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22 Starry Night User’s Guide
Taking A Guided Tour (SkyGuide)
The SkyGuide pane is a
link to dozens of
interactive multimedia
tours that explore the fascinating science
and history of the solar system, the stars,
the galaxies, the beginning of time, and the
fate of the universe. SkyGuide works just
like a web browser; click on the links to
take a tour, see astronomy news headlines
and find instructions on how to use the
most common Starry Night features.
To start exploring right away, open the
SkyGuide side pane and click on the
“Guided Tours” link.
Starry Night CSAP users can learn more
about SkyGuide by clicking on the “Starry
Night Basics” link inside SkyGuide.
User’s of Starry Night Enthusiast, Pro and
Pro Plus should read “SkyGuide
” on
page 68 for more information.
Changing Your Viewing Direction
By default, Starry Night always opens
with your view facing south, looking
slightly above the horizon. You can then
adjust this view to look in any direction.
Tip: In Starry Night Pro and Pro Plus, if
you would prefer that Starry Night open
with your view facing in a direction other
than south, choose Preferences from the
File menu (Windows) or the Starry Night
menu (Macintosh), choose General from
the dropbox in the upper left corner of the
Preferences dialog box, and adjust the
“Default Viewing Direction” ring slider.
You can also adjust the default altitude
(how high above the horizon you are
looking).
The default cursor icon in Starry
Night is a hand. When you hold the
mouse button down, you will see the
hand close, as if it is “grabbing” part of the
sky. If you hold the mouse button down
and drag the mouse, your view shifts in the
direction that you moved the mouse. The
compass icon in the upper right corner of
the screen shows the direction in which
you are viewing. You can also use the
compass points marked along the horizon
to find your viewing direction.
Tip: You can configure Starry Night to
display scroll bars along the edges of the
window by selecting
View->Show Scroll Bars from the menu.
You can then use these scroll bars in place
of the hand to adjust your viewing
direction.
Zenith and Nadir Markers: If you adjust
your view so that you are looking high
above the horizon, you may see a red
marker. This marker identifies the
zenith,
the point in the sky that is directly above
your head. If you are located in space, you
can also look straight down to see a
marker for the
nadir, the point directly
beneath your feet. If you are located on
Earth or another planet, you are limited in
how far down you can look. You are able
to look only slightly below the horizon,
and cannot see the nadir.
In Starry Night Enthusiast, Pro and Pro
Pro Plus you can turn off the markers for
the zenith and nadir by choosing
Preferences from the File menu
(Windows) or the
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