Display

In this menu, you can change the color of the objects, lines and grids which are drawn at the chart. Therefore you have to click on the color-spots below the related label.

In the group-box “Standard Color” you can choose a predefined color-scheme: Default will display the colors on the chart like you can see them on real sky. Night will change to a eye-gentle color-mode.

In the groupbox Night Vision Button and Default Button you can define the displayed color-theme when the “Night Vision Button” in the Main Bar is activated or not.

The deep sky objects which you can see on sky are very multifarious. In this Dialog, you can give the different objects different colors for a better differentiation on the virtual chart.

In this dialog you can select the background-color of the map. If in the sky color groupbox the item Fixed Black is marked, the backgroud of the chart will have the same color any time. If the item Automatic is marked, the background-color will correspond to the (nautical/astronomical) twilight.

Here you can activate the lines which are shown at the chart and choose the line-mode they are drawn:

Show Coordinate Grid will draw the grid of the coordinate which is set in configuration-menu 3-Chart, Coordinates → 1-Chart, Coordinates → Chart Coordinate System. You can add the equatorial grid by marking Add Equatorial Grid. This grid will be very useful if your telescope has a paralactic mounting. The meaning of Show ecliptic and Show Galactic Equator should be clear. Show Grid Label will show the coordinates in degree at the chart.

Now you have some adjust possibilities in four groupboxes:

• Constellation Figures: If Show Constellation Figure is marked, CDC will draw the constellation lines.
• Milky Way: The checkbox Show Milky Way will activate the drawing of the boundary of the Milky way. Fill Milky Way will fill it smoothly.
• Constellation Boundaries: Like the name says, Show Constellation Boundary will activate the drawing of the boundaries of the constellations.
• Proper Motion: Every star has a proper motion in the Milky way. Here you can activate drawing of the proper motion of the stars of the next xxx years.