User`s guide

98 Starry Night User’s Guide
should go to our LiveSky database and
open a page with several links to websites
with more information about the Moon.
Click on any of these links to read
interesting facts and trivia about the Moon,
and to see lots of pictures and figures.
Some of the links in our LiveSky database
will appear for all objects (these may be
changed if better sources become
available). These links are described
below.
Digitized Sky Survey: The Digitized Sky
Survey (DSS) is a collection of images
obtained with two Schmidt telescopes and
converted into digital format by the Space
Telescope Science Institute. The digitized
data allows the user to generate an image
of any area in the sky. Clicking this link on
our webpage will automatically generate a
DSS image of the object you originally
clicked on in Starry Night. See
“Downloading Photographic Images
” on
page 77 for more information on the
Digitized Sky Survey.
HEASARC Astrobrowse: Clicking this link
will search dozens of astronomy databases
for information on your object. A new
window will open with each database
being searched listed on the left side.
When the search for that database has been
completed, a green “happy-face” icon will
appear beside the name of the database.
You can then click the name of the
database to retrieve the information.
Tip: It is also possible to visit the “front
page” of LiveSky by opening a web
browser and directing it to
www.livesk
y.com. This page has listings
and brief descriptions of
astronomy-related websites, sorted into
different categories, much like the site
Yahoo!, but devoted exclusively to
astronomy.