Zon Mosaic Pro5 Guide de l'utilisateur

Starry NightUser’s GuideFOR MACINTOSH AND WINDOWS

10 Starry Night User’s GuideSpecial FontsTwo special fonts are used throughout this User’s Guide:1) Command Font: This font is used to indicate a butt

100 Starry Night User’s GuideTime FlowBy default, time in Starry Night advances at the same rate as real time. If you run Starry Night for one hour, t

Bending Space & Time 101lunar month), again due to the revolution of Earth around the Sun.Lunar month: This is the time interval between two full

102 Starry Night User’s GuideSpecifying Frame Rate: By default, when the time mode is Forward or Backward, the screen is updated continuously. The num

Bending Space & Time 103Path Length: As Starry Night draws the local or celestial path for an object, and time runs forward, eventually Starry Nig

104 Starry Night User’s GuideThe toolbar displays your current viewing location. To change this location in Starry Night Pro and Pro Plus, click on it

Bending Space & Time 105Preferences from the File menu (Windows) or the Starry Night menu (Macintosh), selecting Responsiveness from the dropbox i

106 Starry Night User’s GuideChanging ElevationAll of the options described in the last section leave you on the surface of a planet. You may also wan

Bending Space & Time 107See “Tool Selection Control” on page 30 for more information on choosing tools in Starry Night Pro and Pro Plus. Tip: Hold

108 Starry Night User’s Guidefive options. The first is the familiar “Surface Of” option. The other four options are described below. These options ar

Bending Space & Time 109plane is given by X and Y coordinates. The Z coordinate takes the location out of the plane of the ecliptic. For spherical

Getting Started 11as dim as magnitude 18. The “Full Install” option in Starry Night Pro Plus will also install the AllSky Image in Direct Draw Surface

110 Starry Night User’s GuideCelestial Pole directly overhead and the South Celestial pole beneath your feet.If you set your orientation to ecliptic,

Bending Space & Time 111Orbit Markers: The ascending node of the orbit — the point at which the planet crosses up through the ecliptic plane — is

112 Starry Night User’s Guideward. You can see the planets moving around the Sun.9 The innermost planets will be too close to the Sun to really see. U

Bending Space & Time 113then the object inside the viewport is the absolute closest object.Direction of Spaceship: The numbers along the top and

114 Starry Night User’s Guideareas that are densely populated. Soon you’ll be moving through a crowded region of space, one of the galaxy clusters the

Chapter 7Observation ToolsThis chapter covers the many observational tools and features in Starry Night Pro and Pro Plus that go beyond the planetariu

116 Starry Night User’s GuideEvent FinderThe Event Finder is a powerful search engine that finds astronomical events visible tonight and far into the

Observation Tools 117Events” on page 117 for more information on limiting your search with event filters.Viewing Events: If you right-click (Ctrl-clic

118 Starry Night User’s GuideMost of the event classes listed in the “Event Filters” layer of the Events pane have special options associated with th

Observation Tools 119Lunar and Solar Eclipse Events: A Total Lunar Eclipse is an eclipse of the Moon where Earth crosses between the Sun and Moon, blo

12 Starry Night User’s GuideFollowing the QuickTime installation, the Starry Night Pro and Pro Plus installer launches an application to install teles

120 Starry Night User’s GuidePlanetary Events: A Solar Transit is the passage of one planet across the face of the Sun. These rare events require th

Observation Tools 121Adding Objects to the Graph: Right-click (Ctrl-click on the Mac) on any object and choose Start Graphing from its contextual menu

122 Starry Night User’s GuideTip: You can automatically graph the elongation of a planet’s moons, by choosing Graph Elongation Of Moons from the plan

Observation Tools 123Ephemeris values are handy for knowing where an object will be in the sky at a particular time. If you are using manual or digita

124 Starry Night User’s GuideObservation ListsThe Observation List is a tool that you can use to help create a list of astronomical objects that you

