." --Joseph D. Bockholt, Salt Lake City UT, in Questionnaire, to which the following response was offered:

"Translated, read:

'Yet another commercial program I am unable to steal with impunity. (Damn, this type really is getting more and more common...)'  In just the same way, I imagine, you justified the theft of 'your' copy of Astronomy Lab. And you stole that one merely because it failed repeatedly to remind you that purchase is required after a fair evaluation period. ...

Stella 2000 is not freeware, nor are we a charity. We do, however, offer a freeware astronomy product: Adastra. You can get Adastra from

 http://www.sci.fi/~elk/adastra.zip
"

"Stella shortcoming: Kind of hard to navigate through the night sky" --John Vylasek in Stella Questionnaire, to which we responded:

"All you do is click on a point and center, click on a point and center etc, or else use the panning functions on the toolbar. Fastest way is: click, [c]entre, click, [c]entre etc. Zoom/unzoom fast with the two keys [z] and [x]. Or use auto-center. So where's the difficulty?"


 