Help with StarDome PLUS

StarDome PLUS simulates a naked-eye view of the sky from any location on Earth, at any time and on any date. StarDome PLUS gives you a graphical overview of the sky and detailed information about stars, deep-sky objects, planets, and selected asteroids and comets.

StarDome PLUS gives you everything our StarDome tool does — and much more. You can quickly jump to the next eclipse, transit of Venus, Mars opposition, or Full Moon. View the constellations and explore data on more than 9,300 stars and more than 800 deep-sky objects. Zoom in for a closer look at planetary configurations. See an orbital view of planets, comets, and asteroids. Track Jupiter's and Saturn's moons or the shadow paths of solar eclipses. Calculate planet, comet, and asteroid positions, or when deep-sky objects rise, transit, and set.

A technical note: StarDome PLUS is a small program — called an applet — written in the Java language from Sun Microsystems. When you visit Astronomy.com, your web browser downloads the applet and executes it. For StarDome PLUS to function, you'll need the Java Runtime Environment version 1.3 or higher, and you'll need to set your web browser to enable Java content.

The program's features are divided into six tabbed sections. Click the links below for information on each one.

	Mercury	Mercury	Venus	Venus
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Help with StarDome PLUS

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