Observation Tools 125Click the Add button in the “Observing Lists” layer to open a new window which lets you add objects to an observing list. By defa

126 Starry Night User’s Guidemenu. To remove all the objects shown, choose Remove All.You can repeat these steps as many times as you want to build u

Observation Tools 127This contextual menu can be quite handy, especially if you have a laptop to take outside during your observing session. For examp

128 Starry Night User’s Guidethe object on a different day or remove it from your list.Determining which objects have been observed: Select With Log

Observation Tools 129Note: Log entries are referenced by the date and time of your observation. Starry Night assumes that you will be adding these log

Getting Started 13contains short movies about astronomy. You can play the DVD disc on your computer DVD-ROM drive or your home DVD player.Running Star

130 Starry Night User’s GuideViewing old log entries: To view previously created log entries for an object, right-click on the object (Ctrl-click on

Observation Tools 131packaged into the main Starry Night installer.Telescope Controls: All of the telescope controls in Starry Night can be accessed b

132 Starry Night User’s GuideConnect/Disconnect: Once your telescope is aligned and plugged in to your computer, press the Connect button in the Setu

Observation Tools 133Tip: Holding down a direction key will continuously slew the telescope. The Stop button will stop any slew that is in progress.T

134 Starry Night User’s GuideFocuser controlControl your robotic focuser through Starry Night. Allows for incremental and absolute positioning for ap

Observation Tools 135Satellite TrackingTrack the International Space Station, the Space Shuttle and hundreds of other satellites with your robotic tel

136 Starry Night User’s Guidethe patch of sky that you will be able to see through a given astronomical instrument. Therefore, the area shown inside

Observation Tools 137• CCD. A CCD is a camera that is attached to your telescope and used to take digital astronomical photographs.Adding items to the

138 Starry Night User’s GuideField of View Indicators 2(Displaying Indicators)The FOV side pane allows you to display an outline onscreen that shows

Observation Tools 139change if you are using a Barlow lens or a focal reducer. To turn on/off a Barlow lens or focal reducer for given eyepiece or CCD

14 Starry Night User’s Guidethese files ensures that any new comets, asteroids, satellites, calendar events or tours are added to the program. If you

140 Starry Night User’s Guide• Alt/Az: This keeps your indicator centred on a specific altitude and azimuth, relative to your local horizon and direc

Observation Tools 141Tip: If you are interested in viewing a dim object, and it is not labeled on the printed chart you make, select it on the screen

142 Starry Night User’s GuideThree pane star charts: Prints a three-view starhopping chart customized to the field of view and orientation of your te

Observation Tools 143White Sky ModeYou learned how to print star charts in “Printing Star Charts” on page 30. Starry Night also allows you to simulate

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Chapter 8Working With FilesIn this chapter you will learn about the different types of files you can create with Starry Night Enthusiast, Pro and Pro

146 Starry Night User’s GuideWhat is a Starry Night File?A Starry Night file allows you to recreate all the conditions which you used in the program

Working With Files 147Save As: If you are already running a file that was previously saved, this saves the file under a different name and changes the

148 Starry Night User’s Guidemenu by adding your own files or modifying the existing files. See “Customizing the Favourites Menu” on page 177 for ins

Working With Files 149Multiple WindowsOne of the most useful features of Starry Night is its ability to have multiple functional windows open at the s

Getting Started 15Tip: A list of astronomical observatories is included in the location list. To see this list, click on the Province column heading a

150 Starry Night User’s Guidethe dropbox to the right of the date and time in the toolbar. All three windows are now showing the sky at exactly the s

Working With Files 151Exporting ImagesYou may wish to capture a static image from Starry Night, for example, one of the spectacular eclipse images you

152 Starry Night User’s GuideNote (Pro and Pro Plus only): The minimum size for a Movie Box is 101 pixels by 81 pixels.Movie Controls: There are thre

