User`s guide

60 Starry Night User’s Guide
turn on/off numerical labels for the
markers and gridlines.
A dropbox lets you control the spacing of
the guides grid, choosing fine (lots of
gridlines close together), medium, or
coarse (a few lines, widely separated).
The bottom set of controls in the Guides
Options dialog box affects the look of the
guide axes. You can choose whether to
draw just the XY grid plane, just the XYZ
axes, or both. Finally, you can choose to
highlight the closest objects. This will give
a 3-dimensional view of the position of
these objects in relation to the co-ordinate
system in question.
Tip: Any objects that you select (by
clicking on the object) will automatically
have their position highlighted on the 3-D
grid.
Field of View Indicators
If you own binoculars or a telescope, you
may wonder how the views that you see
onscreen match up with what you would
see outdoors using your astronomical
instrument.
The FOV side pane allows
you to display an outline
onscreen that shows the
shape and typical field of
view (FOV) of any of your astronomical
instruments.
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.
Starry Night lets you display an outline
onscreen that shows the shape and field of
view (FOV) of any of your astronomical
instruments. We call these outlines field of