User`s guide

126 Starry Night User’s Guide
menu. To remove all the objects shown,
choose Remove All.
You can repeat these steps as many times
as you want to build up your list of objects.
Browsing for interesting objects:
Another way to build an observation list is
to use Starry Night to help you find
interesting objects. The fields named
(“Database”, “Type”, “Constellation”,
“Magnitude”) are filters that you can use
to build a list of interesting objects.
Modify these filters, leave the “Target
Name” field blank, and press the Find
button to generate a list of objects. Here
are a few examples:
1 All of the planets (set the “Type” filter
to “Planets”).
2 All Messier objects within the
constellation Scorpius (set the
“Database” filter to “Messier objects”
and the “Constellation” filter to
“Scorpius”).
3 All planetary nebulae in the Messier
catalogue (set the “Database” filter to
“Messier objects” and the “Type” filter
to “Planetary nebula”).
Tip: If you have created an Equipment
List, you can use the Magnitude filter so
that only objects bright enough to be seen
through your telescope are listed. See
“Field of View Indicators 1 (Creating an
Equipment List)” on page 135 for
information on creating an equipment list.
Once Starry Night has generated a list of
all the objects that meet your criteria, press
the “>” arrow button for each of the
objects you are interested in adding to
your observation list or right-click (Ctrl-
click on the Mac) on any object and
choose Add All from the contextual menu.
Using your completed list:
Once your observation list is complete,
you can press the Ok button to close this
window and display your completed
observation list in the “Observing Lists”
layer.
If you right-click (Ctrl-click on the Mac)
on any of the objects in your list, a
contextual menu appears. See “Object
Contextual Menu” on page 88 for
information on object contextual menus.