Working With Files 153Note: The Movie Box doesn’t record cursors, so you don’t have to worry about getting a “hand” in the shot. Playing Back QuickTim

154 Starry Night User’s GuideTip: After you have set your compression settings once, the Compression Settings window will not open automatically when

Working With Files 1554 Name the file (default name is the name of the object you selected) and then press the Save QuickTime VR Movie button to creat

156 Starry Night User’s GuideQuicktime movies: You have permission to use QuickTime movies you have made with the Starry Night software for non-comme

Working With Files 1573 Star name (may be a proper name, Bayer letter, Flamsteed number, or just the HIP or TYC number again)4 Right ascension, in deg

158 Starry Night User’s Guide4 Name5 Right ascension (J2000 co-ordinates)6 Declination (J2000 co-ordinates)7 Apparent Magnitude8 Diameter (arcminutes

Chapter 9Adding Your Own DataThis chapter describes how you can expand the vast library of data that is built into Starry Night Enthusiast, Pro and Pr

16 Starry Night User’s GuideThe current time is shown in the upper left corner of the screen.Note: The current date and time are calculated from your

160 Starry Night User’s GuideAdding Calendar EventsAstronomical calendars are a great way to keep track of celestial events you don’t want to miss. S

Adding Your Own Data 161Tip: You can also save a Starry Night file as an event to any calendar by selecting Save As Event from the File menu.Importing

162 Starry Night User’s GuideAfter you have selected the calendar file, click the Ok button to save the calendar and add it to your list.Editing cale

Adding Your Own Data 163Tip: Not every option for adding new objects appears in an object’s contextual menu. For example, the Sun’s contextual menu ha

164 Starry Night User’s Guideeccentricity of an object in a fixed orbit has a value between 0 and 1. The larger an object’s eccentricity, the more it

Adding Your Own Data 165pericentre. Recall that Kepler’s laws of motion then allow Starry Night to calculate the new object’s position in its orbit at

166 Starry Night User’s GuideElement Style (AMSAT): This is another style used to describe the orbit of Earth-orbiting artificial satellites. Again,

Adding Your Own Data 167that are about 600 pixels long by 300 pixels high.Whatever picture you do use, its width is wrapped around the planet, and the

168 Starry Night User’s Guidethe Orbit Editor. A dialog box will appear, warning you that changes have been made to this database.Any new objects or

Adding Your Own Data 169Package Contents, then open the “Resources” folder to view the “Sky Data” folder). You can open these files with a text editor

Getting Started 17other owners of Starry Night. At press time, the Discussion List had more than 8000 members, so it is an excellent resource. Sign up

170 Starry Night User’s Guidenot need to download the files again). If you wish to delete these downloaded star data to free up space on your hard dr

Adding Your Own Data 171Basic Fields: For every object in your database, you can enter the following information fields: catalogue number, catalogue k

172 Starry Night User’s GuideImage Editor controls (described in the next section) to line up your image correctly.2 Choose Add Image from the object

Adding Your Own Data 173Adding Images from the Digitized Sky Survey: You can use Starry Night’s web link to the Digitized Sky Survey to download and p

174 Starry Night User’s GuideImage Editor Controls: The celestial sphere is an imaginary globe that encloses Earth. We can imagine that all the stars

Adding Your Own Data 175Modifying Images and ModelsIt is possible to replace any of the built-in images and models in Starry Night with images or mode

176 Starry Night User’s GuideCustom HorizonsTo make your viewing experience even more realistic, you can modify your surroundings in Starry Night to

Adding Your Own Data 177Note: Photorealistic horizons require an OpenGL capable graphics card.Customizing the Favourites MenuYou were introduced to th

178 Starry Night User’s Guidethe file, you must resave the file from the Favourites->Save Favourite menu.A small info icon will then appear to the

Adding Your Own Data 179folder is inside the “User/Library/Preferences/Imaginova Canada” folder.Settings Files: If you have customized your settings,

