Eddie S Starry Night Pro Quick Tour

Eddie’s Starry Night Pro Quick Tour

I. Home

II. Time Control Panel

III. Hand : cursor tool A. Alternative: Use space bar

IV. Control – Click: for getting info A. Info Panel

V. 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. Fly out to 6 au – Hover - Time step = 1 day 3. 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?

XI. 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

XII. 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”