User`s guide

Appearance of the Sky 47
Location Markers and Surface
Feature Outlines
Starry Night allows you to search for and
identify thousands of predefined locations
and features on the surface of the Earth or
any other rocky planet or moon where
surface data is available. For example, you
can zoom in on the Moon and flag all of
the Apollo Moon landing sites, display the
location of all the astronomical
observatories on Earth, or draw an outline
around the craters on Mars.
Starry Night can display location markers
and surface feature outlines. It is
important to distinguish between a marker
and an outline. A marker places a flag or
pole on the surface of a planet to identify a
location. An outline draws a contour
around a surface feature.
To display markers and outlines, you
should first zoom in on the object of
interest. This will allow you to see the
markers and outlines. Then right-click
(Ctrl-click on the Mac) on the object and
select Markers and Outlines... from the
object’s contextual menu. This will open
the Markers and Outlines dialog box.
Note: Location markers are available for
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth and Moon.
Surface feature outlines are only available
for the Moon and Mars.
Adding markers and outlines: Click on the
Markers tab to add a location marker or
click on the Outlines tab to draw an
outline around a feature.