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180 Starry Night User’s Guidesaved in the “Sky Data\Horizon Panoramas” folder.Object Log Entries: Log entries are stored in the “Prefs\Logs” folder.O

Chapter 10Starry Night Pro PlusThis chapter describes exclusive features available only in Starry Night Pro Plus. These exclusive features include:1 A

182 Starry Night User’s GuideAllSky CCD MosaicHave you ever wondered what it would be like to have an interactive, full-color photographic star atlas

Starry Night Pro Plus 183Precision: At wide fields of view, Starry Night uses a grid system to line up the AllSky image with the computer generated st

184 Starry Night User’s GuideHow faint can I see?The stellar limiting magnitude is approximately 14. Although we have seen fainter stars — almost 15t

Starry Night Pro Plus 185Tip: To make photo-based printouts for field use, simply invert the captured image, convert it to grey scale and send it to y

186 Starry Night User’s GuideMaxIm DL Plug-In (Windows only)For years, the software program MaxIm DL from Diffraction Limited has been the premiere p

Starry Night Pro Plus 187Key Benefits:1 Complete observatory integration — control your CCD camera, filter wheel, autoguider, telescope, focuser, and

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Appendix AFrequently Asked QuestionsThis section answers the most common questions about Starry Night. The most up to date version of this FAQ is avai

Chapter 2BasicsIt is impossible to cover all of the features of Starry Night in one short chapter. However, you will use certain features much more th

190 Starry Night User’s GuideRegistration NumberHow do I register my copy of Starry Night?We encourage you to register by visiting our online registra

Frequently Asked Questions 191the updates page on our website, which lists the latest updates. If a newer version is available, click the appropriate

192 Starry Night User’s GuideThe correct time is shown in the toolbar when I start Starry Night, but the sun rises and sets at the wrong time. How do

Frequently Asked Questions 193"Regional Settings" control panel and switch to the 24-hour clock. After restarting Starry Night it should be

194 Starry Night User’s Guidedialog box to visit a website with information on finding your latitude and longitude. See “How do I find my time zone?”

Frequently Asked Questions 195Can I print star charts showing the whole sky?Yes, in Starry Night Pro and Pro Plus. Choose Preferences from the File me

196 Starry Night User’s Guidestars have shifted in the sky, due to the precession of Earth, and the astronomical constellation boundaries no longer ma

Frequently Asked Questions 197Night are valid only for its most recent trip around the sun and can't be used to predict its appearance in the mor

198 Starry Night User’s Guidefarther than this, they appear to cluster around the Sun.Can I add recently discovered planets around stars other than ou

Appendix BKeyboard ShortcutsUse these keyboard shortcuts to quickly access features you use frequently.Keyboard Function Windows MacintoshNote: Shortc

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20 Starry Night User’s GuideUsing The ControlsAll of the controls in Starry Night are in three areas of the screen: the toolbar, the side panes, and t

200 Starry Night User’s GuideKeyboard Function Windows and MacintoshDirection ChangesFace North NFace East EFace South SFace West WFace Zenith ZZoom i

IndexAAdaptive hand tool 31Addingdatabases 170images 171objects 162AllSky CCD Mosaic 182frequently asked 183options 182Altitude 55Ambient Sounds 37Ang

202 Starry Night User’s Guidedisplay options 49Button Bar 21CCalendarGregorian, Julian 193Celestial equator 56Celestial paths 102CelestronAAM alignmen

203editing 137opening 136recording in log entries 129types of equipment 136Event Finder 116filtering 117printing 117searching 116viewing 117Exporting

204 Starry Night User’s GuideHover 108IIdentifying objects 24Image editor controls 174Imagesadding 171adding from DSS 173adding to log entries 129adju

205MMagnification tool see Field of viewMagnifying objects 27Magnitude 94absolute 94MaxIm DL Plug-in 186Meade LX200 alignment stars 84Mean anomaly 16

