User`s guide

150 Starry Night User’s Guide
the dropbox to the right of the date and
time in the toolbar. All three windows are
now showing the sky at exactly the same
time.
11 In the window
“
Eclipse From Moon”, yo u s ho uld
see the Moon’s shadow projected on
Earth’s surface. Use the zoom buttons in
the toolbar to zoom in to a field of view of
about 1
°. Adjust your view so that Europe
is near the centre of the screen. You
should see a tiny black spot in the
centre of the shadow. This is the umbra,
marking the area on Earth which is
experiencing a total solar eclipse. The
umbra should be close to Munich.
12 In the “
Eclipse From Sun”
window, use the zoom buttons to zoom in
on Earth until you reach a field of view of
about 17". This should give you a nice view
of the Moon in front of Earth.
13 Start time running forward by pressing
the Forward button in the time mode
controls in any window. Time moves at the
same rate in all three windows, and you
can watch this eclipse simultaneously from
all three locations.
Starry Night AppleScripting (Mac
only)
Starry Night is Applescript-able.
AppleScript is an English-like language
that can be used to write script files that
automate the actions of Starry Night. For
example, you can create a self running
solar system tour or a simple slideshow
script that runs through a list of Starry
Night files in sequence. The possibilities
are endless and you are limited only by
your imagination and knowledge of
Applescript.
Several sample scripts are available for
download from http://
www.starrynight.com/support by placing
"Applescript" in the Knowledge Base
search box. Don’t forget to submit any
Applescripts you create to us so we may
share them with other users.