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Lunar Map Pro 1.5 User Guide

1. display window O nce clicked the name G assendi I as shown below is highlighted in blue and the software locates the rille You may have to use Center at Feature and or zoom in to see the selected feature Select a feature type Type name or select from list Type name or select from list Rimae fissures Gd K 5 lw Select from Map Label Selections Select a feature type Fimae fissures lw Select from Map Label Selections Center at Feature Gassendi Ill Center at Feature r Gassendi Clear Selection oo d ix Clear Selection a l Gassendi W i Label Properties G assendi w Label Froperties o Gassendi Wl Gassendi Vill show Image Gassendi VII show Image Gassendi vill Gay Lussac Gay Lussac __ EdtNotes Gay Lussac o EdtNotes Gaulussac l Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 32 The Features Tool is so powertul that it has the capablility of locating domes as well as nearly six thousand lettered sub craters that can not be identified with the Labeler When you are using the Features Manager the following Tool Bar sottons MN are temporarily hidden because they can not be used As soon as the Feature Manager i is closed the buttons re appear on the Tool Bar Menu However it is possible to zoom in or out center on a point and pan while working with the Features manager without first having to close the Features manager When
2. left lt ratate gt right As you can see Lunar Map Pro contains several powerful mapping and feature identification tools for computer users but it is not essential to take a laptop into the field You can still print beautiful custom maps for use at your telescope eyepiece Just prepare a set of high resolution maps prior to your observing session Select the correct date time and map orientation and use the Phase Manager to add the correct terminator position Use the Labeler or Features Manager to add feature names and you will have the most detailed and accurate maps available for your personal observing XI Adjusting Dialog Boxes If you do not want to see open dialog boxes on your screen you can always minimize them When you minimize a dialog box it continues to remain active but is reduced to a small button that sits on the Windows Task Bar To minimize a dialog box click the Underscore button on the upper right hand comer of the dialog box Ephemeris MIENIE To restore the dialog box just click its button on the Windows Task Bar If your computer is set so that the Task Bar is covered by the Lunar Map Pro Status Bar just click on the appropriate Menu item or Tool Bar button Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 56 If you want to change the location of a dialog box you can drag it to a different area of your screen Just click on the blue Title Bar at the top of the dialog box and depress
3. Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 15 Scale Refinement x Scale 1 2200000 a This box shows you the size ratio between the map display and the actual lunar disk It contains the same information that appears on the Lunar Map Pro Status Bar To precisely increase or decrease the size of the map image type a new value into the window and click OK Reset a When you click Reset the map always returns to the full disk default size image VILL4 Pan Menu These Menu Items make it easy for you to move around on the surface of the map Pan Help Tools gt Center At Click Center Drag Step North Step South Step East Shep west Center at Click g This function allows you to select any feature on the map and quickly center it on your monitor To activate the function use your mouse to click on the Menu Item or select the Center at Click Tool shown above Now move your mouse to the feature that you want to center in the field of view and click on it The map will be redrawn with the selected feature centered on your screen The tool also works extremely well in the Navigator Window In the examples below this tool was used to center the map on the crater Clavius located in the moon s Southern Hemisphere Once the crater is centered you can use the Zoom In Tool to get a Close up view of the crater as shown in the next image Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 16 Center NEW for Ver 1 5 The Center
4. This procedure should place the Lunar Map Pro Status Bar above the Windows Task Bar If you still cannot see the Lunar Map Pro Status Bar once the screen is maximized click Start on the lower left hand corner of your Windows Desktop Next click Settings and then click on the sub directory Task Bar and Start Menu Uncheck the box next to the words Always on top and click OK Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 9 VI Using The Navigator Window The Navigator Window is an exclusive RITI feature that makes finding your way around the lunar surface faster and easier than ever The Navigator Window contains a full disk vector map that appears at the lower left hand corner of your screen when the program is opened see below It is a LIVE MAP so it is able to fully interact with the larger map and visa versa It also responds to the Centering and Zoom by Rectangle tools in the same way as the primary map does The Navigator Window draws a box around the area that you are viewing on the primary map so you always have a bird s eye view of your map position In the example below you can see that the box on the Navigator Window Map is showing the exact location of the area displayed on the primary map Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 10 If you want to jump to a new map location while the primary map is still zoomed in nothing could be easier Just use the Centering tool
5. and click Apply Adjust Font Sizes for all Labels Smallest Largest Save Settings on Exit Remove Labels on Exit Apply You have the option of making your new font selections temporary or permanent The Labeler always returns to the original software default settings when the Labeler is closed and reopened unless you check the Save Settings on Exit button and click Apply l Remove Labels on Exit NOTE Once done the factory default settings are deleted and replaced by your own custom settings Be sure that you prefer the new settings before taking this final step After you label the map features you can minimize or close the Label D ialog Box without deleting the labels from the map To remove all of the labels simultaneously place a check in the Remove Labels on Exit box and close the Labeler Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 21 Save Settings on Exit ziell M Remove Labels on Exit Labeler Feature Designations Updated for Ver 1 5 In order to help reduce map overcrowding all features types with the exception of crater names are identified with a two letter prefix derived by the IAU Intemational Astronomical Union and used by the USG S United States G eological Survey The designations are as follows Domes V olcanic Peaks DO Dorsa Ridges LC Lacus Small Plains Palus Small Plains SI Sinus Small Plains MOs Montes M ountains O Mons Mountain Rimae Fissure
6. as shown below to click the spot on the Navigator Window that you want to jump to and you are done For your convenience the Navigator Window can be dragged to other locations on your screen and it can be minimized when it is not being used The functions of all the Lunar Map Pro Navigation Tools are discussed later in this manual NOTE RITI chose to use a vector map in the Navigator Window for all of the map orientations because small vector maps form a cleaner higher contrast image than small raster maps This makes feature identification easier Small raster maps become quite noisy because of the excessive sub sampling required to reduce the map scale This results in poorer contrast and resolution VII Menu Items and Tool Bar Functions This section provides a detailed description of each Menu Item and Tool Bar Button When a Tool Bar Button performs the same function as a Menu Item you will find the Tool Bar Button listed with its associated Menu Item Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 11 VIL1 File Menu When you open the File Menu you will find a list of several useful functions File View Zoom Fan Help Tools Lut pen Ctr D Set Default Redraw Copy write Image Print Ctrl F Print Setup 1 HorthUpHeversed moe 2 South p moe 3 SouthUp image sat 4 NorthUpReversed sat 5 Northup rice E Northup sat q norhup image sat a NothUpReversed Image sat Exit Open Clicking on Open or
7. 2 2003 6 on vector maps will often make them a better choice for observing the progression of the terminator In addition printed copies of these maps make excellent templates for sketching at the eyepiece Raster Maps are more aesthetically pleasing and provide a more realistic representation of the lunar surface The raster format more closely matches the view through your telescope eyepiece and is especially useful when you are trying to identify similar features that are in close proximity to each other When you zoom in to increase the image scale of a raster map the image loses some contrast and resolution in much the same way as when you increase your telescope magnification When using raster maps please keep in mind that the position of the sun is continuously changing during the course of the lunar cycle causing the lunar surface to undergo significant changes in albedo and shadowing This can cause features seen through your eyepiece to look quite different from their appearance on the map This is especially apparent around the time of a full moon ll Changing the Default Map Updated for Ver 1 5 It is easy to choose a different map orientation or map style to replace the North Up Raster Map as your default map Just use your mouse to open the Folder Icon on the left side of the Tool Bar and click the desired map choice The raster version of each map has image next to the orientation while the vector version does no
8. Menu These Menu Items make it easy for you to select various lunar regions and features that you want to explore in more detail Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 14 Zoom Pan Help By Rectangle Step In Step Out Set Scale Reset By Rectangle ie This function allows you to select any area of the map and zoom in as much as you like Simply hold down the left key on your mouse while you drag your mouse over the location that you want to examine more closely You will see a rectangle form around the selected region of the map When you release the mouse the selected area will be enlarged You can perform the same function by using the Zoom by Rectangle Tool on the Tool Bar This function can also be used in the Navigator Window A zak A p Li mi AN ate ME e Step In A To zoom in without changing what is currently centered in the map field you can use the Step In feature Each time you click on it you increase the map s image scale by 50 Step Out K The Step Out feature reverses the actions of the Step In feature Each time you click on it you decrease the map s image scale by 5090 Set Scale The Set Scale feature is designed for those situations when you want the map to be displayed at a very precise image scale This may be necessary if you are involved in a research project in which using a specific map scale is critical to your work When you click on Set Scale the following dialog box appears on the screen
9. The former which makes a very small contribution to the total is due to an actual rotation of the moon about its mean rotation while the latter which makes up the remainder of the total is due to the changing relationship between the Earth and the Moon during the lunar cycle Specifically libration in Latitude occurs because the moon s axis of rotation is not perpendicular to the plane of its orbit around the Earth while libration in Longitude is due to the eccentricity in the lunar orbit If not for libration the same 50 of the lunar surface would face the Earth at all times As a result of libration only about 41 of the lunar surface always faces the Earth The remaining 9 varies over time with portions of the lunar surface rolling into view as other portions disappear from view Lunation Lunation is a term used to describe a complete cycle of lunar phases from New Moon to New Moon The average length of one lunation is 29 530589 days which is 29 days 12 hours 44 minutes 3 seconds Selenography The science of astronomical motions and measurements related to the surface of the moon Waning Moon A waning moon describes the period between Full Moon and New Moon when the percentage of the illuminated portion of the moon as seen from earth grows continuously smaller Waxing Moon A waxing moon describes the period between New Moon and Full Moon when the percentage of the illuminated portion of the moon as seen
10. This Menu contains several important items that are needed to display Phases and Field of View maps This section will provide a brief introduction to the Menu Items and associated D ialog Boxes that are specific to these displays D etailed information about how to effectively use these tools can be found elsewhere in this document Time When you click this Menu Item the following Time D ialog Box appears on the lower right hand corner of your screen For a complete explanation of this feature and its functions please refer to the section entitled Working With Lunar Phases L Time BE ET W Show local time fear Mon Day Hr Min M Daylight savings 2002 10 g a fat san Current Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 26 Phases When you click this Menu Item the following Phase Dialog Box appears on the upper right hand corner of your screen Foracomplete explanation of this feature and its function please refer to the section entitled Working With Lunar Phases L Phases Mew 1ST Full Last Moon Ltr Moor Gtr l Fonon POA OS EA ao m Don it ki e Solid a w Striped Ephemeris When you click this item you see the following dialog box It contains real time information that will assist you in your lunar observing efforts For a complete explanation of this feature and its function please refer to the section entitled Working With Lunar Phases l phiri p Time D epardeni D ala 400122 Kam Dimos ZE Mi Diiarretar EE
11. associated with this feature the dialog box appears as shown below L Features i ii Select a feature type Type name or select from list Lraters z en lw Select from Map Label Selections Center at Feature Clear Selection Label Properties Show Image k Pontecoulant Edit Hotes Pope Bi Click on the Add Image for Feature button to activate the Open Dialog Box Images AE A Remove mage ip ayen Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 34 Look in E My Pictures l ci Gassendi bmp Full Moon bmp Flato bmp File name Flato bmp Files of type Bitmap files bmp z Cancel Open as read only ve Search your computer drive and locate the file folder containing the photo that you wish to link and click the Open button The Photo will then be displayed in the Images dialog box as well as being linked to the feature Plato Click the Add Image for Feature button on the box and the photo will automatically be linked to the feature name ee ee ee Se em al m po Once done clicking on the Show Image button will display the photo whenever Plato is highlighted in the Features Manager You can also add additional photos to the same feature or any other features by following the same procedure Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 35 When you have multiple images of the same feature you can move back and forth between them by clicking on the lt lt and gt gt buttons
12. entering Ctrl O gives you access to a dialog box showing all eight map orientation styles Be sure to open a map file and not a yellow file folder If your computer has been set to display file extensions the map files will show the extension saf This Menu Item performs the same function as the Open File Tool button located on the Tool Bar Set Default When Lunar Map Pro is opened the North Up Raster Map is the displayed default map If you want a different map orientation or style as your default map open the desired map and click Set Default A confirmation box will appear on your screen to confirm the change Click the OK button to delete the box The new map selection will now be your default map You can always change it again by following the same procedure Redraw There may be occasions when the map graphics on your monitor fail to look the way they should This can be caused by an anomalous interaction between Lunar Map Pro and some versions of the Windows operating system If this should happen click Redraw This will generally correct the graphics Copy If you click on Copy the map display on your monitor will be copied to your clipboard You can then open a program such as Microsoft Word and add the image to your documents To do that Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 12 simply open the Edit File in the new document and click Paste This feature comes in handy when you w
13. file in advance and follow the instructions in the next section Note default files created through the Features Manager will be saved in the New Notes Directory of the Lunar Map Pro application If you have not changed the installation default they will be located at C Program Files RITI Lunar Map Pro VC6 LunarMap Notes Linking Existing Observing Notes Files Any of your existing note files may also be linked to a feature or feature type in much the same way that your photos are linked You may link any valid file formats as long as the association is valid To link your existing observing notes open the Features Manager and click on the Edit Notes button as shown above When the Create Link new Notes dialog box appears click the Browse button instead of the Continue Button Create Link new Notes ET Hotes file name Named Craters tat Browse Application associated with the file extension selected entered must be valid That will cause the O pen Dialog Box to appear You can now search through your hard drive to find the folder containing the document that you want to link and open it es ihHscandl J Omni Page Pro tor windows C Our Side Shows a My Download Fits CJ Patol hay klusic I Power I Program Files J Nikon Scans 2 O Sbee di Ii gt m ee Files of tp sll Flees 31 Cancel Open ace adoni Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 38 Be
14. from earth grows continuously larger Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 68 References Updated for Ver 1 5 Arthur D W G and A P Agnieray Compilers Lunar Quadrant Maps Lunar and Planetary Laboratory University of Arizona 1964 Cherrington Jr Emest H Exploring The Moon Through Binoculars And Small Telescopes D over Publications Inc New Y ork 1984 Clementine Image D ata Courtesy of NASA Warped into an Orthographic Projection by RITI Reading Information Technology Inc Kitt Michael The Moon An Observing Guide For Backyard Telescopes Kalmbach Books Wisconsin 1992 Meeus Jean Astronomical Algrorithms Willmann Bell Inc Virginia 2000 Moon Map Sky Publishing Corporation Massachussetts Unmanned Landing Site Coordinates ttp www fourmilab ch earthview lunarform landing html Westfall John E Atlas Of The Lunar Terminator Cambridge University Press N ew Y ork 2002 Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 69
15. named after astronauts Vill Features Manager Updated for Ver 1 5 This Features Manager makes it possible for you to quickly and easily locate any of the thousands of named features in the Lunar Map Pro database There are three different ways to select lunar features When you first open this Menu Item you will see the empty dialog box shown below To begin click the down arrow just below the title Select a feature type as shown and click again to highlight one of the feature groups in the drop down list Once that is done an alphabetical listing of all named features in that group will appear in the right hand window of the dialog box In this example Craters have been selected Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 29 Type name or select from list Select a feature type Lraters lettered Domes Dorga ridges Lacus small plaine Landing Sites Mara large plains Mons mountains Montes mountain ranges Framontorta Rimae fissures Select a feature type Type name or select fram list Craters lw Select from Map Label Selections enter at F atUTe lear Selechon Label Properties Show Image Edit Notes Abbot Abduh Abel Abenezra Abeth Abulfeda Acosta Adams At the same time that the list appears in the features window all of the listed named features are highlighted in green on the map display for easy identification Search 1 CLICK ON THE MAP TO GET