206 Starry Night User’s Guidefind 25FOV 60, 138info 91lists 124LiveSky 72options 34status 73telescope 131Panning to objects 25Pathscelestial 102local

207Selection tool 31Setting home location 14Settings, saving 65Shortcuts, keyboard 199Sidereal day 96, 100Sidereal month 100Sidereal time 74Sky Comman

208 Starry Night User’s Guidecustomizing steps 101delta T 74discrete steps 100modes 101returning to present 23sidereal 74system, setting correctly 191

Basics 21Each of the side panes controls an important function in Starry Night, and is explained in detail in a later section.Menu: The menu runs acr

22 Starry Night User’s GuideTaking A Guided Tour (SkyGuide)The SkyGuide pane is a link to dozens of interactive multimedia tours that explore the fasc

Basics 23Starry Night menu (Macintosh), choosing General from the dropbox in the upper left corner of the Preferences dialog box, and unchecking the “

24 Starry Night User’s Guidethe time at which the Moon is highest in the sky. Identifying Objects In The SkyIf you point the cursor at any object show

Basics 25Many more options exist in Starry Night Enthusiast, Pro and Pro Plus for displaying the constellations. These options are outlined in “Conste

26 Starry Night User’s GuideIf you choose Preferences from the File menu (Windows) or the Starry Night menu (Macintosh) and choose Responsiveness from

Basics 27For example, clicking on this symbol for Mars will expand the list to include the moons of Mars. Clicking again collapses the list and hides

28 Starry Night User’s Guide100°. It is important to remember that when you zoom in on objects, you are not in fact changing your location. Think of z

Basics 29Changing the Zoom Step: If you choose Preferences from the File menu (Windows) or the Starry Night menu (Macintosh) and choose Responsiveness

Table of ContentsGetting StartedWelcome ... 7Outline Of This User’s Guide ...

30 Starry Night User’s Guide6 arcminutes. Note that Jupiter will still not fill the screen. 6 Press the “+” zoom button to continue zooming in on Jupi

Basics 31on its name. When selected, the tool’s icon replaces the mouse pointer on your computer screen.Arrow Tool: Highlights objects in the sky. To

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Chapter 3Appearance of the SkyUnlike the real world, Starry Night Enthusiast, Pro and Pro Plus allow you to modify the sky’s appearance to best suit y

34 Starry Night User’s Guideon/off, turning light pollution on/off and, in Starry Night Pro and Pro Plus, turning the horizon on/off).Options PaneMany

Appearance of the Sky 35Most of the object classes listed in the Options pane have special options associated with them. Clicking on the object name i

36 Starry Night User’s Guidestars which his or her counterpart in the country will see. Starry Night allows you to mimic the effects of light pollutio

Appearance of the Sky 37Tip: You can also turn on light pollution by right-clicking (Ctrl-click on the Mac) on the background sky in the main window.

38 Starry Night User’s GuideHorizon Styles: You can choose from one of four horizon types. Flat horizons have no variation in elevation or scenery. C

Appearance of the Sky 39There are two reasons for this. First, several databases are very large. It would be impossible for Starry Night to show all o

4 Starry Night User’s GuideAppearance of the SkySky Contextual Menu... 33Options Pane ...

40 Starry Night User’s GuideDatabase Label Options: You have great control over how labels appear in Starry Night. You can change, the size, colour, f

Appearance of the Sky 41dimmest star that your telescope can make out, setting the “Dimmer” end of the slider to this magnitude gives you a good idea

42 Starry Night User’s GuideIn Starry Night Pro and Pro Plus, clicking the words “Limit by Distance” in the Options pane opens a dialog box that lets

Appearance of the Sky 43Additional Star Options: The main Star Options dialog box lets you control how many stars are displayed and how they are label

44 Starry Night User’s Guide6 Open the “Limit by Distance Options” dialog box for stars. Check “Limit stars by distance” and set the distance range fr

Appearance of the Sky 45Planet Display OptionsStarry Night gives you many options for the display of our Sun and its planets and moons. A variety of g

