User`s guide

Observation Tools 117
Events” on page 117 for more information
on limiting your search with event filters.
Viewing Events: If you right-click (Ctrl-
click on the Mac) on any of the events in
your list, a contextual menu appears.
Choose View Event from the contextual
menu to simulate the event in Starry Night.
To place the event target in the centre of
the screen without changing the current
time choose Centre Event Target. To set
the time in Starry Night to the time of the
event choose Set to Event Time.
Printing the Events List: Pressing the
Export button will open a dialog window
allowing you to save the list of events to a
text file. You can then open and print this
file with a standard text editing program
such as WordPad or TextEdit.
Calendar: Pressing the Calendar button
will open a dialog window showing a
handy monthly calendar populated with
astronomical events. See “SkyCalendar
”
on page 69 for more information on the
Calendar.
Each event contains the following
information fields in the “Event Info”
layer.
Event Name: The name of the event.
Start/Finish: Lists the start and finish
times of an event in Universal Time (UT)
and Local time at the observer’s location.
Alternate View: Displays an alternate view
for an event if available.
Home View: Places you at the event time
looking in the proper direction, as seen
from your home location. If the event is
not visible at all from your location at this
time, this option is greyed out.
Filtering Events: The “Event Filters” layer
allows you to select what class of
astronomical events to search for and
display. Use the checkbox to the left of an
event class name such as “Lunar Phases
Events” to include that class of events in
your search.