Not available because: no objects are selected; the selected object can not be deleted; or because there are orbit editing windows currently open.
To delete the object selected above, click here.
To edit or view attributes of the object selected above, click here.
Not available because no objects are selected or because the top window is an orbit editing window.
To edit or view attributes of the object selected above, click here.
To add a new body that orbits the object selected above, click here.
Not available because: no objects are selected; the selected object is too small to support another orbiting body; or because the top window is an orbit editing window.
To add a new body that orbits the object selected above, click here.
Lock On
To keep an object centred in the active document while time flows, click in this column.
Celestial Path
To display the path an object makes on the celestial sphere, click in this column. (Note: you can’t display the path of an object you are located on.)
Hint: to quickly turn off display of all celestial paths, option click in this column.
Local Path
To display the path an object takes through your local sky, click in this column. (Note: you can’t display the path of an object you are located on.)
Hint: to quickly turn off display of all local paths, option click in this column.
Orbits
To display the orbit of an orbiting object click in this column beside the name of the object whose orbit you wish to display.
Hint: to quickly turn off display of all orbits, option click in this column.
Shows a list of bodies orbiting the Sun (those not above the horizon are shown in grey). To display satellite objects, click on the triangles.
Hint: to centre an object in the active document double click on it.
To keep the object selected below centred while time changes, click here. Not available because no object is selected.
To keep the object selected below centred while time changes, click here.
Hint: to unlock a locked on object, select the object below with the lock icon beside it and click here.
To centre the planet selected in this list, click here. Not available because no object is selected.
To centre the planet selected in this list, click here.
To change the viewing location to be from the object selected below, click here. Not available because no object is selected.
To change the viewing location to be from the object selected below, click here.