Can I get Starry Night to show dates in the European format?
Yes. On Windows Starry Night looks to the Windows registry to determine the order in which to show dates. If it can't find a registry entry for regional date settings then it
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Can I get Starry Night to show the time using the 24-hour clock?
Yes. On Windows Starry Night looks to the Windows registry to determine the time format. If it can't find a registry entry for regional date settings then it defaults to the 1
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Do the sunrise/sunset times account for the refraction of light due to the earth's atmosphere?
Yes. The bending of light due to the Earth’s atmosphere is accounted for by simply lowering the horizon about 1/2 degree. This gives the correct rise and set times for the s
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Does Starry Night use the Gregorian or Julian calendar for old dates?
Starry Night uses the old Julian calendar for all dates before Oct. 15, 1582, and the Gregorian calendar for all dates more recent than this. The dates Oct. 5-Oct. 14, 1582 do
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How do I find my Time Zone?
Time zones are in relation to London, England. People on Eastern Time are 5 hours behind London time, so they should put "-5h" for their time zone. Those on Central Time would
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How do I find the time and date of eclipses and other events?
Opent the SkyCalendar Pane to bring up a list of eclipses and other astronomical events, sorted by date. Click on the one you want and select Homel View or Best View. Home Vie
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How does Daylight Savings Time work in Starry Night?
When you start up Starry Night, the program checks your computer's date/time settings to find out if Daylight Saving Time is in effect for the current date, and if so, automat
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Starry Night doesn’t display the correct time when I start up. How do I fix this?
Starry Night reads the time from your computer's Control Panel. Make sure it is set correctly there. On Windows, you can access the clock by clicking the Start button on your
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The correct time is shown when I start Starry Night, but the sun rises and sets at the wrong time. How do I fix this?
Most likely you have entered the wrong time zone for your home location. Choose Set Home Location from the File menu (Windows) or the Starry Night menu (Macintosh) to see what
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When I view from off the Earth, the time reads "UT". What does this mean?
UT is short for "Universal Time". This is the same thing as Greenwich Mean Time, and is the time in London, England (not accounting for daylight savings time). Universal Time
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Why is 1700 A.D. a leap year in Starry Night?
The Gregorian Leap Year In general every Gregorian Calendar year divisible by 4 is a leap year, except if it is divisible by 100 but not divisible by 400. The Gregor
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