User`s guide

Sky Data 73
lights) in Earth’s atmosphere, and satellite
imagery of Earth. As more types of live
planetary images become available online,
links to these images will be added to
LiveSky.
Status Info
The Status side pane
provides a handy summary
of all of the general
information about your sky view - for
example, your viewing location, time, and
viewing direction. All of the information
in the Status pane is dynamic - if you
change your view onscreen (for example,
by changing your time or viewing
direction), the fields in the Status pane
will automatically update to reflect the
new view.
The information displayed falls into four
areas: general information, time
information, location information. Starry
Night Pro and Pro Plus also have a
Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.
Note (Pro and Pro Plus only): Some of the
fields in the Status pane are only useful to
specialists. These fields are marked with
three asterisks (***) and are only
available in Starry Night Pro and Pro
Plus.
1 General Information:
Export: Clicking the Save Info button will
export the information in the Status pane
to a text file.
Looking: The direction in which you are
viewing. Both the distance from the
horizon and the compass direction are
listed.
Field of View: The exact width and height
of your current field of view.
Limiting Magnitude: The magnitude of the
dimmest object visible in your current
view. Magnitude is a measure of the
brightness of objects and is discussed in
“Magnitude
” on page 94. As you zoom in
to smaller fields of view, Starry Night
automatically shows dimmer objects, or in
other words, increases the limiting
magnitude.
Observing conditions: Local astronomical
weather forecast to help plan your
observing session. Internet connection
required.