"The Control Time panel allows you to watch how the sky changes over time. For example, you might want to watch how the sky will change through a single night, or watch the progress of events on a much longer time scale."
SET TIME PERIOD 500;
LOAD SETTINGS :MEDIA:GTours:PANELS:ContTime.RS3;
SET PANEL TIME 2 102;
SET PANEL TIME ON;
SET PANEL CTIME ON;
REFRESH;
SET TIME DELAY 6;
}
{
"We now enter a time step of 10 minutes - which allows you to watch a sunset, and the gradual appearance of the stars."
SET TIME STEP 0.375000000000;
SET TIME STEP 0.000000000000;
SET TIME UNIT -1;
SET TIME STEP -0.409722222222;
REFRESH;
SET TIME DELAY 4;
}
{
"Now we press the forward arrow to run time. Note that the actual time that each step takes is the time it takes for RedShift to calculate the new view, which depends on the speed of your computer."
SET TIME DELAY 1;
PLAY TIME FORWARD 18;
SET TIME DELAY 1;
}
{
"We have pressed the stop button after 20 steps; we have now moved on so that RedShift is showing the dark sky. Try experimenting with the time step, and running time forward and backwards. Note that you can make a single step forwards or backwards, as well as setting RedShift stepping continuously."