Deep Space Explorer

Deep Space Explorer User’s Guide FOR MACINTOSH AND WINDOWS WRITTEN BY MIKE PARKES SPACE.com Canada Inc. 284 Richmond St. E. Suite 300 Toronto, ON M5A 1P4, Canada support@starrynight.com www.starrynight.com ©1993-2001 SPACE.com Canada, Inc. All rights reserved. SPACE.com and the SPACE.com logo are trademarks of SPACE.com, Inc. Deep Space Explorer, Starry Night, and the Starry Night logo are trademarks of SPACE.com Canada, Inc. Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft. Apple, Macintosh, and QuickTime are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Special thanks to Luke Kilpatrick for images on page 13 and page 32 and to Brent Tully for help in writing parts of chapter 4, “The Tully Collection”. Printed in Canada. Table of Contents Introduction Welcome ................................................ 5 Outline Of This User’s Guide .................... 6 Special Fonts .......................................... 6 Installation ............................................. 7 Starting Deep Space Explorer ................... 8 Registering ............................................. 8 Updates .................................................. 8 Getting Help ........................................... 9 Starry Night Products .............................. 9 Basics Where am I? ......................................... 11 Heads-Up Display .................................. 11 Moving Around ...................................... 13 Elevation Buttons .................................. 13 Location Scroller ................................... 15 Returning Home .................................... 15 Location Exercises ................................. 15 Concentric Spheres ............................... 17 Navigation Bar ...................................... 17 Viewing Movies ..................................... 18 Media Player Controls ............................ 20 Exploring .............................................. 20 Objects Types of Objects ................................... 21 Finding Objects ..................................... 22 Getting Information ............................... 22 Onscreen Info (Galaxies) ....................... 24 4 Deep Space Explorer User’s Guide Onscreen Info (Stars) ............................ 26 Onscreen Info (Extrasolar Planets) ......... 27 Internet Database ................................. 28 The Tully Collection Galaxy Distance .................................... 29 What’s In And What’s Out ...................... 30 Superga…