Another Coeli first!

Free software for every astronomy book featured here.

Yes, that's the new Coeli Software Special: Buy a book through the Astronomy Bookshop and receive your choice of licensed software absolutely free and clear!

Build your Stella 2000 star population up to 118000 Hipparcos stars completely free of charge, or climb still higher with the bonus SAO data extensions to reach a population of more than 300000 for your finder scope.

Or perhaps you'd like a compact Pocket Planisphere to place in your system tray? -- buy that astronomy book title you've always wanted and get QuikSky Enhanced -- our limited edition gem -- without clicking so much as a single order button on this site!

How does it work?

In 3 stages:

1) You start the ball rolling by choosing one of our Recommended book links in the Astronomy Bookshop, which will take you straight to Amazon.com's secure shopping basket.

2) When your Amazon order goes through, just forward us a copy of the confirmation e-mail (this is absolutely necessary to become eligible for your free software).

3) Last and most important, the moment Amazon.com notify you of despatch of your book, simply make sure we get a copy of your Amazon shipment confirmation too (the most necessary qualification for receipt of your free software).

That's it. As you confirm shipment of any book ordered via our Astronomy Bookshop, your licensed Coeli software gets delivered to you free of charge or obligation on the very day your Amazon book is shipped.

There is no limit on the number of times you can take advantage of our permanent bibliophile insanity. Build up those Stella 2000 data extensions, get your Pocket Planisphere, Sky Quiz Special, and My Telescope limited software editions in exchange for nothing more than a good read on your favourite subject!

Or perhaps you'd like your Windows desktop transformed permanently into a dynamic reflection of your local night sky?

We've saved the best till last:

Buy Nightwatch tonight and get DeskNite on your desktop. Remember -- all this is licensed software. No restricted evaluation copies in amongst this bunch!

So much for buying a single book; Order 2 books and get Adastra Special; 4 books will bring you Stella 2000 Lite.

And since there's so much to take in here (quite apart from our insanity), we've summarised your choices:

For a single Recommended Book title, choose from

1 unit of 25000 Hipparcos stars (as sold for $20 each)

   HIP1 - 25000 stars from magnitude 7.0 to 8.0
   HIP2 - 25000 stars from magnitude 8.0 to 8.6
   HIP3 - 25000 stars from magnitude 8.6 to 9.2
   HIP4 - 25000 stars from magnitude 9.2 to 12

1 unit of 25000 SAO stars (as sold for $17 each)

   SAO1 - 25000 stars from magnitude 7.0 to 7.5
   SAO2 - 25000 stars from magnitude 7.6 to 8.1
   SAO3 - 25000 stars from magnitude 8.2 to 8.4
   SAO4 - 25000 stars from magnitude 8.5 to 8.6
   SAO5 - 33000 stars from magnitude 8.7 to 8.8
   SAO6 - 46000 stars from magnitude 8.9 to 9.0
   SAO7 - 31000 stars from magnitude 9.1 to 9.2
   SAO8 - 20000 stars from magnitude 9.3 to 9.4
   SAO9 - 25000 stars from magnitude 9.5 to 11

Our Limited edition software and hypertext titles (RRP from $19)

   Visual Planets - A Classic Hypertext Tour of our Solar System
   QuikSky - The Pocket Planisphere for your System Tray
   Astrogloss A-Z - Concise HTML Dictionary of Astronomy

Just copy/paste the name of your desired Coeli bonus from here into the e-mail in which you make your first free gift claim (step 2 above), and we will note your selection. Once you inform us of your book's shipment (step 3 above), this is the software package which you will receive free of charge on the day Amazon.com despatches your package.