Thanks Ken! I tried the help files but clicking on "help" sent me to a site with only headings for the various program features but nothing else. I went to the CdC homepage and found the documentation.
Greg --- In [email protected], "ken4optics" <kenm.harri...@...> wrote: > > If you check out the help files, under "labels" it will give you all the > answers!! > To Quote: > > Labels > From the menu: Setup ¨ Display ¨ Labels > > The Display labels checkbox controls the automatic display of all the labels, > except the grid labels (controled by Show Grid Label in the Lines tab). > > If you want to display chart information in the menu bar, check the Display > the chart ... checkbox. > > With the Label Object panel, you can control the colour and size of the font > used in the labels according to the class of objects. Other label shows the > compass directions on the horizon line. > > In the Star Label and the Constellation Label panels you can specify the > labels content. > > Magnitude difference is a range (0 to 10) to filter labels according to the > object magnitude: The lower this value, the more labels are displayed. The > exact relation to configure labels to be displayed: the magnitude value of > the displayed objects are smaller than FOV number limiting magnitude - label > Magnitude difference. Example: FOV number limit: 6, Label magnitude > difference: 2. 6 - 2 = 4. As a result, objects with a magnitude value of > smaller than 4 will be displayed with their labels, objects from magnitude 4 > to 6 will be displayed without labels. > > Labels of only one catalog at a time are displayed. The order of precedence > is top-own, as is listed in the configuration of star catalogs and the deep > sky catalogs. > You can change the font for you labels by Setup ¨ Display ¨ Fonts. > > You can read more here about modification of individual labels, or about > adding your own labels here. > > > --- In [email protected], "ga_wandless" <ga_wandless@> > wrote: > > > > Oleg, > > > > So explain to me how that works? > > > > Greg > > > > --- In [email protected], Oleg Maliy <astroclubzp@> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Greg, > > > > > > see Setup-> Display-> Labels: Magnitude difference > > > > > > > > > 2009/4/15 ga_wandless <ga_wandless@> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > How do I get CDC to label more stars? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > With best regards, > > > Oleg Maliy > > > Zaporozhye Astronomical Club "Altair" > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > >
