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Dome View

The Dome View is a sky map that represents the sky as it would appear if you were to look straight up to the zenith while your body was facing South. This view does not have all of the features of the equatorial sky map and is provided as a visualization tool. To bring the Dome View onto the screen you may press CTRL-D or select View / Dome View / Show Dome View from the main screen menu. Pressing CTRL-D or deselecting the the menu option will hide the view.

The Dome View has a right click menu with the following options:

• Info -  the same as the Info option available on the equatorial sky map.
• Remove Dome View - get rid of this view.
• Left Top - move the Dome View to the left top corner of the sky map.
• Right Top - move the Dome View to the right top corner of the sky map.
• Right Bottom - move the Dome View to the right bottom corner of the sky map.
• Left Bottom- move the Dome View to the left bottom corner of the sky map.
• Show RADEC Grid - Toggles on and off the display of the right ascension and declination grid lines on the dome view map.
• Show ALTAZ Grid - Toggles on and off the display of the altitude and azimuth grid lines on the dome view map.
• Use Background - When selected the Dome View background is mapped to the corresponding colors used in the equatorial background image.  This takes time and you may want to not use this option on slow computers.
  

There is is small resizing button in the upper left corner of the dome view. When clicked the dome view image assumes either the minimum size or will resize to the size of the sky map screen.

Moving the mouse over the equatorial sky map will place a ghost cursor at the corresponding point on the Dome View. The same effect is produced on the sky map when moving the cursor over the Dome View. Experimenting with this feature should quickly help you learn to orient yourself on the maps. 

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