16. oao mininaton 903 Colangiude 127 0 Deg oa Pat f fas Ober D eperdeni Deg Min H al BA kan 73 F Daigh saving Hi Min Rira 13 59 1wa Trant 2 48 1024 Set po 20 1wa Field of View When you click this item you open a dialog box that allows you to display or print customized eyepiece FO V Field of View Maps that match the views through your own telescope and eyepieces There is even a Field Rotation feature available with the vector maps that allows you to fine tune your maps even further This capability and its function are discussed in detail in the section entitled Using Eyepiece Field of View Maps Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 27 Field wl Vie Focallengi 2032 Eyepieces Focallencth E mm Feidotview AF gwo Mag WwW x Grid This Menu Item will allow you to place a Lunar Longitude and Latitude Grid on the map display When you click this Menu item you will see the following dialog box When you place a check next to the Show grid box the grid lines are activated When you check Annotate the coordinate numbers are added to the display The grid lines are fixed at intervals of ten degrees L Grid System he Fk z W Show gid Annotate Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 28 Landing Sites Manned and Unmanned Updated for Ver 1 5 When you click this Menu Item the dialog box shown below will open making it possibl
17. or feature type or you may place them in a general lunar notes file which is made available when no feature type i e lt No Selection is selected Creating Observing Notes Files On the Features dialog click the Edit Notes button Features Of Select a feature type Type name or select from list Craters r Aristarchus W Select from Map Label Selections a Archimedes Center at Feature Archptos Clear Selection Argelander Label Properties Anadaeus Show Image Lreabes Link mew Kate Anstillus Aristoteles Armstrong Arnold Artemis Application associated with the fe Artsimovich dsdlansicr petecledyantanad mt ba walii Edit Hotes Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 37 The Create Link new Notes Dialog Box will appear if no file is associated with the feature or feature type that is selected By default the file associated with the selected feature or feature type is featureN ame txt or featurel ype txt where featureN ame or featurel ype is the name of the selected feature or type In the example above the default file name is ARISTARCHUS txt If you are Satisfied with the default click the Continue button A Microsoft Notepad file is created with the default name is opened for editing and is linked to the feature or feature type If you want the file to be some other type of document e g a Mircosoft Word document you must create the
18. solid to striped to allow the features on the night side of the terminator to be visible Field of Yiew Telescopes caa Delete lt gt l 2032 a Focal length Eyepieces Adad Delete lt gt Focal length fi L mm Feld of view 50 deg Barlow lens a Ka No rotation for image data One thing that should be pointed out is that although FOV maps will closely match the view through your telescope eyepieces it is unlikely that the maps will match perfectly The reason for that is not software related but equipment related While the computer has the luxury of making precise mathematical calculations you can expect some variation in the manufacturing tolerances of your optics If for instance we allow for a very small 1 variation in the manufacturing tolerances of your equipment a 2032mm focal length SCT could actually be a 2052mm focal length scope A 6 7mm eyepiece could be a 6 6mm eyepiece and an 84 degree apparent FOV could actually be 83 degrees When you consider the cumulative effect of these minor variations the reasons for the disparity becomes clear If absolute precision is important to you select one function the best choice being FOV and tweak it until you are fully satisfied with the results IMPORTANT Never use the Zoom Buttons on the Tool Bar if you are using the FOV Dialog Box Using the Zoom Buttons will throw the calculations way off The only way to increase or decreas
19. specific mountain range is selected To create an image collection that is not associated with anything in particular not even a feature type select lt No Selection gt at the top of the list of feature types and follow the above procedure Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 36 Select a feature type Type name or select from list Montes mountain ranges fw MOs Agricola Select from Map MO Al s Alpes Label Selections HMOs Apenninus MO Carpatus Center at Feature M S Caucasus Clear Selection MO Cordillera 1 Label Properties MO Cordillera 2 Show Image M s Harbinger MOs Jura MOs Pyenaeus M s Rech M s Riphaeus MOs Haemus Edit Notes To exit the image display click on the X in the upper right corner of the Images dialog NOTE The Features Manager NEVER copies your images nor can it rewrite them or erase them It only stores a link to images that are already saved on your hardrive and allows Lunar Map Pro to open them Images that are extremely large have non standard headings or are corrupted may not display correctly VIll 2 Linking Observing Notes to Features NEW for Ver 1 5 In addition to organizing your photographs you can also organize view and edit your observing notes with Lunar Map Pro Organizing your observing notes is easy because they can be written and edited directly through the Features Manager Y ou may organize your notes by feature
20. sure to set the drop down menu at the bottom of the dialog box to read All Files so that all document formats are displayed regardless of which file extension they are using Files of type Jal files Text files beat Click the Open button The full path is displayed in the Notes file name box Now click Continue to open the file and link it to the selected feature or feature type NOTE Existing note files only have their link saved Moving renaming or deleting a linked note file will make the link unusable When the Features Manager attempts to connect it will be as if no link had ever been established You will then be able to redo the link by finding the same file again associating a different file or creating a new file VIill 3 Labeling by Specific Feature NEW for Ver 1 5 This is the most sophisticated labeling tool that has ever been created for a software program It makes it possible for you to create custom maps that are labeled with the specific features that you want to display while ignoring all other features There are numerous uses for this advanced capability including but not limited to lunar education classes and lunar outreach programs The labels can be displayed in your choice of font size font style and font color and you can even choose the placement of the labels so that there is no label overlapping on the map The procedure is not difficult to master Just f
21. A FEATURE NAME To find out the name of a crater first make sure that the box Select from Map is checked see below Next move your mouse to the map and click on the crater you want to identify The crater will be highlighted in magenta Its name will also be highlighted in blue and appear in the upper display window on the feature list In this example we selected the crater Hipparchus Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 30 Select a feature type Type name or select from list Craters Hipparchus w Select from Map o Label Selections ee Herigonius Clear Selection Herodotus To select a different crater click on another highlighted map feature As soon as a new crater is selected the previous selection is automatically cleared To clear a selection without selecting another feature click the Clear selection button If you want to work with a different type of feature return to the drop down list of feature types and select another catagory If you switch feature types without clearing first the current selection is automatically cleared search 2 LOCATE FEATURES BY SCROLLING THROUGH THE LIST If you wish to find craters or any other feature types but you do not have a particular feature in mind you can scroll through the alphabetical listings at your leasure and randomly select names When a feature name interests you and you want to locate it just use your mouse to click on the feature s n
22. Cassagrain SCT If you are using a star diagonal you should choose a N orth Up Reversed Map The telescope has a nominal focal length of 2032mm and we will begin by using a 26mm Plossl eyepiece in order to observe the entire lunar disk Like most Plossls your eyepiece has an Apparent FOV of about 50 degrees When you enter the data in the FOV Dialog Box and click the Apply button the software as shown below calculates the magnification as 78X and enters it in the window below the Apply button At the same time the moon is redrawn to the correct scale within the eyepiece field Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 52 w Field of View iii z Telescopes eel Delete lt b Focal length 2032 am Evepieces Fen Delete EE Focal length 2c Feld of viewy fo deg Barlow lens i ka No rotation for image data Once you are ready to increase your magnification use the Centering Tool to center the same feature on the map display that you will be centering in your telescope field In this example we clicked on the crater Longomontanus A Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 53 Now you are ready to add more magnification Let us assume that you choose a 10mm Plossl and a 2X Barlow Lens The Apparent FOV remains 50 degrees As you can see from the Field of View Dialog Box the new magnification is 406X and the map view will now match the view through your eyepiece In this case the phase mask was also changed from
