User`s guide

162 Starry Night User’s Guide
After you have selected the calendar file,
click the Ok button to save the calendar
and add it to your list.
Editing calendars and events: To edit a
calendar or an event, double click on its
name. This will open the Edit Calendar or
Edit Event dialog boxes. Make your
changes and click the Ok button.
Deleting calendars and event: To delete a
whole calendar or an event listed under the
calendar, click on its name to highlight it
and then press the calendar or event “-”
button.
Adding Log Entries
See“Log Book
” on page 128 for more
information on adding log entries to
objects.
Adding Objects 1 (Individual
Solar System Objects)
Starry Night Enthusiast, Pro and Pro Plus
make it easy to add new objects within our
solar system. You can add new comets,
asteroids, satellites, planetary moons, and
even imaginary new planets! You can also
add surface maps and 3D modules to your
new objects.
Tip: Any major new objects (comets,
asteroids, satellites, planetary moons) will
be automatically added to Starry Night via
our automatic data update feature. You
only need to add your own objects if they
are not automatically added (or if you
wish to create imaginary objects). See
“Database Updates
” on page 85 for more
information about automatic data updates.
Adding your own objects to the solar
system is a great way to learn about
celestial mechanics. You can view the
shape, size, and orientation of your new
object’s orbit, and use sliders to adjust all
aspects of the orbit. This feature makes it
clear what each particular orbital element
means, and how the orbit is affected when
adjustments are made.
To add a new object, first locate the parent
body of your new object, either onscreen
or using the Find pane. The parent body is
the celestial object which your new object
will revolve around. If you are adding a
new planet, comet or asteroid, the parent
body is the Sun. If you are adding a new
moon, the parent body is the planet that
this moon will revolve around. If you are
adding an artificial satellite, Earth is the
parent body. Once you have located the
parent body, right-click on it (Ctrl-click
on the Mac) to open its contextual menu.
This menu will have options for adding
new objects (New Asteroid and New
Comet in the Sun’s contextual menu, New
Satellite in Earth’s contextual menu, and
Add Moon Orbiting... in the contextual
menu of each planet). Clicking any of
these options opens the Orbit Editor dialog
box.
Tip: There are also options for adding new
comets, asteroids and satellites in the File
menu.