The Control Window contains the Starchart Navigaiton Controls, the new window buttons and the context sensitive help bar. Closing this window will quit 3D Starchart.
See Starchart Navigation for detailed information on working with Starchart Windows. Each Starchart Window has as many "Transform & Render" threads as your machine has processors ( 8 max. ) to improve performance. The number of concurrent Starchart Windows is limited only by memory.
Star Info Windows can display information about stars. The information displayed is similar to that displayed at the bottom of a Starchart Window. ( See Interpreting Starchart Data ) It is divided into two information areas marked as Star 1 and Star 2. Star 1 will display absolute data for a star including: name, number of stars in system, absolute magnitude, spectral class, and absolute visual luminosity. Star 2 displays information relative to Star 1 and includes: distance from Star 1, name, number of stars in system, apparent magnitude, spectral class, relative right ascension, and relative declination.
To set Star 1, drag & drop a Single Star in the top half of the window.
To set Star 2, drag & drop a Single Star in the bottom half of the window.
See Dragging & Dropping Stars for more information.Star 1 and Star 2 can be dragged from this window into other windows, or within the Star Info Window to swap star 1 and star 2.
Notes:
- Star Info Windows do not respond to dropped Star Groups.
- The funky appearance of this window is modeled after the "Hollywood Computers" seen in late '70s / early '80s sci-fi flicks.
The Hertzprung-Russell Diagram is used to illustrate the relationship between the absolute magnitude and spectral class of stars. See Hertzprung-Russell (H-R) for more information on interpreting the diagram.
The Star List Window can be used to display a list of stars by name and to perform logical operations on Star Groups. A Star List Window contains a number of Drop Pads ( targets for dropped stars ) onto which Single Stars and Star Groups can be dragged from other windows ( or from the same window ) and dropped. The effect of the dropped star depends on which Drop Pad it was released. See Dragging & Dropping Stars.
Drop Pad Logic Glyphs and Their Result
Add to List: Stars dropped here are added to the list. This is the default operator for any stars that are not dropped on a Drop Pad ( anywhere else in the Star List Window ). Technically it's the same as the logical OR Drop Pad.
Copy List: Replace the list with dropped stars. This has the same effect as clearing the list and dropping the stars on Add to List.
Remove from List: Stars dropped here are removed from the list. The list can be cleared by dropping all stars in the list on this Drop Pad.
Copy List and Invert: All stars that were NOT dropped here are copied to the list. To invert the list, drop all stars in the list on this Drop Pad. Note: The inverted list is not added, it is copied.
Logical AND: Copy the star to the list if it is both in the list AND the dropped Star Group.
Logical OR: Copy the star to the list if it is in the list OR the dropped Star Group. The Add to List Drop Pad does the same thing.
Logical XOR ( Exclusive OR ): Copy the star to the list if it is in the list OR the dropped Star Group, but don't include it if it's in both.
The Find Star Window is used to find stars by their attributes. The Find Star Window contains a list of Stellar Queries. Each Stellar Query in the list operates independently of the others and is contained within a labeled rectangle.