23. Lunar Software Lak 1514051056 Lov JO4 ZI4AZIE Scale VANSE version 1 5 274 Main Street Suite 302 Reading MA 01867 U S A Tel 01 781 942 1655 Fax 01 781 942 2161 Email ritisales riti com Web www riti com TABLE OF CONTENTS North Up Reversed Identifying Features Using Hover overview of the Main Window Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 1 OZE e ok A A A A A EE A A KA RA An A A e e 16 VILS ADOUL TOU MN sce cece occas tents t ik ka kf kn a e a ka S kk a a n n a a a a a a in 19 VII 6 Labeler Tool Labeling by Feature Type vil 7_Eunar Menu Landing Sites Manned and Unmanned VII 7 earch 1 CLICK ON THE MAP TO GET A FEATURE NAME earch 2 LOCATE FEATURES BY SCROLLING THROUGH THE LIST A In Ing Images to eatures VIIL2 VIII 3 IX Working With Lunar Phases IX 1 Using Automatic Phase Settings IX 2 IX 3 X Using Eyepiece Field of View Maps X 1 XI Adjusting Dialog Boxes XII olours Appendix Facts About Lunar Map ProTM i z Q Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 2 Waning Moon References Updated for Ver 1 5 Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 3 l Getting Started Updated for Ver 1 5 Congratulations on your purchase of Lunar Map Pro Version 1 5 Lunar Map Pro is the most advanced highest resolution lunar application ever developed for Windows Whether you are an armchair astronomer or a beginning or advanced observer Lunar Map Pro contai
24. These buttons are disabled grayed out as shown when there are no other images available in a given direction To insert an image between already existing images move to the image just prior to the one that you wish to insert after Click the Add Image for Feature button and proceed The image will be inserted in that location Clicking the Remove Image Displayed button deletes the link to the displayed photo By clicking on the down arrow to the right of the Files of type selection as shown below you can select images with different file extensions from the default list Lunar Map Pro permits you to link photos having any of six popular file formats Animated GIF files may also be associated with the GIF format Look in E My Pictures vi al ce File name Mi LO Files of type CUR files curl Cancel Open as read only A You may also have some other more general images that you do not wish to link to a specific feature name but to a specific feature type To start such a collection do not select a feature name Simply highlight a feature type as shown below and click on the Show Image button Now follow the same procedure as before In the following example the photo would be linked to the feature type Montes instead of a specific mountain range Once done clicking on the Show Image button will display the Montes collection whenever that feature type is selected while no
25. able on your printed maps When you first open the window shown above all of the display items will be checked If you see any data that you do not want on your map uncheck the items and click the OK Button The program will remember your new settings for future use If Title remains checked when you click the OK Button the Enter Title window will open on your screen Type in an appropriate name for your map and click the OK Button Your map will now be printed Enter Title E c K Wi Title Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 58 HINT Ifyou are printing maps for use at the telescope full page maps provide the largest image scale but they also eliminate useful ephemeris data Decide which map style is most appropriate for your observing needs Page Orientation Earlier in this section we pointed out that the default setting for the page orientation is Portrait Mode If you would prefer to print in Landscape Mode click the Setup Button on the Print Dialog Box and change the page orientation to Landscape as shown below and click OK Onentation Portrait n Landscape Cancel Setup pwen Lancel NOTE If you find that your printed maps are not centered on the page open the Printer Dialog Box that came with your printer Some printers require that you click Center on their own dialog box even though Center on Page is already the default settin
26. ame in the list The name will be highlighted in blue and the software will locate the feature Once found the feature is highlighted in magenta In this example we clicked on the crater Arzachel which the software then located on the map Select a feature type Craters m n lw Select from Map Label Selections Center at Feature Clear Selection Label Properties Show Image Edit Notes Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 31 NOTE Although the selected feature is highlighted in magenta the feature may be so small that you cannot see it on the full disk map If the map is zoomed in the selected feature may fall outside the field of view The easiest way to find the feature is by clicking the Center at Feature button Center at Feature N This will cause the map to be redrawn with the highlighted feature centered in the field of view If the feature is still too small to be visible use the Zoom by 50 Tool to increase the image scale Search 3 LOCATE A SPECIFIC FEATURE WITH SMART SEARCH If you know the name of the feature you want to find you can quickly locate it even if you are not sure of the spelling With the software s Smart Search capability you can find the name of any feature by entering the first two or three letters of the feature name In the next example we found the Gassendi Rimae Group by selecting Rimae under feature type and entering the letters Ga in the Type name or select from list
27. ant to include graphics in written documents Write Image If you click on Write Image you can save the monitor display as aJPEG Image This is a useful feature when you want to create a folder of images for later use JPEG Images can also easily be placed into documents or sent over the Internet Click the Write Image Menu Item to display the Save As Dialog Box The Save in Window at the top should display your Windows System Temp Directory as the default file folder The default file name is Image jpg To store an image in a folder name the image in the File name Window and click the Save Button NOTE If you are not familiar with using a Windows Save As Dialog Box please refer to Windows Help for additional assistance Save a Tere deja e e Print po Clicking Print or using Ctrl P will open your Printer Dialog Box and provide you with basic printing options For a complete explanation of the various printing functions please refer to the section entitled Printing Documents Print Setup This setting will allow you to make changes to your default printer settings Please refer to the section entitled Printing Documents Most Recent File List When you open different map orientations using the O pen File Tool the map file names are displayed in this Menu Item list This provides you with an additional location where you can quickly access and ope
28. barrel The Barlow Lenses that are generally available will increase eyepiece magnification by factors of 2X 3X and even 5X You can also purchase Variable Barlows They usually increase magnification within an adjustable range of 2X 3X Colongitude Solar Colongitude is a system of lunar measurement that gives the position of the sunrise terminator measured westward along the lunar equator Zero degrees colongitude is on the lunar Prime Meridian which is located at the center of the visible lunar disk during times of mean libration The measurement system encircles the entire moon from 0 to 360 degrees One of the keys to understanding colongitude is to recognize the fact than the moon has two terminator lines a sunrise terminator and a sunset terminator Since we can only see half of the moon at atime we never get to see both terminator lines If you were able to look down at the moon from above its north pole you would see a terminator line running along both sides of the moon with half of the lunar sphere experiencing day while the other half is experiencing night Colongitude is closely but not precisely related to lunar phase as described below When the sunrise terminator is on the prime meridian which as we mentioned earlier is at zero colongitude the moon is at First Quarter As the sunrise terminator continues to advance westward it reaches the western limb of the moon At that point we are at Full Moon and the colon
29. e No Selection on the Features Manager as shown below This will remove any highlighted vector lines from your map prior to printing VERY IMPORTANT IF THE FEATURES MANAGER GETSIN YOUR WAY YOU CAN MINIMIZE IT BUT DO NOT CLOSE IT IF YOU CLOSE THE FEATURES MANAGER PRIOR TO PRINTING YOU WILL WIPE OUT ALL OF THE LABELS Features Ma Selection With this advanced tool you can custom label any features including the nearly 6 000 Lettered Craters as well as Lunar Domes Custom Labeling can be done on vector maps as well as raster maps Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 43 Te a Thebit G s Thebit l abit REN We WA L Thetit K a pubach G Deleting a Custom Label If you want to delete a label that you already created click on the feature again and uncheck the Labels Selection box Select a feature type Craters lw Select from Map OO Label Selections k ESE EE EE EE EE OO L L m IX Working With Lunar Phases The Lunar Map Pro phase cabability is one of the most powerful features in the software This section will show you how to get the most out of it IX 1 Using Automatic Phase Settings This section shows you how to use Lunar Map Pro to display real time lunar phases There are three dialog boxes in the Lunar Menu that you will want to display on your computer screen They are 1 Time 2 Phases 3 Ephemeris Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 44 Lu
30. e body of the Users G uide The vector maps contain nearly 13 000 features and there are 7 372 accessible Named Features provided by the vector map and raster map formats The raster maps are fully supported by the vector data in order to provide fast and accurate labeling feature selection feature identification etc The database contains 898 Named Primary Craters as well as 5 838 Lettered Sub Craters Craters smaller than 2 miles in diameter can be viewed on the maps The remaining 636 named features include 23 Maria L arge Plains 32 Lacus Palus Sinus Small Plains 11 Catenae C rater C hains 158 Domes V olcanic Peaks 39 D orsa Ridges 29 Mons M ountain Peaks 19 Montes M ountain Rangs 11 Promontoria Capes 253 Rimae Fissures 9 Rupes Scarps 31 Valles V alleys and 21 Manned amp Unmanned Landing Sites The moon is displayed at mean libration meaning that the maps are centered at zero Selenographic Longitude and Latitude They use an Orthographic Projection since that is the one map projection that matches the viewing position of earthbound observers Although the maps are fixed every effort has been made to include as much limb detail as possible The vector graphic maps always show slightly more than 50 of the moon s surface You can prove this to yourself by zooming in on the limb where you can observe features that actually extend slightly beyond the limb edge This is the reason that some limb
