I have an old version of Starry Night Pro. Although it's severely outdated for near-Earth objects, all the light-year stuff is still accurate. It's also OpenGL, so it renders well in 3D. The interface is decent. Navigation is easy, but time changes could be made quite a bit easier. Maybe they've changed it with more current versions.
On a related note, I've been looking at the truss-tube dobsonian scopes. My old scope has seen better days (not to mention the optics). I figure 8" is more than what I could use with all the city-glow, and they are compact (and lightweight) enough that I could find a place to store it. Anyone messed around with a
Lightbridge?