User`s guide

4 Starry Night User’s Guide
Appearance of the Sky
Sky Contextual Menu................................................ 33
Options Pane ............................................................. 34
Light .......................................................................... 35
Ambient Sounds........................................................ 37
Changing the Horizon ............................................... 37
Displaying Celestial Objects..................................... 38
Labeling Celestial Objects ........................................ 39
Celestial Object Display Options.............................. 40
Star Display Options ................................................. 41
Star Brightness, Contrast & Colour .......................... 44
Planet Display Options.............................................. 45
Location Markers and Surface Feature Outlines....... 47
Space Mission Display Options ................................ 49
Comet, Asteroid & Satellite Display Options........... 49
Messier Objects/User Images Display Options ........ 49
Milky Way Display Options ..................................... 50
Tully Database Display Options ............................... 50
Selecting Filaments/Groups in the Tully Database... 51
Other Object Display Options................................... 52
Label Options ............................................................ 52
Constellations............................................................ 53
Guides 1 (Co-ordinate Systems) ............................... 55
Guides 2 (Display Options)....................................... 57
Guides Layer in Enthusiast ....................................... 57
Guides Layer in Pro and Pro Plus ............................. 58
Field of View Indicators ........................................... 60
Heads-Up Display (HUD) Options ........................... 62
OpenGL Options ....................................................... 63
Number Formats ....................................................... 64
Full Screen Mode ...................................................... 65
Saving Your Settings ................................................ 65
Sky Data
SkyGuide................................................................... 68
SkyCalendar .............................................................. 69
DVD Movies ............................................................. 71
LiveSky Pane ............................................................ 72
Status Info ................................................................. 73
Downloading Photographic Images .......................... 77
Online Telescope Imaging ........................................ 78
Object Databases
Introduction to Databases.......................................... 80
Databases 1 (Solar System)....................................... 80
Databases 2 (Stars).................................................... 81
Databases 3 (Deep Space)......................................... 82