31. e for you to display the actual landing sites of the manned and unmanned American Lunar Missions as well as the unmanned Soviet Lunar Missions The missions are arranged in four groups They include the American Apollo manned landing sites the American Surveyor and Ranger unmanned landing sites and the Soviet Luna Lunik unmanned landing sites By checking or unchecking the individual boxes in each mission category you can selectively display the landing locations mission s and landing dates from each mission group The mission groups are also color coded for easier identification Please note that checking all twelve boxes at once will tend to overload the map with data making it difficult for you to read It is better to limit the amount of information displayed at one time by checking fewer boxes Also zooming in on the map will improve the accuracy appearance and readability of the display Landing Sites ei z U S Apollo Missions lw Sites Iv Mission s I Dates a Soviet Luna Probes Lurik M Sites M Mission tis Iv Dates m U S Surveyor Landers M Sites I Mission fis M Dates A U S Ranger Probes W Sites Iv Mission Hs Dates NOTE By also using the Features Manager or the Labeler Tool you can find the location of craters Armstrong Collins and Aldrin These craters located in the Sea of Tranquility were named after the three members of the Apollo 11 flight crew They are the only lunar craters to ever be
32. e phase changes You can achieve accuracy to within about three hours depending upon how good you are with your mouse In most instances you will want more precise results which means using the Time Dialog Box Place your cursor in the windows displaying the data that you want to change Type in new values and click the Set button The phase display will update along with the Phases D ialog Box and the Ephemeris L Time Fk Ei M Show localtime Tear mai Hr Min 20 T Daylight savings zo02 fit Bon set Current In the above example the date was changed to N ovember 28 2002 at 3 10 PM EDT by just typing new time and date information into the Time Dialog Box and clicking Set NOTE The software permits you to select any time and date between January 1 1970 and December 31 2100 Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 49 To retum all dialog boxes to the current computer clock settings just click the Current button on the Time Dialog Box or close the Time Dialog Box and reopen it Current x If you want to set phases based upon Colongitude you can enter changes to the Time D ialog Box or Phases Dialog Box and observe the changes in Colongitude on your Ephemeris display Colongitude 43 0 Deg You can then tweak the time and date information until the Ephemeris shows the Colongitude setting that you desire For more information about Colongitude please refer to the Appendix When using t
33. e the image scale is by entering shorter or longer focal length eyepiece values into the Field of View Dialog Box or by entering a Barlow factor greater than 1 Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 54 X 1 Using Field Rotation with Vector Maps In this next example we are using a 6 f 8 Newtonian Reflector and a6mm Lanthanum eyepiece providing a magnification of 203X The map we selected is the South Up Vector Map because vector maps can provide field rotation which can be useful when observing with a Newtonian Reflector We used the Labeler to label some key features and used the Centering Tool re to center the map on the crater Burg L Field of Yiew FRET Telescopes Adad Delete z gt Focal length BE mm E yepleces Sda Delete z gt Focal length 6 mm Feld of view 45 deg Barlow lenz E os heat Hf Te By y ke left rotate gt right AL 45 0 45 J0 e There are times when the position of the optical tube of a Newtonian Reflector or the angle of a star diagonal on a refractor or compound telescope causes some field rotation You can easily compensate for the rotation so that the map view continues to match your telescope view Just move the slider located at the bottom of the dialog box You can rotate it up to 90 degrees either left or right Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 55 In the example below the current map field has been rotated 45 degrees to the left
34. eir computers in the next few years Rather than subjecting our customers to a restrictive licensing process we chose to go the way of the majority of the consumer software market and make the application disc dependent Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 63 That way LMP customers do not have to experience any delays in using their software and they are not required to have an Intemet connection an e mail account or fax capability Ifacustomer s disc becomes damaged it can easily be replaced We believe that disc dependent protection offers our customers the greatest degree of independence since you can simply pop the disc into ANY appropriate computer and start using the software If you purchased Lunar Map Pro for use at an educational facility observatory or planetarium and would prefer a computer dependent license for your computers you can contact RITI Customer Service for details Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 64 Glossary of Terms Updated for Ver 1 5 Azimuth This term as applied to the two points you enter on the map when using the Surveyor Tool is the compass direction from the first point to the second point measured clockwise in degrees from selenographic North An azimuth of 0 or 360 is North 180 is South 90 is East and 270 is West Barlow Lens A Barlow Lens is an optical accessory that fits between your telescope and your eyepiece and amplifies your eyepiece magnification by the factor specified on the lens
35. ependent The importance of this will become apparent in the next section IX 3 Choosing Your Own Phase Settings There are times when you will be planning an observing session hours or even days in advance so it is important to know how to input your own time and date settings You will also find this useful for those cloudy nights when you are doing your lunar observing on your computer screen Making manual phase changes is not very different from the procedure that was already reviewed As before you will need to open the Time Phases and Ephemeris Dialog Boxes The default as we already discussed is the real time lunar phase Once the dialog boxes are on your screen you will have two different ways to change phases The easiest way to make quick phase changes is to use your mouse to drag the slider on the Phases Dialog Box In this example the slider has been moved to about halfway between New Moon and First Quarter When you release the slider the phase display is changed along with the information in the Time and Ephemeris Dialog Boxes Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 48 f Solid C Striped According to the Time Dialog Box shown below this slider position corresponds to a waxing crescent on 5 16 02 at 3 36 AM EDT L Time Ei x M Show localtime Tear fi Hr Min W Daplight savings ja man f fie jp 36 Set Curent The Phases D ialog Box makes an excellent choice when you only want to work with coars
36. es eyepiece field stops eye relief and the use of accessories such as star diagonals While it would be possible to have users plug in the additional parameters needed to make the necessary corrections the values are not generally available to the average observer Instead RITI has added an empirical correction developed through our own extensive field testing With this correction in place LMP users only have to enter the Apparent FOV which is always available to get a True FOV that closely matches the ACTUAL view through the telescope Lunar Map Pro also displays this adjusted FOV value in the FOV Dialog Box In order to properly display or print Field of View Maps with Lunar Map Pro you will need to know the Apparent FOV of your eyepieces If you do not have access to that information the following list will provide you with some general guidelines You can check with the manufacturer to obtain information about specific eyepiece focal lengths If you own a small telescope that uses 965 eyepieces it is likely that you are using Huygens Ramsden or Symmetrical Ramsden eyepieces If your eyepiece barrel has the letters H R or SR you should use 30 Degrees as a starting point For 1 25 and 2 eyepieces please consult the following table Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 66 EYEPIECE APPARENT FIELD OF VIEW TABLE NAME COMPANY APPARENT FOV ene a Ee J ALL Expanse Orion _ 6 Tanha Sager Wide Vixen 65 a aaa PT Nager
37. eversed The N orth Up Reversed view matches the view seen through refractors and compound telescopes such as Schmidt Cassagrains SCTs and Maksutovs utilizing 90 degree star diagonals South Up The South Up view is the correct map when you are observing with a Newtonian Reflector This map also provides an image correct or naked eye view for Southern Hemisphere observers South Up Reversed The South Up Reversed map is designed primarily for use by Southern Hemisphere observers using a 90 degree star diagonal with refractors or compound telescopes lll 2 Vector Maps versus Raster Maps NEW for Ver 1 5 Fa pe ee ka i a ag BS a to LD ae sa Pa Only Lunar Map Pro provides users with a choice of two different map designs Each of the four map orientations is available in both vector graphic format and raster image format Since changing maps is easy you may want to experiment with both formats under a variety of observing conditions That will help you discover which maps best meet your observing needs Vector Maps have the capability of producing clean high resolution graphics They do not suffer from the zoom limitations associated with raster maps and they are not impacted by factors such as feature contrast albedo or viewing angle For that reason vector maps are an excellent choice for identifying low contrast features or features located near the lunar limb The absence of shadows Lunar Map Pro 1 5
