Use this pop-up menu to select the kind of scenery you wish displayed at this location.

Note: to see scenery make sure that you have the horizon options set to show scenery.

To use your Macintosh’s physical location as the current location, click this button.

To set your Macintosh’s physical location to the current location, click this button. Not available because the current location is not on Earth.

Enter the heliocentric angle, phi, here.

Enter the heliocentric angle, theta, here.

Enter the distance from the Sun that you wish to view from here. Measured in astronomical units, where one a.u. is the distance from the Earth to the Sun.

Changes planet or satellite from which you are viewing or alternatively lets you select a fixed point in space from which to view. Not available because no planet file was found when Starry Night was launched.

Changes planet or satellite from which you are viewing or alternatively lets you select a fixed point in space from which to view.

Shows list of named locations.

To change location, find the location you wish to go to in this list, then select it.

To remove a location from the list of named locations above, click this button. Not available because no location is selected above.

To remove the selected location above from the list of named locations, click this button.

To add the current location to the list of named locations above, click this button. Not available because the location is already in the entered in the list.

To add the current location to the list of named locations above, click this button.

Enter the position on the z-axis in astronomical units of the position you wish to view from here. The z-axis takes one out of the plane of the ecliptic.

One astronomical unit is the distance from the Earth to the Sun.

Enter the position on the x-axis in astronomical units of the position you wish to view from here.

One astronomical unit is the distance from the Earth to the Sun.

Enter the position on the y-axis in astronomical units of the position you wish to view from here.

One astronomical unit is the distance from the Earth to the Sun.

Use this pop-up menu to set whether the longitude is measured as east or west of the prime meridian. Not available because you are currently viewing from the prime meridian.

Use this pop-up menu to set whether the longitude is measured as east or west of the prime meridian.

Enter the minutes of longitude of the position you wish to view from here.

Hint: you can enter use the minus ('-') key to change from east/west direction.

Enter the degrees of longitude of the position you wish to view from here.

Hint: you can enter use the minus ('-') key to change from east/west direction.

Use this pop-up menu to set whether the latitude is measured as north or south of the equator. Not available because you are currently viewing from the equator.

Use this pop-up menu to set whether the latitude is measured as north or south of the equator.

Enter the minutes of latitude of the position you wish to view from here.

Hint: you can enter use the minus ('-') key to change north/south direction.

Enter the degrees of latitude of the position you wish to view from here.

Hint: you can enter use the minus ('-') key to change north/south direction.

To hover above the current location as the planet or satellite spins, click here. Not available because you are not permitted to hover when the elevation is below 100km.

To hover above the current location as the planet or satellite spins, click here.

Enter the elevation above sea level (or surface level if not on the Earth) you wish to view from here.

If daylight savings time is in effect at this location, check this box.

Enter an additional number of minutes from Greenwich Mean Time for the current location here.

Hint: most locations’ time zones are a fixed number of hours from Greenwich Mean Time and the minutes are usually set to 0.

Enter the number of hours from Greenwich Mean Time for the current location here.

Shows the current planet or satellite’s surface. Click in here to select the surface location you wish to view from.

Shows list of named locations.

To change location, find the location you wish to go to in this list, then select it.

To show locations within a category click the triangle beside the category’s name.

To remove a location from the list of named locations above, click this button. Not available because no location is selected above. (Note: a category is not a location.)

To remove the selected location above from the list of named locations, click this button.

To add the current location to the list of named locations above, click this button. Not available because the category into which the location should be placed is not selected, or the category is not open.

To add the current location to the list of named locations above in the highlighted category, click this button.

To set your Macintosh’s physical location to the current location, click this button.

To close the location dialog box without changing your location, click this button.

To use this location as your new viewing location, click this button.