User`s guide

128 Starry Night User’s Guide
the object on a different day or remove it
from your list.
Determining which objects have been
observed:
Select With Log Entries from
the “Show” dropbox in the “List Viewer”
layer to display targets that have already
been observed. Select Without Log
Entries to display a list of targets you
have not yet observed or recorded.
Printing the Observing List: If you do not
have a laptop that lets you run Starry Night
while you are outside observing, you may
wish to print out the observing list. To do
this, press the Export button in the “List
Viewer” layer of the Lists pane. This
creates a plain text file with all of the
information in the observing list and saves
this file on your hard drive. You can then
open this file with a standard text editing
program such as Wordpad, Microsoft
Word, or BBEdit, and print the list.
Sharing observing lists: Whenever you
create an observing list it is automatically
saved. Lists are saved in the “Prefs/
Sessions” folder. You can share the
lists in this folder with other users or move
them to a different computer. The shared
lists can then be viewed in the“Observing
Lists” layer of the Lists pane. See
“Observing Lists
” on page 180 for more
information.
Editing an observing list: To edit an
observing list, press the Edit button in the
“List Viewer” layer of the Lists pane.
Deleting an observing list: To delete an
observing list, click on the list name to
highlight it and then press the Delete
button in the “List Viewer” layer of the
Lists pane.
Log Book
Many astronomers like to keep a record of
their observations of celestial objects. You
might wish to keep records for several
reasons:
1 to compare how celestial objects appear
through different telescopes and
eyepieces, or from different observing
sites
2 to keep track of your progress in
observing a set of objects (for example,
the 110 Messier objects)
3 to record how the appearance of an
object (such as a planet or comet)
changes over time
Starry Night has a built-in logging feature
which makes it easy to record your
observations and review your notes at a
later date.
Creating a new log entry: To add a new
log entry for an object, use Starry Night to
bring the object onscreen, then right-click
on it
(Ctrl-click on the Mac), and choose Add
Log Entry from the object’s contextual
menu. The Log window will open, with
space for you to add your new log entry.