38. feature lets you center the map at a precise Latitude and Longitude Clicking on this item brings up the following Dialog Box Enter centering coords EG Lat Fan Help Tools Lan Center At Click aS Cancel rad Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 17 Type in the coordinates as show below and click OK The map will be centered at that exact location Once done you can easily zoom in to achieve greater image scale at the selected coordinates You can also enter decimal points For example 10 7N 25 14 5W or 73 02 43 758 Enter centering coords ET Lat 09 48 521 Lan 20 04 40 Cancel Drag a When you use the zoom tool to increase the scale of the map you may want to examine an adjacent area while leaving the map scale fixed The D rag tool makes it possible for you to navigate in any direction you choose Click on Drag and place your cursor on the map Next slowly drag the mouse while holding down the left button As long as the button is held down grid lines will appear on your screen to aide you with the repositioning of the map When you release the mouse key the map is redrawn at the new position a F a Eh a r TEN Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 18 Tjej Step North Step South Step East Step West WEan North These four Menu Items collectively perform the same type of function After your map field is zoomed in you may wish to use this set of tools for navigation When you click on any
39. features continue to remain visible beyond the dark limb of the phase mask When you use the photographic raster maps that additional limb detail remains invisible unless you highlight the Named Craters with the Features Manager At that point the detail beyond the limb edge is highlighted in green and becomes visible Since an accurate terminator is important for telescopic observation we fully corrected the terminator for libration To accomplish this on a fixed projection we applied the corrections to the phase mask instead of the map Asa result the map terminator always closely matches the position of the actual lunar terminator The effect of applying the adjustments to the phase mask is that when the moon deviates from its mean libration during a given lunation the angle of the map s terminator looks slightly different than that of the actual lunar phase Most observers will probably never notice this difference except perhaps during a First or Last Quarter Nevertheless we believe that these minor variations in the phase angle are a small concession to make in exchange for providing observers with an accurately placed lunar terminator Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 62 When observing with Lunar Map Pro please keep in mind that the maps are two dimensional representations of the moon s surface When Lunar Map Pro draws the terminator it appears as a smooth sharp line while the real lunar terminator is highly irregular in a
40. g for the Lunar Map Pro Print Manager Center Un Paper tr Yes C Ma Fit To Paper Fit To Paper on the Print Dialog Box is a highly specialized feature designed for professional Cartographers who need to precisely scale their maps Changing the setting to No will initialize the Plot Scale window This capability should be ignored by most Lunar Map Pro users Plot Scale 1 x 10000 w 1 0000 24000 k Kopon ad Colours Colours on the Print Dialog Box is designed for use with other RITI SICOM applications that require a color scheme for printing that is different from the monitor display colors Since Lunar Map Pro does not support additional color files the Current Colours default setting must always be used Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 59 Curent Colours Colour Map Your Lunar Map Pro software includes an ink conservation mechanism Since the display background is deep blue and the Solid Phase Mask and Eyepiece Field Stop are both black printing them in WY SIWYG would waste an enormous amount of ink To prevent this the background color is never printed and the solid Phase Mask is printed as a striped overlay See sample below MAP FORMAT SAMPLES aa ena P bo Vector Screen Display Vector Printer Output In addition the Field Stop for the eyepiece FOV maps is printed as a circular outline allowing the lunar features outside the eyepiece FOV
41. gitude is 90 degrees Now it gets a bit trickier because at this point the sunrise terminator begins moving to the far side of the moon When the moon reaches Last Q uarter the sunrise terminator is on the far side of the moon opposite the prime meridian and the colongitude is 180 degrees By the time the Sunrise terminator advances to the eastern limb of the moon we are at New Moon and the colongitude is at 270 degrees Eyepiece Field of View When discussing this topic we have to think in terms of two different values for Eyepiece Field of View FOV There is True Field of View and Apparent Field of View The True FOV is the field you see when your eyepiece is in your telescope at a specific magnification The Apparent FOV isa specification provided by the manufacturer which gives you the FOV of the eyepiece before magnification is applied The formula for calculating the True FOV is Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 65 Apparent FOV Magnification True FOV With this formula if an eyepiece has an Apparent FOV of 50 degrees and it provides 100X magnification on your telescope then the True FOV is 12 degree 50 100 5 degrees While this well known formula is theoretically correct theoretical values are rarely achieved in actual practice For real world eyepieces the effective FOV is often smaller than the theoretical value due to unavoidable factors such as tolerance variations in the manufacture and specifications of eyepiec
42. he phase display you can still make full use of all the tools that were discussed earlier in this document Be sure to take advantage of the ability to perform functions such as Hover Zoom Drag Label Feature Search etc These functions will make it possible for you to determine which features are visible along the terminator as well as which features are on the night side of the terminator MOUSE HINT The Tool Bar buttons that change the way the mouse behaves are called Sticky Buttons because they remain depressed after you click on them If you want to cancel a function without selecting another just click your Right Mouse Key anywhere within the primary view In the following example we used the Zoom and Label functions to identify craters near the Southern Hemisphere Terminator shortly after First Quarter The striped phase mask was used Labels BE Catenae crater chains h FWA ee Hisislandres i pus CUS yi zelbaiearicdis O Bal Lexel Lacus small plaine OMaria large plains BINS Heinsius lt Sasseridear lo Mans mountains BE i Orontitiga ki Montes mountain ranges Edi a x Gina w a fa pa kou an Pramantoria capes a m m Tho aila gi a ER KIP Pict faussure Rimae fissures a Mba PS Se pes scars Se a ALA wvalles valleys ee TON jus io Maniriie E Adjust Font Sizes for all Label pis Sy a ki I tr rL KOK OK KE KOK O
43. here is also an Ephemeris which is discussed later that provides the lunar rise transit and set times along with other meaningful data This dialog box makes it simple for you to determine the best time to begin your observing sessions Adding the Field of View capability to the map provides you with the ability to display or print custom eyepiece Field of View FOV maps for use at your telescope This unique feature allows you to match the map view to your visual view for any telescope eyepiece combination You can also add field rotation with the vector maps to fine tune the view even further When FOV is displayed in combination with the correct map orientation for your telescope Lunar Map Pro becomes a powerful real time observing tool for the easy identification of lunar features Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 5 lll 1 Map Orientations and Styles Updated for Ver 1 5 There are eight different maps with four different map orientations provided by the Lunar Map Pro software North Up The N orth Up view is the image correct or naked eye view for Northern Hemisphere observers It is also the correct map orientation when observing the moon with binoculars terrestrial spotting scopes or astronomical telescopes utilizing image correct diagonals Southern Hemisphere observers should use this map when observing with Newtonian Reflectors The N orth Up raster map is also initially opened as the program s default map North Up R
44. k the Save button so that the software remembers your settings Your Ephemeris is now adjusted for your observing location Ubserver Dependent Deg Min H Lat fan far JN 5 Lan 73 21 we E Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 47 The Ephemeris Dialog Box shown below is showing data for May 16 2002 at 5 36 AM EDT L Ephemeris 5 DEFINITIONS FOR TIME DEPENDENT DATA Time Dependent Data 363310 Em Distance 730178 Mi Diameter al 2 of arc Illumination Tae 32 Colongitude 322 5 D eg Distance distance from the Earth to the Moon in kilometers and miles Diameter angular diameter of the moon In arc minutes Illumination percentage of the sunlit surface as seen from Earth TRUE Hr Min Sec pa afe fro De Min Sec DEL Pes 2 fa Observer Dependent Deg Min H Lat a0 ja n Lan a 31 fw l Daylight savings Colongitude position of the sunrise terminator for mare information see the Appendix RA Right Ascension in Hours Minutes and Seconds DCL Declination in Degrees Minutes and Seconds Hr Min Rise time of local moonrise in 24 hour time Rise a 43 05 16 ae Transit time when the moon crosses your Transit 16 35 05 16 local meridian Set o 24 O57 Set time of local moonset in 24 hour time The key factor to understand is all three of the previously discussed dialog boxes Time Phases Ephemenis are totally interd
