Menu system¶
Menu system on Android
Open a configuration file.
Save a configuration file.
Settings time and date of the observation.
Rotates the camera direction to the left.
Rotates the camera direction to the right.
Rotates the camera direction downwards.
Rotates the camera direction upwards.
In the planetarium mode, zoom in.
In the planetarium mode, zoom out.
In the planetarium mode, sets the camera’s zoom value to 1x.
In the planetarium mode, look towards North.
In the planetarium mode, look towards East.
In the planetarium mode, look towards South.
In the planetarium mode, look towards West.
Performs a double left-right and top-down inversion. The images produced by WinStars then conform to the images that can be obtained behind the eyepiece of a telescope.
Enables or disables the orientation of the camera according to the orientation of its mobile phone. To make this function available, it is necessary that your device has a magnetometer and an accelerometer. Please provide the technical data of your device.
Displays the dialog box presentation.
This dialog box gives access to all the program settings.
Reminds you of the use of menu icons.
Clicking on this icon changes the representation of the constellations. Displays successively “star patterns”, constellations boundaries and constellations mythological figures.
Show/hide constellation names.
Show/hide star names.
Show/hide planet names.
Show/hide deep sky object names (nebulae, galaxies, clusters etc.).
Show/hide the names of selected objects in the dialog box Comètes.
Show/hide the names of selected objects in the dialog box Asteroides.
In the planetarium mode, activates or deactivates the display of a starless sky when it is daylight.
In the planetarium mode, activates or deactivates the display of a landscape.
In the planetarium mode, activates or deactivates the display of a cloudy sky.
Enables or disables the display of azimutal and equatorial coordinate grids.
In the 3D navigation mode, activates or deactivates the display of the planets’ orbits.
Provides access to the box settings animations.
Decrease the rate at which time passes (2x).
Make time pass as normal.
Synchronizes the time and date of WinStars with the system clock.
Increase the rate at which time passes (2x).
In the planetarium mode, allows you to point in a given direction.
Dialog box eyepieces.
In the planetarium mode, allows to calculate the significant events visible from the observation place.
Find an object.
In the planetarium mode, displays the digitized sky DSS.
Switches between the modes navigation 3D and planetarium.
Enable or disable the red display (night mode).