46 Starry Night User’s GuideShow Atmosphere: You can turn off the atmospheres of objects that possess an atmosphere, such as the Sun, Venus, and Earth

Appearance of the Sky 47Location Markers and Surface Feature OutlinesStarry Night allows you to search for and identify thousands of predefined locat

48 Starry Night User’s GuideBy default, List All Locations and List All Surface Feature Outlines is selected. To show a location marker or outline on

Appearance of the Sky 49Space Mission Display OptionsSpace Mission Paths: By default, Starry Night displays the full path line or trail an interplane

5Databases 4 (Other)... 83Database Updates ... 85Fi

50 Starry Night User’s Guideexposure observatory photograph (a much brighter image). You also have the option of selecting to display the outlines for

Appearance of the Sky 51you to see many galaxy images at the same time, producing some spectacular views.Visibility range: Use this slider to display

52 Starry Night User’s GuideCentre Sun: If you are centered on another galaxy, selecting Centre Sun will move your view so that you are looking towar

Appearance of the Sky 53Number of Labels: A slider allows you to change the number of objects that are labeled onscreen for each database. If the slid

54 Starry Night User’s GuideTip: Clicking on the words “Auto Identify” opens a dialog box that lets you choose how to display the highlighted constell

Appearance of the Sky 55You can draw stick figures using either the standard astronomical figures, or those popularized by H.A. Rey in his book The St

56 Starry Night User’s Guidemeasures the compass direction of an object. An object which is due north in the sky has an azimuth of 0°, one that is due

Appearance of the Sky 57passing through the constellations of the zodiac over the course of a year. Because the planets all move in almost the same pl

58 Starry Night User’s Guidebe at its highest point in the sky when it is on the local meridian line.Show compass indicator while scrolling: This turn

Appearance of the Sky 59plane of Earth’s orbit around the Sun onto the celestial sphere. For the galactic system, available in Starry Night Pro and Pr

6 Starry Night User’s GuidePlaying Back QuickTime Movies ... 153Movie Compression Settings ...

60 Starry Night User’s Guideturn on/off numerical labels for the markers and gridlines.A dropbox lets you control the spacing of the guides grid, choo

Appearance of the Sky 61view (FOV) indicators. Field of view indicators are useful because they show the exact size of the patch of sky that you will

62 Starry Night User’s Guide• Relative to screen centre: Your indicator will be at a certain offset from the screen centre. The offset is determined b

Appearance of the Sky 63“Mouse is idle for...” slider farther to the right. This slider controls how long the cursor must be pointing at an object bef

64 Starry Night User’s Guidean OpenGL graphics card but do not wish to run the OpenGL version of Starry Night, uncheck this box.Use sub-pixel accuracy

Appearance of the Sky 65For distances, you can choose to view the distance between you and any celestial object in either light years or parsecs. One

66 Starry Night User’s Guidenaming the preset in the Save dialog box. Your new preset will then be listed in the Options->Presets menu.Global Prefe

Chapter 4Sky DataThis chapter will show you how to use several different Starry Night Enthusiast, Pro and Pro Plus features and functions that teach y

68 Starry Night User’s GuideSkyGuideDozens of interactive multimedia tours await you in the SkyGuide pane. These in-depth experiences reveal the fasci

Sky Data 69Quick Find: Find a planet, star, constella-tion and other interesting objects. These lists of objects are usually organized by season, lett

Chapter 1Getting StartedWelcomeThe invention of desktop astronomy software has been the most exciting new development in the astronomy hobby in years,

70 Starry Night User’s GuideExpand the “Calendar” layer at the top of the pane to view a clickable monthly cal-endar with Moon phase information. Expa

Sky Data 71By default Starry Night lists all cal-endar events. You can also select to only display events for this week, this month, this year or even

72 Starry Night User’s GuideLiveSky PaneAlthough Starry Night has a wealth of built-in astronomical information, much more information exists on the I