45. kn av bd Mi Azimuth 174 3 degrees NOTE If you accidentally click the buttons in the wrong sequence you may inadvertently freeze the Surveyor Tool If that should happen wait about 30 seconds and you will see the following message appear Click OK and start over again K Blocking timeout JK Night View Tool Updated for Ver 1 5 If you take your laptop computer outdoors and you find that your computer screen is too bright click on this Menu Item to open the Night View Dialog Box This will allow you to dim the screen to as little as 25 of the normal screen brightness Simply slide the Intensity Bar to the right and click OK With a bit of experimenting you will find an illumination level that suits your taste To close Night View click on the x This will set the screen brightness back to nommal To hide the Night View Tool without closing it minimize it by clicking Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 Night View i z Darken gt NOTE Although the screen display will become dimmer the Tool Bar Buttons will remain bright to help facilitate identification If you find the brighter Tool Bar objectionable you can click on the View Menu and uncheck Toolbar as shown below This will hide the Tool Bar The Menus will still remain active for program use View oom Pa rose w Status Bar Compass Vil 7 Lunar Menu Lunar E Time Phases Features Field of viey Ephemers Grid Landing Sites
46. layed map As you can see the Phase Dialog box is designed to display one Lunation a complete monthly cycle of lunar phases If you look at the slider at the cursor position you can see that the terminator has gone past First Quarter and is advancing towards Full Moon This shows you at a glance that the moon is waxing L Phases lei A New 1ST Full Last Mew Mask style C Striped Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 46 IX 2 Solid and Striped Phase Mask Options The Phases Dialog Box also provides you with a choice between a Solid or Striped Phase Mask Simply highlight your phase mask choice under the Mask style section of the dialog box Mask style fs Solid i Striped The solid phase mask provides a greater degree of realism while the striped phase mask gives you the ability to see features and labels through the night side of the terminator When you open the Ephemeris Dialog Box you get a wealth of information about the lunar phase that is currently being displayed The first time you use the Ephemeris you must input some basic information about your observing location or it will not provide lunar rise transit and set times After you click Ephemeris and display the dialog box go to the section of the dialog box that says O bserver D ependent as shown below Enter your Latitude and Longitude and when appropriate be sure to place a check in the D aylight savings box Next clic
47. n the maps that you use most often Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 13 Exit Clicking on Exit will close the Lunar Map Pro program This Menu Item does the same thing as clicking the Close Program X on the upper right hand corner of the screen display Of x k Vil 2 View Menu View Zoom Pal Toolbar w Status Bar Compass Toolbar If Toolbar is unchecked all Tool Bar Buttons on your display are hidden Status Bar When Status Bar is unchecked the Status Bar is hidden and you will not be able to see the Latitude Longitude readouts or the Map Scale information NOTE Hiding the Toolbar and Status Bar maximizes the area available to display the map so the moon appears as large as possible Remember however that you are trading the convenience of the Tool Bar and or Status Bar data for a small increase in map size Compass When Compass is activated a compass is displayed in the upper left hand comer of the screen Compass directions can be very helpful especially when you are using features such as zoom or field rotation Zoom and Rotation are discussed later in the document View Zoom Pa w Toolbar w Status Bar y Comp AZI IMPORTANT Most of the following tools will cause the software to draw new graphics on your screen Prior to starting a new task be sure you allow sufficient time for the software to fully update the screen display or you may inadvertently freeze the program VIL3 Zoom
48. nar k Time Phases Features Field of view Ephemers Grid Landing Sites When you click Time the Time Dialog Box shown below appears on the lower right hand corner of your screen Whenever the dialog box is opened it defaults to the current time and date Since it uses information taken from your internal computer clock it can only be as accurate as your computer clock setting If you have the box checked next to Show local time the clock will default to your local time each time you open the dialog box When using local time be sure that you also place a check next to Daylight savings when D aylight Savings Timeis in effect or your local time will be off by one hour As you can see time is given in 24 hour or Military Time instead of the AM PM system On this time display hours between Midnight and Noon have the same values as the time system we use everyday but the hours between 1 00 PM and Midnight continue to count upwards between 12 and 24 The time of 21 15 shown on the display has the same value as 9 15 PM The display date shown is May 19 2002 Time k PE ES M Show localtime ear e fi f Hr Min W Daigh savings 2002 f fig jar fis Set Curent If you uncheck Show local time the display as shown below defaults to Universal Time UT which is the time at the Prime Meridian located at 0 Degrees Longitude The local time on the display shown above was set to Ea
49. ns a host of features that will add to your knowledge of the moon and increase your enjoyment of the hobby Please take the time to read this document and you will soon be exploring and navigating the moon like an expert The User s Guide can also be printed if you would like to retain a hard copy reference manual If you are already familiar with using earlier versions of Lunar Map Pro we suggest that you refer to the sections displaying the following labels NEW for Ver L5 and Updated for Ver 15 This will give you the opportunity to become acquainted with the many N EW features and feature upgrades that are included in this latest version of the software Clicking on the appropriate selections in the Table of Contents will allow you to quickly move to the sections of interest Lunar Map Pro is a Windows based software product so if you are already familiar with the features and protocols of Windows programs this product should be easy for you to master The recommended System Requirements and Settings are Operating System Windows 98 98 SE ME NT XP Speed 300 MHz or faster RAM 96 MB or more Hard Drive Space 160 MB recommended Screen Resolution 1024 X 768 Screen Color At least 16 bit Now that you have completed the installation procedure all Lunar Map Pro data files have been stored on your hard drive This insures that your software operates at maximum efficiency Since the entire program i
50. of these items the map field shifts by exactly 50 in the direction indicated The Pan by 50 arrows on the Tool Bar shown above perform the identical function Just click on the appropriate arrow to move the map in the desired direction Using the Pan Tools on the map view is similar to using slow motion controls when observing with your telescope P VIL 5 About Tool EN The About Tool displays the RITI Reading Information Technology Inc Start up Logo and Copyright Infringement Warning for Lunar Map Pro The same splash display can be activated from the Help Menu VII 6 Tool Menu Tools Lunar Labeler Surveyor Wight Wie Labeler Tool Labeling by Feature Type Updated for Ver 1 5 This tool makes it very easy for you to label various lunar feature groups on your screen display as well as on your printed maps When you open the Labeler the dialog box shown below appears on your screen Simply use your mouse to place check marks next to the feature names that you want displayed on the map and click Apply Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 19 Unchecking the boxes and clicking Apply again removes the labels Labels can be useful when exploring the moon on your computer monitor and they are a necessity if you are printing a set of maps for use at the telescope NOTE The large Maria are not displayed by the Hover feature discussed earlier in this manual because they cover such huge areas on
51. ollow these steps 1 Zoom in on a small section of the map that you want to custom annotate and Open the Features Manager Features Sx Select a feature type Type name or select from list eNa Selection P selectifan Man fw Label Selections Time ear Selecton Phases Features po Label Properties Pezaj O Showlmage E phemeris Grid Edit Notes Landing Sites Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 39 2 Use the Hover to identify the feature names and types that you want to annotate 3 Use the arrow to select a feature type from the drop down menu as shown below All features within the selected group will be highlighted in green on the map t Features Catenae crater chains Lraters Craters lettered Domes Dorsa ridges Lacus small plains Landing Sites Mara large plains Mons mountains Montes mountain ranges Rupes scars 4 Next place a check in the Label Selections box and click on the desired map feature As you can see in the next example the label is quite large due to the zoom factor Epe ji ii Rupes scarps Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 40 3 To adjust the fonts click Label Properties to open the Label Dialog Box L Features Rupes Altai Rupes Boris Rupes Cauchy Rupes Cepheus _E Rupes Kelvin Rupes Liebig Rupes Mercator Rupes Recta Rupes Toscanelli 6 To change the font color click Set Text Color to
