Why should I purchase the Earth Centered Universe Pro?

In the "demo" version of ECU Pro, which is licensed for a 30-day free trial, most of the features of ECU are fully enabled and available for you to try out for yourself. This includes all of the telescope control functions, too.

What's not included are many of the extra databases that are included with the CD-ROM based purchased version of ECU Pro.

The many benefits of purchasing ECU Pro include:

• An image viewer and hundreds of images of astronomical objects
• 250,000 stars from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog (to about magnitude 9.5)
• ~2,500,000 stars from the Tycho-2 Star Catalog (to about magnitude 12-13)
• The descriptions of the non-Messier deep sky objects from the 10,500 object SAC Deep Sky Database
• 15,000,000 stars from the Hubble Guide Star Catalog (to about magnitude 13-16 depending on the part of the sky)
• nearly 1,000,000 galaxies from the Principle Galaxy Catalog
• 28,000 variable stars from the General Catalog of Variable Stars
• 78,000 double stars from the Washington Visual Double Star Catalog
• It supports (but does not include, however you can download it from the USNO) the ~500,000,000 star US Naval Observatory Star Catalog
• A flexible license to legally use ECU beyond the 30-day trial period (for example you can legally install it on two computers (see license agreement for details) - for example your main home system and a laptop that you use in the field or your home and office PCs)
• A comprehensive user's manual (printed version available)
• Free support by e-mail, phone, and postal mail
• A fast, full-featured, quality, well supported, and inexpensive planetarium and telescope contol software!

If you decide to purchase ECU Pro, you will receive, by air-mail, the current version of ECU Pro on CD-ROM and a printed ~116 page user's manual. You will also be entitled to receive free support and will receive notifications of and be able to upgrade to new versions of ECU Pro at a reduced price.

How much does ECU Pro Cost?

The ECU Pro base cost is $79.95 in Canadian dollars, plus postage and handling. A printed version of the manual is $12 extra. Canadians must add the GST sales tax.

How can I purchase ECU Pro?

• Use this order form to order by postal mail.
• Order on-line at the Nova Astronomics eStore.
• By phone (using your VISA card - Mastercard is NOT accected by phone, but you can use other cards on-line) at: 902-499-6196.

Questions about ECU Pro?

Contact the author and owner of Nova Astronomics, Dave Lane by e-mail at dave@nova-astro.com or by phone at 902-499-6196

Educational Licences for ECU Lite and ECU Pro

Note that Nova Astronomics supports the educational community by offering aggressive educational discounts on two or more copies of ECU Pro or site licences for recognized schools, colleges, and universities. An inexpensive license permitting installation of the ECU Lite in your school computer labs is also available. See our Education page for details .

Last Updated: October 2007 by Nova Astronomics.