Use the clock icon (lower left toolbar) to set the time to the whatever time of the evening you want.
The field width is set with the numbers in the right toobar (I've moved my toolbars around but I think that's where it usually is- look for the numbers ranging from 10' to 90 degrees). There are other ways to fine-tune this, but one of the options is the one you wanted- 90 degrees). Then look for the letters Z N E S W just below that. These stand for zenith, north, east, south, west. Just click any of these to move the chart to that direction. (Screen display will automatically switch to alt-az mode if it's not already in that mode) Going to mag 8 in such a wide field would give you a very dense star field (there would be several thousand stars on the chart). In fact, I don't think this is possible in CdC. Different catalogs are used for different field width. The options are under "preferences">"catalog and objects parameters" (in the top bar menus), then click the "Stars 1" tab in the window that opens. The first catalog- "Bright Star Catalog"- can be used in any field width, but only goes to mag 6.5. The second catalog is deeper, but has a max width of 60 degrees (you can adjust the range of field widths you want a catalog to be used for, but the deeper catalogs have maximum possible widths, to avoid bogging down older computers- keep in mind v2.76 was originally programmed several years ago). There are settings at the bottom of that window to adjust the mag limits you want for different field widths, but there are several options and I can never remember the details. But a simpler way is to just click the more/less stars icon in the upper left toolbar (the two blue dots between the magnifying glass and the red light icon). Then click "print" under the file menu. -John ----- Original Message ---- > From: nreyedoc <[email protected]> > > Using 2.76 Suppose I want to draw 4 charts for tonight with 90 degree > quadrants of N, S, E and W showing planets, moon, and stars to magnitude > 8. How should I get started? Thanks! Rob --- In > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected], > > John Mahony <jmmah...@...> wrote: > > ----- Original Message > ---- > > > From: nreyedoc <nreye...@...> > > > > > hi, > > > i just downloaded program and would like > to learn how to use it > > systematically. are there any good > resources on the net on how to use the > > program? > > > You just found it. > > > any books to recommend? > > > No, but there are help files built into the program (at least in v2.76- > just click the ? in the upper toolbar. Many of the individual windows for > various settings also includes a "help" button that will take you directly to > the appropriate section of the help file.) > Patrick's English in the help > files is a bit rough, but we can clear up any questions here. > > > Are you using v2.76, or the newer v3 beta? > > > -John > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! > Groups Links > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/ > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/join (Yahoo! > ID required) > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected] > > > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected] > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected] > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
