User`s guide

138 Starry Night User’s Guide
Field of View Indicators 2
(Displaying Indicators)
The FOV side pane allows
you to display an outline
onscreen that shows the shape
and field of view (FOV) of any of your
astronomical instruments. You can also
create special indicators that highlight
specific objects or areas of the sky.
Indicator List: To see the list of FOV
Indicators, open the FOV pane. You will
see a list of indicators, divided into
telescopes, finderscopes and binoculars.
The list will include all of the telescope
eyepieces, CCD cameras, finderscopes
and binoculars that you added when you
created your equipment list (see “Field of
View Indicators 1 (Creating an Equipment
List)” on page 135 for information on
creating an equipment list). If you have not
yet created an equipment list, the list of
FOV indicators will also be blank.
The name of each indicator and its field of
view are shown. The colour of the
indicator is displayed to the right of its
name.
Turning indicators on/off: Checking/
unchecking the box to the left of the
indicator name turns on/off the outline for
that indicator. For telescopes (except
finderscopes), you need to check a specific
eyepiece or CCD, not the telescope itself.
After you have turned an
indicator on, you should see
the indicator in the main
Starry Night sky view at the
centre of the screen.
Rotating a FOV: FOV’s can be rotated
directly onscreen. Click-hold and drag the
rotation (+) icon above the Position Angle
information.
Multiple Indicators: You can turn on more
than one FOV indicator at a time. You may
wish to make each indicator a different
colour to make them easier to distinguish.
One situation where you might wish to
display indicators is if you are using a
primary telescope and a finderscope.
Tip: To change the colour of an FOV
indicator, just click on the colourbar to the
right of the indicator name in the FOV
pane.
Adding a Barlow/Focal Reducer: For your
telescope eyepieces or CCD cameras, the
size of the field of view indicator will