Try going to the label options dialog (Preferences->Labels->Options...) and unchecking the "Shortname" option. Leave "Name" checked. The limit magnitude numbers seem to behave a little strangely, setting this to 3 seems to show a reasonable number of brighter stars.
This is for 2.76c Chris Paul wrote: > When I first discovered this program a few years ago I had a lot of fun > using it. However when I downloaded the upgrade I was no longer able to > see the common star names such as Deneb, Rigel, or Vega. Now all I have > available are the catalog numbers. I have tried for over a year to > find a way to see the star names again, but nothing has worked. The > catalog numbers are not very useful to me, but the names were. Is there > any way to see them again, or is that no longer possible? > > Thanks > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
