User`s guide

130 Starry Night User’s Guide
Viewing old log entries: To view
previously created log entries for an
object, right-click on the object (Ctrl-click
on the Mac) and choose Log Entries. This
will display a list of all previous entries for
this object. Click on the entry that you
wish to look at.
Tip: To quickly see which objects have log
entries associated with them, choose
View->Show Log Markers from the main
menu.
A special symbol will be displayed on
screen for all objects that have log
entries.
Deleting log entries: To delete a log entry
for an object, click on the log entry in the
object’s Log window, then press the
Backspace key (Windows) or the Delete
key (Macintosh) on your keyboard. You
can also use the “-” button.
Exporting log entries: Click the Export
Logs button to export the log entries of the
selected object to a text file.
Telescope Control
If you have an automated “go-to”
telescope, you can probably use Starry
Night to control your telescope. The list of
telescopes supported by Starry Night is
slightly different on Macintosh and
Windows:
Windows: On Windows computers, Starry
Night controls telescopes with the aid of
the ASCOM telescope driver.
ASCOM is an open source
programming initiative designed
“to provide software technology
that will help bring about a rebirth of
science in amateur astronomy”. You can
learn more about ASCOM by visiting the
ASCOM website:
http://ascom-standards.org
.
Macintosh: On the Macintosh, Starry
Night controls telescopes with its own
telescope plug-in.
Telescopes Supported: The list of
telescopes that can be controlled with
Starry Night is constantly changing, and
new telescope models are added on a
regular basis. Drivers are also updated
occasionally for supported telescopes, to
account for any changes in the telescope
software. See
“Telescope Configuration
” on page 131 to
determine which telescopes can be
controlled with Starry Night. If your
telescope model does not appear to be
supported, check our website:
www.starrynight.com
to see if support for
your telescope model has been added.
Installing Telescope Control: To control
your telescope on a Windows computer,
you need to install the ASCOM driver by
selecting to install telescope support
during the installation of Starry Night.
Macintosh users do not need to install a
separate driver, as telescope control is