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and
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monthly
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We
hope
you
enjoy
it!
Starry
Night®
6.0
has
arrived
with
a
long
list
of
neat
new
features.
I’ve
had
a
chance
to
play
with
it
for
a
couple
of
weeks,
and
would
like
to
share
with
you
the
things
I
particularly
like
about
this
new
version.
By
way
of
background,
I’ve
been
an
amateur
astronomer
for
decades,
and
a
Starry
Night®
user
since
version
2.1
in
1999.
I’m
a
very
active
visual
observer,
interested
in
every
sort
of
object
I
can
see
in
the
sky:
Sun,
Moon,
planets,
asteroids,
comets,
double
stars,
variable
stars,
and
deep
sky
objects.
I
have
been
a
user
of
Starry
Night®
on
a
daily
basis
for
the
last
7
years,
both
to
plan
my
own
observations
and
to
help
others.
When
I
started
to
work
for
Starry
Night®
last
year,
I
discovered
all
kinds
of
things
in
the
program
which
I’d
never
seen
or
used,
despite
heavy
use.
Like
any
powerful
piece
of
software,
Starry
Night®
is
many-faceted
and
serves
different
functions
for
different
users.
For
now,
I’m
going
to
concentrate
on
the
new
features
which
I’m
particularly
excited
about,
the
ones
that
impact
my
own
observing.
Event
Finder
and
Reminder
The
first
thing
I
noticed
when
I
first
started
up
6.0
was
the
Daily
Event
Reminder,
literally
in
my
face.
This
alerts
you
to
events
happening
today.
It
proved
its
value
that
very
first
day.
In
the
evening
I
had
some
friends
over
to
observe,
and
I
knew
that
Ganymede’s
shadow
was
in
transit
across
the
face
of
Jupiter
because
Starry
Night®
had
told
me
so
that
morning.
To
read
the
rest
of
this
article,
click
here.
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Pronunciation
Guide [Available
in
CSAP,
Enthusiast,
Pro,
AstroPhoto,
Pro
Plus]
Some
astronomical
names
can
be
a
little
difficult
to
pronounce.
For
example,
the
constellation
Boötes
is
pronounced
“boo-OH-tees”
not
“Boots”
or
“Booties”.
In
some
cases
careful
pronunciation
may
be
necessary
to
avoid
embarrassment
as
in
the
case
of
Uranus,
which
is
pronounced
“Yoor-a-nus”,
not
“Your-anus”.
The
pronunciation
guide
in
Starry
Night®
will
help
you
learn
how
to
correctly
pronounce
the
names
of
hundreds
of
celestial
objects
from
different
categories
such
as
stars,
constellations
and
planets.
You
hear
the
proper
pronunciation
of
the
object’s
name
through
your
computer
speakers.
To
pronounce
an
object's
name,
right
click
(Ctrl-click
on
the
Mac)
and
select
Pronounce
from
the
object’s
contextual
menu.
The
Pronounce
menu
item
will
only
be
visible
if
a
pronunciation
file
for
the
selected
object
exists
in
Starry
Night®.
An
object’s
name
can
also
be
pronounced
in
the
"General
Layer"
of
the
Info
pane
by
selecting
Show
Info
from
the
objects
contextual
menu.
The
Starry
Night®
pronunciation
guide
is
a
handy
reference
to
help
you
win
some
friendly
arguments
at
your
next
astronomical
gathering.
Note:
The
correct
pronunciation
of
names
(even
those
with
historical
and
mythological
roots)
can
always
be
debatable.
For
a
QuickTime
video
demonstrating
this
new
feature,
please
click
here.
Moon
Surface
Feature
Outlines [Available
in
Pro,
AstroPhoto,
Pro
Plus]
Turn
on
the
outlines
of
craters,
mountains,
valleys
and
other
prominent
features
on
the
moon’s
surface
to
help
you
instantly
recognize
hundreds
of
geological
features
of
interest.
Note:
Surface
feature
outlines
are
only
available
for
the
Moon.
However,
location
markers
are
available
for
Mercury,
Venus,
Mars
and
Earth.
Starry
Night®
allows
you
to
search
for
and
identify
thousands
of
predefined
locations
and
features
on
the
surface
of
the
Earth
or
any
other
rocky
planet
or
moon
where
surface
data
is
available.
For
example,
you
can
zoom
in
on
the
Moon
and
flag
all
of
the
Apollo
Moon
landing
sites
or
display
the
location
of
all
the
astronomical
observatories
on
Earth.
To
read
the
rest
of
this
article,
click
here.
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NGC
6960
&
NGC
6992,
the
West
and
East
Veil
Nebulas,
are
part
of
the
Cygnus
loop,
the
remains
of
a
supernova
that
exploded
over
100,000
years
ago.
Two
other
sections,
NGC
6995
and
6979
are
close
by.
M29
is
an
unimpressive
open
cluster,
notable
only
in
that
it
was
one
of
the
original
discoveries
of
Charles
Messier.
NGC
6819
is
a
small
open
cluster
with
about
two
dozen
stars
from
10th
to
12th
magnitude
within
a
5'
circle.
Its
discovery
in
1784
is
attributed
to
Caroline
Herschel.
Deneb,
which
marks
the
tail
of
the
swan,
is
one
of
the
20
brightest
stars
in
the
night
sky.
Just
three
degrees
away
lies
NGC
7000,
the
North
American
Nebula,
so-called
because
of
its
obvious
shape.
This
is
an
active
star
forming
region
and
quite
large,
though
it's
difficult
to
see
without
the
aid
of
astrophotography.
M39
is
an
open
cluster,
and
is
a
nice
binocular
object
with
30
or
so
stars
spread
over
its
seven
lightyear
diameter.
It's
also
"pretty
close"
to
Earth,
at
"just"
800
lightyears.
Finally,
NCG
6826,
the
Blinking
Nebula,
gets
its
name
from
an
odd
phenomenon:
its
central
star
appears
to
blink
on
and
off
when
you
look
toward
and
away
from
it
quickly.
Sean
O'Dwyer Starry
Night®
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Version
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some
of
the
valuable
new
features
of
Starry
Night®
Version
6
in
this
series
of
videos
from
our
support
site.
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Center
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Starry
Night®
movies,
download
manuals
and
other
files
from
the
Starry
Night®
download
area
of
our
support
site.
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Sunday,
Sept,3 SMART-1
Impact
on
Moon;
see
this
site
for
details
of
a
call
for
ground-based
observations.
Tuesday,
Sept.
5 7:00
PM
Venus
passes
less
than
1°
north
of
Regulus.
Thursday,
Sept.
7 Full
Moon
and
partial
lunar
eclipse
for
observers
Europe,
Asia,
Australia,
and
Africa.
Thursday,
Sept.
14 Last
Quarter
Moon.
Thursday,
Sept.
21 H.
G.
Wells'
140th
Birthday
(1866)
Friday,
Sept.
22 New
Moon
and,
for
observers
in
South
America
and
Africa,
an
annular
solar
eclipse.
Saturday,
Sept.
23 12:03
AM
Autumnal
Equinox.
Saturday,
Sept.
30 First
Quarter
Moon
All
times
shown
are
U.S.
Eastern
Time.
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