WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2015
keyboard and mouse shortcuts SkyTools 3 Pro
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preamble
This reference document lists shortcuts specific to Skyhound’s SkyTools
3.2 Professional edition. Subject to change without notice. Please
note that these software keyboard shortcuts are case-sensitive.
There are five chart views that these shortcuts work in: the Overhead
chart, the Naked Eye chart, the Interactive Atlas, its Context Viewer,
and the telescope/binoculars (multi-panel) chart.
This document (last revised on Fri 16 Mar 2012) was prepared by Blake
Nancarrow. Please contact him at astronomy AT computer-ease DOT
com for accolades, errors, omissions, questions.
The presentation and style in this document is protected. Copyright
© 2012-2014 Blake Nancarrow. All Rights Reserved. This document
content is not meant to be copied or modified. It is provided for
SkyTools users so that they may use the software with greater convenience
and speed.
SkyTools and SkyTools Real Time are trademarks of Skyhound (formerly
CapellaSoft) in the USA.
general
| function or action |
key/mouse shortcut |
notes |
| retrieve on-board help |
F1 |
|
| close a box (most of the time) |
Esc |
|
 |
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Nightly Planner and Real Time lists
| function or action |
key/mouse shortcut |
notes |
| position at first or last list entry |
Home or End |
|
| move to next or previous list entry below |
Down or Up arrow |
|
| scroll down or up many list entries |
PgDn or PgUp |
|
| scroll right or left to view other columns |
Right or Left arrow |
|
| display object info box |
i |
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| toggle checkmark |
Enter |
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| delete list entry |
Del |
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| refresh or update list |
F5 |
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| display interactive atlas chart |
a |
1 |
| display overhead sky chart |
o |
1 |
| display naked eye chart |
n |
1 |
| display (preselected) telescope/binoculars chart |
t |
1 |
| centre in current chart |
c |
|
| print chart |
p |
|
| slew telescope to |
F3 |
|
| slew telescope to and centre in chart |
F4 |
|
| sync telescope |
Spacebar |
|
| create quick log entry (and view existing) |
l |
2 |
| create log entries |
m |
3 |
| get digital sky survey image |
d |
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| mark as observed |
Alt-F5 |
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| mark to re-observe |
Alt-F6 |
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| mark as not yet observed |
Alt-F7 |
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| clear marked status |
Alt-F8 |
4 |
| mark as high priority |
1 |
5 |
| mark as normal priority |
2 |
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| mark as low priority |
3 |
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| clear marked priority |
4 |
4 |
| show imaging exposure calculator |
e |
6 |
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all charts
| function or action |
key/mouse shortcut |
notes |
| display keyboard shortcuts page from help |
k |
7 |
| toggle star labels |
s |
|
| toggle all labels |
l |
2 |
| toggle target cross hairs |
t |
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| disable identification of object at mouse location |
Shift |
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| display object info for mouse pointer location |
double-click |
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| turn equatorial coordinate grid lines on |
F5 |
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| turn horizon coordinate grid lines on |
F6 |
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| turn ecliptic coordinate grid lines on |
F7 |
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| turn coordinate grid lines off |
F8 |
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| get digital sky survey image at mouse location |
d |
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| get supplemental starfield data at chart target |
S |
8 |
| show the View Controls dialog |
Ctrl-v |
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| print chart |
Ctrl-p |
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| copy chart to clipboard |
Ctrl-c |
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| adjust motion trails |
Ctrl-t |
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| adjust motion trace |
Ctrl-a |
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all charts except Context Viewer
| function or action |
key/mouse shortcut |
notes |
| step ahead a time unit |
= |
|
| step back a time unit |
- |
9 |
| copy J2000 coords for mouse pointer location |
C |
10 |
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all charts except Interactive Atlas
| function or action |
key/mouse shortcut |
notes |
| (via numeric keypad only!) |
|
|
| decrease light pollution (show more stars) |
+ |
11 |
| increase light pollution (show fewer stars) |
- |
11 |
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all charts except Overhead
| function or action |
key/mouse shortcut |
notes |
| pan - a large jump |
arrow |
|
| pan - a small jump |
Ctrl-arrow |
|
| centre view on current mouse pointer location |
Home |
|
| zoom out or in - a large jump |
PgDn or PgUp |
|
| zoom out - a small jump |
Ctrl-PgDn or Ctrl-PgUp |
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| zoom centred object to “best” magnification |
b |
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| toggle double star companion labels |
c |
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| display object info for mouse pointer location |
Insert |
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| slew to chart target |
F2 |
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| slew to mouse pointer location |
F3 |
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| slew to and centre at mouse pointer location |
F4 |
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| sync telescope |
Spacebar |
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| abort telescope slew |
Esc |
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| centre chart at telescope location |
Bksp |
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all charts except Overhead and Context Viewer
| function or action |
key/mouse shortcut |
notes |
| zoom out or in - a large jump |
roller wheel |
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| zoom out or in - a small jump |
Ctrl-roller wheel |
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| zoom in to a particular area |
drag |
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| zoom out of a particular area |
Ctrl-drag |
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| zoom to 180° field (hor.) * |
1 |
5 |
| zoom to 90° field (hor.) * |
2 |
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| zoom to 60° field (hor.) * |
3 |
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| zoom to 30° field (hor.) * |
4 |
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| zoom to 10° field (hor.) * |
5 |
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| zoom to 5° field (hor.) * |
6 |
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| zoom to 1° field (hor.) * |
7 |
12 |
| zoom to 30" field (hor.) * |
8 |
12 |
| zoom to 10" field (hor.) * |
9 |
12 |
| zoom to 1" field (hor.) * |
0 |
12 |
| set field of view |
Ctrl-f |
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* The zoom level values shown are the default settings.
Interactive Atlas
| function or action |
key/mouse shortcut |
notes |
| flip view horizontally (invert) |
End |
|
| flip view vertically (mirror) |
Del |
|
| show fainter stars (as per Magnitude Limits) |
. or > |
13 |
| show brighter stars (as per Magnitude Limits) |
, or < |
14 |
| set stellar magnitude limit to default |
/ |
|
| measure angular distance |
a |
|
| create a skymark (X) at mouse location |
x |
|
| set magnitude limits |
Ctrl-m |
|
| change plottable images display |
i |
15 |
| star fields currently displayed |
Ctrl-s |
16 |
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Naked Eye chart
| function or action |
key/mouse shortcut |
notes |
| look to the north |
Alt-n |
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| look to the east |
Alt-e |
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| look to the south |
Alt-s |
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| look to the west |
Alt-w |
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telescope/binoculars chart
| function or action |
key/mouse shortcut |
notes |
| eyepiece view only |
F9 |
|
| finder view only |
F10 |
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| naked eye view only |
F11 |
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| all views on |
F12 |
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| move a panel in the layout |
Shift-drag |
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| resize a panel or panels |
drag the divider line |
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notes
- will update if open
- lower-case letter L
- new log defaults
- mark as no value
- digit one
- Pro version
- ah ha!
- for very low mag
- in QWERTY area
- to clipboard
- in numeric keypad
- except in Naked Eye
- period
- comma
- none, outline, image
- Standard Edition only
about
Blake Nancarrow is a geek. He is an amateur astronomer and photographer
by night and a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
A computer professional by day, he regularly delivers high-quality
software training. You may reach him at astronomy AT computer-ease
DOT com. Visit his astronomy blog at http://blog.lumpydarkness.com.
He loves keyboard shortcuts, cherry pie, and lives in Toronto.
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