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// Name: Binocular Highlights
// Author: Alexander Wolf
// License: Public Domain
// Version: 1.0
// Description: Tours around interesting objects, which accessible to observation with binoculars. The data for the script are taken from the eponymous book by Gary Seronik.
//
// RA, DE, Name, Note
var highlights = [["", "", "Chapter 1", "December to February"],
["04h01m58.35s", "+62d30m50.7s", "Kemble's Cascade", "Kemble's Cascade is visible even in light-polluted skies"],
["02h20m15.73s", "+57d05m55.0s", "The Glorious Double Cluster", ""],
["03h31m53.99s", "+48d44m06.0s", "The Alpha Persei Association", ""],
["02h42m00.00s", "+42d47m00.0s", "M34: A True Binocular Cluster", ""],
["03h08m10.14s", "+40d57m20.3s", "Watching the Demon Star", ""],
["03h46m13.77s", "+24d11m47.7s", "The Pleiades", ""],
["04h26m53.24s", "+15d47m41.6s", "Corralling the Hyades", ""],
["04h46m00.01s", "+19d04m00.0s", "NGC 1647: The Crab Cluster", ""],
["05h32m11.30s", "+34d56m24.5s", "Auriga's Messier Clusters", "M36 and M38"],
["06h08m14.63s", "+24d14m44.5s", "Another Double Cluster", "M35 and NGC 2158"],
["05h55m10.34s", "+07d24m25.6s", "Golden Betelgeuse", ""],
["05h35m24.01s", "-05d27m00.0s", "Orion's Sword", "NGC 1981, M42, M43 and Struve 747"],
["06h45m57.46s", "-20d46m30.2s", "The Overlooked Open Cluster: M41", ""],
["07h07m16.45s", "-08d40m13.3s", "M50 in a Stream of Starlight", ""],
["07h38m59.86s", "-14d40m59.0s", "M46 and M47: A Celestial Odd Couple", ""],
["07h48m49.14s", "-38d12m15.4s", "Two Southern Delights", ""],
["", "", "Chapter 2", "March to May"],
["02h55m16.56s", "+88d48m25.7s", "The Engagement Ring", ""],
["14h03m12.01s", "+54d21m00.0s", "M101 in the Mind's Eye", ""],
["13h30m00.01s", "+47d16m00.0s", "A Star-Hop to M51", ""],
["12h19m00.01s", "+47d18m00.0s", "Galaxy Season", ""],
["12h52m47.82s", "+39d49m11.2s", "Steady on Galaxy M94", ""],
["13h42m12.00s", "+28d23m00.0s", "Globular Cluster M3", ""],
["12h23m41.82s", "+26d36m05.2s", "In and Around Melotte 111", ""],
["15h29m17.30s", "+39d01m01.1s", "A Trio of Doubles in Bootes", ""],
["15h48m34.42s", "+28d09m24.1s", "R Cor Bor's Vanishing Act", ""],
["08h50m04.95s", "+28d18m23.9s", "Two Doubles in Cancer", ""],
["08h40m06.00s", "+19d59m00.0s", "The Beehive Cluster", ""],
["09h32m12.01s", "+21d30m00.0s", "A Visit to NGC 2903", ""],
["11h27m56.26s", "+02d51m22.4s", "A Pair of Leo Doubles", "Tau Leonis"],
["10h08m22.05s", "+11d58m02.8s", "A Pair of Leo Doubles", "Alpha Leonis (Regulus)"],
["08h19m03.85s", "-04d58m43.2s", "Star Cluster M48 in Hydra", ""],
["10h37m33.32s", "-13d23m05.0s", "U Hydra", "Carbon star"],
["10h51m37.25s", "-21d15m00.3s", "V hydra", "It has been ranging from magnitude 6 to 10 with a period of about 550 days."],
["12h36m02.85s", "-12d15m54.5s", "M104 and the Great Beyond", ""],
["15h18m36.01s", "+02d05m00.0s", "Ancient Globular M5", ""],
["", "", "Chapter 3", "June to August"],
["18h54m24.05s", "+71d17m50.3s", "Resolving Nu Draconis", "Nu Draconis's components separated by 62\""],
["16h41m42.01s", "+36d28m00.0s", "The Great Hercules Cluster", ""],
["20h14m31.40s", "+47d08m43.9s", "A Colorful Cygnus Triple", ""],
["21h44m08.83s", "+28d44m29.3s", "Three Cygnus Doubles", "Mu Cygni (Its stars are separated by a generous 198\")"],
["21h43m25.70s", "+38d17m00.8s", "Three Cygnus Doubles", "79 Cygni (Its stars are separated by 150\")"],
["21h06m56.48s", "+38d45m19.7s", "Three Cygnus Doubles", "61 Cygni (Its stars are separated by 31\")"],
["21h32m12.00s", "+48d26m00.0s", "Open Cluster M39 in Cygnus", ""],
["21h53m20.01s", "+47d16m00.0s", "The Road to the Cocoon", ""],
["18h41m50.25s", "+38d39m36.8s", "Summer's Other Triangle", ""],
["18h53m36.01s", "+33d02m00.0s", "M57 and Expectations", "Difficult deep-sky object for tests your observing skills..."],
["19h53m48.01s", "+18d47m00.0s", "Splendid Sagitta", ""],
["19h59m36.01s", "+22d43m00.0s", "M27 in Vulpecula", ""],
