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Eddie’s Starry Night Pro Quick Tour
I.
Home
II.
Time Control Panel
III.
Hand : cursor tool
A.
IV.
Control – Click: for getting info
A.
V.
Alternative: Use space bar
Info Panel
Finding an object with the Find panel
A.
Star - Betelgeuse
B.
Planet - Jupiter
1.
Magnifying with the slider
C.
Constellation - Big Dipper
1.
Time = 3000x
2.
Zoom out with the slider
VI.
Constellation Selector: cursor tool
VII.
Earth from Space
A.
View/ go Home
B.
Fly up to 26,000 km above Denver
C.
Fix Scroll Bar positions to center and orient Earth
VIII. Hand vs. Location Scroller: cursor tools
A.
Found in Location/elevation control bar
IX.
Rotating with Earth vs. Hovering
X.
Solar System Orbits
A.
Setting your position
1.
Find Panel / Sun / Go There (This centers your frame of reference to
the Sun)
2.
3.
XI.
XII.
Fly out to 6 au – Hover - Time step = 1 day
Edit Menu / select none
B.
Find Panel: Tags and Orbits
C.
Fly in and out - Change speeds
D.
Location Scroller
E.
What happens if you take it out of Hover mode?
Magnifying vs. Going There
A.
Magnifying
1.
View/go Home
2.
Center on Jupiter
3.
Zoom in (i.e. magnify with the slider)
B.
Going there
1.
Find Panel / Jupiter / Go There
2.
Radius x 4 – Hover - Location Scroller
3.
Show orbits of Jupiter’s moons
3D Starfield
A.
Sun – Go there
B.
Location Scroller - Hover
C.
Fly out of Milky Way
XIII. Phases of the Moon
A.
View from Earth’s Center
B.
Center on Moon
C.
Orientation = ecliptic
XIV. Find the Sun activity
XV.
Zodiac Constellations (à la Astronomy Readings)
XVI. On-line features
Note: You can download the full Starry Night Pro Users guide at
www.StarryNight.com/tech_swupdates.html
Scroll down to the Pro 4.0.5 section and click on “Pro Users Guide”