Take a ride on a virtual space shuttle through the Artline Starship Earth II 16-inch Diam. Floor Globe. This extensively detailed celestial globe will help you explore the universe from the comfort of your own home. The large transparent acrylic sphe re perches atop a clear tripod base which puts the globe at the perfect height for viewing and lets you see the small blue Earth contained within. A fully adjustable horizon ring surrounding the Earth lets you orient yourself to the night sky for mor e realistic explorations making it easy to understand more about the rising and setting of the sun how the seasons change and how the sky looks from any location on the planet. In addition this whole set-up combined creates a beautiful piece of moder n art.This 3D star atlas maps out everything in the night sky that you could see with the unaided eye and is a great companion to your telescope too. All details are accurately hand silk-screened on the sphere`s interior surface for long-lasting prot ection. This globe displays updated and improved data from Sky Catalogue 2000.0 including all 88 constellations and more than 1100 naked-eye stars. Even deep-sky objects are keyed to type and easy to locate against the precision grid of right ascensi on and declination lines. The Milky Way and Magellanic clouds are displayed in wispy translucent blue.All the information you need to locate your favorite stars is available. Stars are identified by name Greek letter designations brightness (from fir st to fifth magnitude) and distance from the Earth in light years. The outer sphere also points out the astral equivalents used to locate stars. You can even go back in time or take a trip around the world: three easy steps let you reproduce the Eart h sun and star movements for any time date and location in the world. This globe comes with a 48-page instruction book written by astronomer George Lovi and a Certificate of Authenticity signed and dated by the artisan who hand-crafted your model o