User`s guide

Object Databases 89
First your viewing direction will change,
then you will begin to lift off your current
body and fly in the direction of the
celestial body you have chosen. Your
distance from the Sun will appear along
the bottom of the screen as you fly to the
new location. The Heads-Up Display
(HUD) will identify any objects that you
pass by during your journey. The
“Go There” option is only available for
objects with accurate 3-dimensional
position information. There are many
other ways to change your location in
Starry Night. See
“Changing Your Viewing Location
” on
page 103 for more information. However,
the contextual menu is the
only way to
change your location so that you are
viewing from another star or galaxy.
Tip: If you zoom in for a close-up of a
planet and then right-click the mouse
(Ctrl-click on the Mac) and choose
Go There, your location on the new planet
will be the position on the surface where
you clicked the mouse. This can be helpful
if you want to watch eclipses on other
planets. You can zoom in on Jupiter (for
example) until you can see the shadow
caused by one of its moons passing in front
of the Sun. Right-clicking on the shadow
and choosing Go There will allow you to
watch a solar eclipse from Jupiter!
Pronounce: Correctly pronounces the
objects name. See “Pronunciation Guide
”
on page 97 for more information.
Print Chart: Prints a star chart for the
object.
Google Map: When hovering over the
Earth, right-click (Windows) or ctrl-click
(Mac) and select Google Map to open a
Google satellite map for that location.
Internet connection required.
Show Info: On all Starry Night programs,
this opens the Info pane, which displays
much more information on the object. All
the fields in the Info pane are explained in
“Info Pane
” on page 91.
Add FOV Indicator: This adds a new field
of view (FOV) indicator, centred on the
object. See “Adding other indicators
” on
page 59 for more information.
Online Info: This will bring up a page on
LiveSky which has a listing of web
resources with more information about the
object.
Objects in our solar system have a few
additional entries in their contextual menu.
New Asteroid/New Comet/New Satellite/
Add Moon Orbiting...
All of these options
allow you to add a new object using the
Orbit Editor. The type of object that you
can add depends on the type of object that
you open a contextual menu for. For
example, if you open a planet’s contextual
menu, the “Add Moon Orbiting...” option
appears. See “Adding Objects 1
(Individual Solar System Objects)” on
page 162 for more information on adding
objects with the Orbit Editor.
Edit Surface Image Model: An option only
for solar system bodies with surface
images, this allows you to modify the
surface image or replace the image
entirely. See “Modifying Images and
Models” on page 175 for more
information.
Mark On Surface: Places a marker or flag
on a planet or moon’s surface. Works on