["19h26m13.25s", "+20d05m51.3s", "A Milky Way Surprise", "Brocchi's Cluster (Cr 399) or Coathanger"],
["18h51m06.01s", "-06d16m00.0s", "M11 in Scutum", ""],
["18h39m17.89s", "+05d13m48.8s", "IC 4756 in Serpens", ""],
["18h27m42.00s", "+06d34m00.0s", "Three Star Clusters in Ophiuchus", "NGC 6633"],
["17h46m18.01s", "+05d43m00.0s", "IC 4665 in Ophiuchus", ""],
["16h52m37.02s", "-03d00m07.0s", "A Pair of Ophiuchus Globulars", "M10 and M12"],
["16h25m35.15s", "-23d26m50.3s", "Rho Ophiuchi", ""],
["16h15m37.51s", "-08d22m17.6s", "A Solar Twin", "18 Scorpii"],
["16h11m59.73s", "-19d27m37.4s", "A Double for Steady Hands", ""],
["16h19m35.65s", "-24d50m17.8s", "Globular Cluster Season", "M4 and M80"],
["16h55m29.52s", "-40d58m44.1s", "A False Comet", "Cr 316, NGC 6231 and NGC 6242"],
["18h03m48.00s", "-24d23m00.0s", "The Lagoon Nebula", ""],
["18h30m12.70s", "-24d23m24.0s", "M22: A Gen of a Globular", "M22 and M28"],
["", "", "Chapter 4", "September to November"],
["22h10m05.05s", "+48d05m42.5s", "Two Lacerta Clusters", "NGC 7209 and NGC 7243"],
["20h32m04.52s", "+60d25m19.4s", "NGC 6939 and NGC 6946", ""],
["21h43m30.48s", "+58d46m48.1s", "Magnificent Mu Cephei", ""],
["22h29m10.30s", "+58d24m54.8s", "Watching Delta Cephei", "Well-known variable star and striking double also"],
["23h24m12.01s", "+61d35m00.0s", "M52 in Cassiopeia", ""],
["23h57m00.01s", "+56d44m00.0s", "Galactic Cluster NGC 7789", ""],
["01h19m06.01s", "+58d20m00.0s", "The E.T. Cluster", "NGC 457"],
["01h33m12.01s", "+60d42m00.0s", "Open Cluster M103", ""],
["00h42m42.01s", "+41d16m00.0s", "Magnificent M31", ""],
["00h42m42.01s", "+41d16m00.0s", "Andromeda's Companions", "M32 and M110"],
["01h57m48.00s", "+37d41m00.0s", "Ancient Cluster NGC 752", ""],
["23h46m23.49s", "+03d29m12.1s", "TX Piscium", "Carbon star, which varies slightly from magnitude 4.8 to 5.2"],
["21h30m00.01s", "+12d10m00.0s", "A Farewell to Summer", ""],
["21h33m30.00s", "-00d49m00.0s", "Messier 2 Shining Through", ""],
["22h29m36.01s", "-20d48m00.0s", "The Ghostly Helix Hebula", ""],
["00h50m15.77s", "-25d14m40.3s", "Challenging NGC 253 and NGC 288", ""]
];
var color="#00AAFF";
core.clear("starchart");
GridLinesMgr.setFlagEquatorGrid(false);
StelMovementMgr.setFlagTracking(true);
core.setGuiVisible(false);
ConstellationMgr.setFlagArt(false);
ConstellationMgr.setFlagBoundaries(false);
ConstellationMgr.setFlagLines(false);
ConstellationMgr.setFlagLabels(false);
NebulaMgr.setFlagHints(false);
StelSkyDrawer.setFlagStarMagnitudeLimit(true);
StelSkyDrawer.setFlagNebulaMagnitudeLimit(true);
StelSkyDrawer.setCustomStarMagnitudeLimit(10.5);
StelSkyDrawer.setCustomNebulaMagnitudeLimit(10.5);
core.wait(3);
var dsname = LabelMgr.labelScreen("Binocular Highlights", 20, 20, false, 40, color);
var dsnote = LabelMgr.labelScreen("Look through the Meade 10x50 TravelView Binocular", 20, 75, false, 20, color);
LabelMgr.setLabelShow(dsname, true);
LabelMgr.setLabelShow(dsnote, true);
core.wait(5);
LabelMgr.setLabelShow(dsname, false);
LabelMgr.setLabelShow(dsnote, false);
for (i=0; i<highlights.length; i++)
{
StelMovementMgr.zoomTo(25, 3);
core.wait(1);
core.setDiskViewport(false);
var dsname = LabelMgr.labelScreen(highlights[i][2], 20, 20, false, 30, color);
var dsnote = LabelMgr.labelScreen(highlights[i][3], 20, 60, false, 20, color);
LabelMgr.setLabelShow(dsname, true);
LabelMgr.setLabelShow(dsnote, true);
if (highlights[i][0]=="" && highlights[i][1]=="")
{
core.moveToRaDec("0h0m0s", "-90d0m0s");
core.wait(5);
LabelMgr.setLabelShow(dsname, false);
LabelMgr.setLabelShow(dsnote, false);
}
else
{
core.moveToRaDecJ2000(highlights[i][0], highlights[i][1]);
StelMovementMgr.zoomTo(5.7, 5);
core.wait(3);
LabelMgr.setLabelShow(dsname, false);
LabelMgr.setLabelShow(dsnote, false);
core.setDiskViewport(true);
core.wait(5);
}
}
LabelMgr.setLabelShow(dsname, false);
LabelMgr.setLabelShow(dsnote, false);
core.clear("natural");
core.setGuiVisible(true);
core.setDiskViewport(false);
core.goHome();
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