Starry night help

[zhgutas]

Ok, dunno if this is the correct place for this.. but this is still equipment, isn't it?

I got hold of Starry Night Pro Plus 6 couple of days ago. The thing is, the only planetarium software I used before was Cartes Du Ciel - free, easy and simple. So you can imagine my reaction when I saw what the Starry Night is capable of! although its manual seams to be dummy-proof, it is 208 pages long! And I can't seem to get along with it . I feel extremely confused.

The problem I have is, apart from not really getting it at all, when I try to add the image to the object (M13, lets say) the pop up window comes up saying that "SNPP6 encountered a problem and needs to close blah blah blah". anyone came across something similar?

The other question is, if i zoom in to a particular object (lets stay with a M13), it is "hollowed out" i.e. the program shows me the edges of a cluster, however there's nothing in the centre. So I was wondering, if that's how it should be, and the image should be added by me or the installation skipped images for some reason? :insects1: (oh, and I do get the planet images all right)

I know sound's silly, but hey, I feel that way it's like trying to run before you can walk .

Marius

[ringz]

Marius,

If you are running SNP6 with Vista I believe there are updates you need to download.

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Martyn

[zhgutas]

Oh sorry. forgot to mention, I use Windows XP Pro, not Vista

Marius