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Starry Night Pro FAQ

Internet Database & Digitized Sky Survey - Starry Night's interactive Internet features

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1. When I choose "LiveSky Web Info" for an object in Starry Night Pro, it opens using Internet Explorer. How do I get it to use Netscape?

Starry Night uses your "default Internet browser" to open LiveSky. If you want to use Netscape, you must make it your default browser. Learn how to do this for Macintosh or Windows.

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2. Sometimes the "Digitized Sky Survey" option in the menu is greyed out. Why?

The Digitized Sky Survey option is only available when you have a field of view between about 1.5 arcminutes and 45 arcminutes. If you are between these ranges, a small circle will appear in the bottom left corner of the Field of View display in the Tools Palette, indicating that the Digitized Sky Survey option is available.

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3. How do I add an image from the Digitized Sky Survey (or somewhere else) to Starry Night?

See our Image Editor page for instructions on adding your own images.

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4. When I try adding an image (from the Digitized Sky Survey or my own collection), it appears fine in the Image Editor window, but disappears as soon as I press the Save button.

This behaviour can occur if there is a file named "SiennaTempFile" in your Starry Night Pro folder. Exit Starry Night, delete this file from your computer, and then run Starry Night again. You should now be able to add images properly to Starry Night.

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