Linda Fung examines seven of her favorite new Starry Night® features. Sometimes referred as Northern Cross, this beautiful constellation carries several observing jewels across the summer nighttime sky.
Starry Night® 6.0 has arrived with a long list of neat new features. I’ve had a chance to play with it for a couple of weeks, and would like to share with you the things I particularly like about this new version.īy way of background, I’ve been an amateur astronomer for decades, and a Starry Night® user since version 2.1 in 1999. I’m a very active visual observer, interested in every sort of object I can see in the sky: Sun, Moon, planets, asteroids, comets, double stars, variable stars, and deep sky objects. I have been a user of Starry Night® on a daily basis for the last 7 years, both to plan my own observations and to help others. When I started to work for Starry Night® last year, I discovered all kinds of things in the program which I’d never seen or used, despite heavy use. Like any powerful piece of software, Starry Night® is many-faceted and serves different functions for different users. For now, I’m going to concentrate on the new features which I’m particularly excited about, the ones that impact my own observing. The first thing I noticed when I first started up 6.0 was the Daily Event Reminder, literally in my face. This alerts you to events happening today. In the evening I had some friends over to observe, and I knew that Ganymede’s shadow was in transit across the face of Jupiter because Starry Night® had told me so that morning.Īside from this up-front reminder, the Event Finder provides a powerful tool for predicting current and upcoming events. Rather than a pre-cooked Sk圜alendar, you get to choose what events you want to display. At present, these include lunar phases, Jovian moon events, lunar and solar eclipses, meteor showers, and planetary events. (No longer limited to 5000).My Secret Source tells me that more types of event will be added in the future.įor a QuickTime video demonstrating this new feature, please click here.
#STARRY NIGHT PRO PLUS 6 AND QUIKTIME GENERATOR#
(No longer limited to 5000).Įphemeris generator now uses “Astronomical Dawn/Dusk” rather than Sun at 0 degrees altitude for the “daytime” filter.Īdded new “maximum results” field to Ephemeris generator. Twixl publisher pro plug in for adobe indesign 10 5. Observing Sites no longer created with altitude above sea level.Ĭan now revert sorted search results by right-clicking column header, and choosing “Sort by Default.”Ĭan now import Observing Lists from our huge database (200+) of predefined lists.Īdded “Rigel QuickFinder” and “Telrad” to FOV Indicators.Īdded “Add FOV Indicator…” to right-click menu.Īdded editable rotation to rectangular FOV IndicatorsĪdded option to disable syncing data to LiveSky server.Īdded option to immediately sync data to LiveSky serverĪdded new “maximum results” field to Ephemeris generator. Were off-by-one above Serpens.įixed spelling of several location names.įavorites menu no longer displays JPG (or other) images from Documents folder. End times now correctly displayed and saved.įixed slew limit editing in Telescope Setupįixed Star Bayer Designations reported in Info window. Sun observations are not recognized by Starry Nightįixed Observing Session times. Can now be sorted by any column, and reverted to “Default” ordering.įixed logs sync from LiveSky. Allows saving a copy of “Application” (read-only) Favourites.įixed Observing List sorting in search results. (macOS only) Added “Save A Copy As…” to macOS File menus. Now possible to cancel out of LiveSky Object editingĪdded field validation for LiveSky Objectsįixed Column Reorder for Observing Lists in right panel On launch, Right side panel now displays same state as at quitįavourites files no longer turn on FOV Indicators Observing Sessions list now correctly sorts per-column. OpenGL support renders high-end 3D graphicsĬreate QuickTime movies and export imagesġ6 million stars and corrected NGC/IC catalogsĬontrol most popular brands of computerized telescopes (additional cable required) Print personalized star charts of any area in the sky See the sky from any location in the universe up to 700 million light years away
View from anywhere on Earth or select from a database of over 8,000 cities Navigate and open your saved Starry Night files easily with the new “Favorites” panel LiveSky panel lets you see up-to-date images of the Sun and Earth from ground and space-based observatories New observation logs allow you to store notes, times, sky conditions, equipment used, and even images on targetsĮquipment list allows you to store all scopes, eyepieces, binoculars, and accessories Enhanced observation planner lets you create detailed lists of targets for an observing session
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