An article came out dicsussing a super-nova and, while I'm sure this hasn't been updated in the databases yet, I wanted to see what was currently represented in the sky at the coordinates provided in the article. How can I target a specific (and narrow) area of the sky for viewing? The coordinates are:
| Coordinates (J2000) |
RA 19h 11m 07s | Dec +09° 06' 00" approx. 26,000 ly from earth |
The article can be found at: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/w49b/
Thanks for any help provided.
Hi Brain,
You need Starry Night Pro or Pro Plus in order to choose and center the Gaze by a coordinate system. So, what I have done is to enter your coordinates into Starry Night Pro and save the result in a .snf file (attached). Download the file and open it in Enthusiast. That should point you in the right direction.
Thanks Keiron, I appreciate that! For future sky-gazing, is there an upgrade path to get from Enthusiast to Pro or would I have to buy a separate product?
Thanks again.
Hi Brian,
Upgrades are complete programs. You get a discount on the price. You will get a whole new program - Pro 6.
http://store.simulationcurriculum.com/collections/upgrades/products/pro-upgrade
See here for all the differences:
http://astronomy.starrynight.com/content/starry-night-comparison-chart
Great - thanks again for the help, I appreciate it!
You are very welcome, Brian! I hope the file helps. Happy hunting supernovas!