Open Starry Night, go to Preferences ---> Start Up
Under maximum number of asteroids you can change it too "99999"
Restart SN7.
Note, you will need a fast computer to read in all the asteroids. FAST. Otherwise your computer will choke.
If you want the ENTIRE available asteroid database look here:
http://www.naic.edu/~nolan/astorb.html
Download this:
ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.dat.gz
Unpack the .gz file. Rename the "astorb.dat" file as "Asteroids.txt"
Place the file in the SkyData folder found here:
- From the Finder menu bar navigate to Go > Go to Folder.
- Type: ~/Library
- In Library go to Application Support ---> Simulation Curriculum ---> Starry Night Prefs ---> Sky Data <--- put the Asteroids.txt file in here.
If you get it to work, you'll have something that looks like this:
http://www.simulationcurriculum.com/products-astronomy-education.html
See first iMac mockup w/ asteroids image (and thirst slider in the carousel).
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