Introduction to RedShift3
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01.1 What's new in RedShift 3 |
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01.2 RedShift 3 how and why (FAQs) |
Operating RedShift
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02. Sky window & filters |
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03. Find object and object info |
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04. Location & motion types |
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05. Control panels |
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06. Sky window |
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07. Home window |
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08. Online books |
Filters
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09. Planets & Moons |
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10. Asteroids & Comets |
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11. Spacecraft |
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12. Stars |
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13. Deep sky objects |
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14. Constellations |
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15. Guides |
Find Object and Object Info
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16. Find object |
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17. Object Info |
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18. Brief Star Object Info |
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19. Brief Deep Sky Object Info |
Control Panels
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20. Working with time |
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21. Working with location |
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23. Aim panel & change direction activities |
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24. Track aim panel & Motion preview sub-panel |
Information
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25. Astronomy Tours |
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26. News |
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27. Dictionary of Astronomy |
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28. Photo Gallery |
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29. Story of the Universe |
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30. Record Breakers |
Events
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31. Eclipses |
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32. Conjunctions |
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33. Visibility reports |
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34. Sky Diary |
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35. Ephemerides |
Tools
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36. Movie Recorder |
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37. Adding your own objects |
Saving and Restoring views
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38. Saving & Restoring views |
Customising RedShift
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39. Customising RedShift |
Printing
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40. Printing
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APPENDIX
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The base principles of the astronomical simulations
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1. Sky map projection |
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2. RedShift Co-ordinate Reference Frames |
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3. RedShift Time Scales and Calendar Reference Frames |
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4. The Simulation of the Star's and Deep Sky Object's
Positions in RedShift |
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5. Computation of the positions of the Solar System bodies |
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6. Representation of the Orbital Motion of the Planets and the Moon |
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7. Calculation of the orbital ephemerides of the planetary satellites |
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8. Calculation of the Orbital Motion of Asteroids and Comets |
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9. Computation of spacecraft orbits |
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10. Finding the Solution of the Two-body Problem |
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11. Numerical integration of the equation of motion of celestial bodies |
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12. Representation of the Correct View of the Surface of Planets & Moons and their Phases |
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13. Calculations of the visual magnitudes of the Solar system |
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14. Representing deep sky object magnitudes |
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15. Representing the solar corona |
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16. Representing comet tails |
Sources of the astronomical data
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17. Planetary and Lunar ephemerides |
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18. Theories of motion of the satellites of planets |
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19. Star catalog |
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20. Deep sky object catalog |
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21. Asteroids |
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22. Comets |
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23. Spacecraft |
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24. Parameters for astronomical reductions and transformation |
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25. Representing planet and moon surfaces |
Accuracy of RedShift astronomical representation
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26. Accuracy of the RedShift Astronomical Representation |
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27. Testing RS3 against historical events |