Sky Data 73lights) in Earth’s atmosphere, and satellite imagery of Earth. As more types of live planetary images become available online, links to the

74 Starry Night User’s Guide2 Time:Universal Time: This field displays the Universal Time of your current view. Because of time zones, an astronomical

Sky Data 75***Heliocentric X, Y, Z: Heliocentric co-ordinates reference your position in space with respect to the Sun. Heliocentric co-ordinates of (

76 Starry Night User’s GuideTip: The H-R diagram is fully dynamic. If you scroll around the screen or change your field of view, the stars shown onscr

Sky Data 77Downloading Photographic ImagesStarry Night Pro shows over 2.5 million objects and Starry Night Pro Plus shows over 17 million celestial ob

78 Starry Night User’s GuideTip: After you have loaded an image from the Digitized Sky Survey, you can paste it in Starry Night Pro, and it will remai

Chapter 5Object DatabasesThis chapter will show you how to learn more about galaxies, meteor showers, planets, and all of the other marvelous denizens

8 Starry Night User’s GuideOutline Of This User’s GuideThis User’s Guide provides instructions for using Starry Night Complete Space & Astronomy P

80 Starry Night User’s GuideIntroduction to DatabasesStarry Night includes literally millions of celestial objects, from dozens of different databases

Object Databases 81Pluto, too dim to see. Once in a long while, they come close to Earth and the Sun, picking up speed and getting brighter. Starry Ni

82 Starry Night User’s Guidestars will only be visible if you chose the “Full Install” or the “Custom Install” options when you installed Starry Night

Object Databases 83Hubble/Chandra/Spitzer Images: These databases contain about 100 images taken by space telescopes. A full description for each imag

84 Starry Night User’s GuideAbell Cluster of Galaxies: The catalog was originally prepared at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The Abell clusters ar

Object Databases 85Nexstar 5 and Nexstar 8 telescopes. Created by Alan Touchberry.Nexstar Alignment Stars: The 40 bright alignment stars for Celestron

86 Starry Night User’s Guideas possible. After you have downloaded the new files, you will need to exit and restart Starry Night before it will read i

Object Databases 87For objects other than comets, asteroids & satellites, the data does not change as frequently. However, there will still be cha

88 Starry Night User’s GuideSemi-major axis: This is the distance between an object and its parent body, at the point when the object is farthest away

Object Databases 89First your viewing direction will change, then you will begin to lift off your current body and fly in the direction of the celesti

Getting Started 9CCD mosaic, exclusive databases and the plug-in to MaxIm DL imaging software.Appendix A: “Frequently Asked Questions” answers the que

90 Starry Night User’s Guiderocky solar system bodies where surface data is available. This is handy if you want to mark all the lunar landing sites o

Object Databases 91Add Log Entry/Log Entries: Creates a log entry for you to add observing notes about an object. See “Adding Log Entries” on page 162

92 Starry Night User’s GuideName: The name of the selected object.Pronounce: Hear the correct pronunciation of the objects name. See “Pronunciation G

Object Databases 93Tip: You can also open the text description for any object by clicking the icon that appears to the right of an object’s name in th

94 Starry Night User’s Guide•Other DataThe fields that appear in this category depend greatly on the database that the object is from. Different datab

Object Databases 95distance we use is arbitrary, but has been chosen to be 10 parsecs). As with apparent magnitude, a lower absolute magnitude means a

96 Starry Night User’s GuideSolar System Object Information Fields: For objects within our solar system, the following information fields are present:

Object Databases 97Pronunciation GuideSome astronomical names can be a little difficult to pronounce. For example, the constellation Boötes is pronou

98 Starry Night User’s Guideshould go to our LiveSky database and open a page with several links to websites with more information about the Moon. Cli

Chapter 6Bending Space & TimeThis chapter will show you how to take full advantage of Starry Night’s planetarium capabilities. You will learn how