52. ools that are located on the Tool Bar can also be found in the drop down submenus of the Menu Bar sis m GP elele V 3 Status Bar The Lunar Map Pro Status Bar is located at the bottom of the screen display directly above the Windows Task Bar When you look at the right hand side of the Status Bar you will see a display that says Lat Lon Scale Lat 28 32 31 0015 Lon 0 57 23 830E Scale 1 5119175 When your mouse cursor is placed on the map the lunar latitude and longitude at the cursor position will be displayed in the appropriate boxes The readouts are given in degrees minutes and seconds along with the compass position of the coordinates The dashes separate degrees from minutes and minutes from seconds The readings in seconds are accurate to three decimal places The scale shows you the ratio between the map scale and the size of the actual moon If you look at the left hand side of the Status Bar while your cursor is touching one of the Tool Bar Buttons you will see a written description of the button s function Print the active document The description corresponds to a drop down hint box that will appear on your screen just below the selected tool button NOTE If your Windows Task Bar prevents you from seeing the Lunar Map Pro Status Bar you can maximize your screen display by mouse clicking on the center button of the Windows Icon on the upper right hand corner of your screen apa
53. open the Color Dialog Box Click a new color and click OK Ifyou want to create your own custom colors you can use the Define Custom Colors button W MI MET MTE En a Ree EE EI li HEHE Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 41 7 To change the font style click the Typeface arrow to open the drop down menu selections To change the font size use the Font Size window Label ET Set Test Color ma Typeface ME Font size BUE Anal Bold Lab Anal Bold Italic Anal Italic 1 Courier New Couner New Bold Courier New Bold Italic Courier New Italic Symbol Times Hew Koman Times New Roman Bold Label ET Set Text Color L Times New Roman Bold Italiz Times Hew Koman Italic Typeface Arial J Save Settings and Exit Font size fi T 5 vee T Contan se 8 You also have the option to decide where you want to place the label in relation to the feature by making a selection from the Label Alignment on Feature box Next click the Apply button to put all of your changes into effect Label Alignment on Feature Upper Top Upper s Left s Center s Right r Eemer C Certe q Cente Lower Bottom Lower 2 Lett s Center 2 Right 9 To select other features repeat the procedure If you wish you can click the Save Settings on Exit button and save your label settings for the next feature Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 42 10 After your labeling is completed choos
54. ou can also custom label any features you choose via the Features Manager To leam more about labeling specitic lunar features go to the section entitled Labeling by Specific Feature Surveyor Tool Updated for Ver 1 5 This unique measurement tool gives you the ability to quickly and accurately measure the length of rilles and valleys the diameter of lunar craters the distances between lunar features etc EXAMPLE 1 Measuring the Crater Maginus It is a good idea to zoom in first because enlarging the crater will improve the accuracy of your result Click on the Surveyor Menu Item to display the Surveyor Tool Dialog Box and click on the button that says G et Points to Measure Next click on the outer edge of two sides of the crater The software will draw a line connecting the two points while displaying the Latitude and Longitude of both points on the Surveyor Tool Surveyor 5 x Get Points to Measure Starting Position Lat 47 30 43 6725 Lan E 09 22 344w Ending Position Lat 53 03 48 5395 Lon 6 22 15 741w Calculate Distance l Display Labels Clear E mit After the software connects your two points click the Calculate Distance Button on the Surveyor Tool The feature measurement will be entered in the display window directly below the button along with the Azimuth of the line As you can see the north south measurement is about 101 miles NOTE If you are unfamiliar
55. play adds real time phases to the map and the Field of View display lets you create custom eyepiece Field of View maps for use at your telescope When you first open Lunar Map Pro a North Up full disk image raster map is displayed as the default map and phase and field of view information are not activated In this state the software is useful for general Exploration of the lunar surface Since you are able to view all of the lunar features it is an excellent approach for armchair astronomers and students The database contains nearly 7 400 named features so there is plenty to keep you busy for a long time When you add Phases to the map it becomes a real time tool for planning an evening of lunar observing This display allows you to view the current lunar phase or any other phase that you choose Since the phase mask has been fully adjusted for lunar libration the map s terminator always closely matches the position of the actual lunar terminator F or more information about libration consult the A ppendix The phase display makes it easy for you to determine which features are located near the terminator so you will always know the best dates and times to observe your favorite features In addition this display makes it easy for you to determine which features are hidden from view during different phases Armchair astronomers will also enjoy using the Phase display to view the terminator throughout the lunar cycle T
56. po Tele An Panoptic TeeVue 6 Radian po TeeVuwe 6 Focal Length Eyepiece The eyepiece focal length appears on the barrel of most commercially available eyepieces Longer focal length eyepieces provide lower magnifications and a wider true FOV then shorter focal length eyepieces For example a 20mm FL eyepiece will deliver 1 2 the magnification of a 10mm eyepiece when it is used on any given telescope The formula for calculating magnification is Telescope FL Eyepiece FL Magnification If a telescope has a Focal Length of 1000mm and you use a 10mm Focal Length eyepiece your magnification is 100X 1000 10 100X Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 67 Focal Length Telescope In simple terms telescope focal length is the distance that a light source has to travel from the point that it first strikes the objective lens or primary mirror of your telescope until the light converges at the focus point of your eyepiece Although focal length can be provided in inches most telescope companies measure this distance using millimeters You should be able to locate this number in your telescope user s manual or in some cases on the telescope itself Libration Lunar Lunar Libration is a rolling motion of the moon that occurs during the lunar cycle The motion causes predictable deviations in the moon s orientation relative to the Earth There are two sources of libration physical or actual and optical or apparent
57. ppearance The reason is that the actual terminator is passing over a rugged three dimensional surface filled with craters mountains rilles etc Additionally tall sunlit mountain peaks and sunlit crater rims can be seen peaking through the night side of the terminator while the floors of deep craters on the sunlit side are often filled with shadows That said your software is the result of extensive research and development R amp D and uses state of the art G eographic Information System GIS technology that has never before been applied to a lunar software product The design team at RITI Reading Information Technology Inc feels certain that Lunar Map Pro ver 1 5 will bring you many hours of enjoyment Copy Protection NEW for Ver 1 5 Lunar Map Pro is copy protected software The copy protection is disc dependent When the application is started the disc is checked to ensure that it is the original disc After the disc is checked and the program opens the CD may be removed from the drive for storage Why is Lunar Map Pro Copy Protected When RITI made the decision to copy protect Lunar Map Pro it was not because we do not trust our customers On the contrary we value our customers and take our commitment to you very seriously RITI had to apply these security measures because Lunar Map Pro is built on a powerful GIS Geographic Information System Component that we spent several years and eno
58. r KA AKO I 7 Pi 7 Porter D luc Smallest Largest i Clavius Save Settings on Exit Man a swa ie ad T Remove Labels on Exit Grieriouegay kos SE Moretus ni Bon ak a Short Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 50 In this example the Features Dialog Box Smart Search function was used to locate the crater Anistarchus Look carefully and you can see that the crater was found on the night side of the solid terminator L Features BEA Select a feature type Type name or select from list Craters Aristarchus lw Select from Map Label Selections Clear Selection Label Froperties Show Image Edit Hotes X Using Eyepiece Field of View Maps Updated for Ver 1 5 This feature has been designed specifically for telescope use and will add a whole new dimension to your lunar observing program You now have the capability of creating customized Field of V iew FOV Maps that will closely match the view through your various telescope eyepieces This capability will make identifying lunar features easier than ever When used in combination with the Lunar Map Pro phase display and the correct map orientation you will have the most powerful reference tool that has ever been developed for direct lunar observation If you are not sure which map orientation you should be using you can refer back to the section entitled Map Orientations O nce your computer screen is displaying the current phase with the p
59. rch the extensive feature database Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 7 In the first example shown below the pointer is on the crater Theophilus In the second example three features have been identified at the pointer location Palus Putredinus Montes A penninus and Mons Archimedes The more you zoom in the easier it is to isolate specific features If you take your laptop into the field you will find that the Hover capability provides the fastest and most convenient method for identifying the features you are observing Used in combination with the FOV Feature discussed later in this guide it is an amazingly powerful observing tool IMPORTANT When using Hover it is not necessary to click the mouse O ccasionally t the prior pop up box may linger after moving the mouse Just move the mouse again V Overview of the Main Window V 1 Menu Bar The Menu Bar located below the blue title bar at the top of the display provides access to all of the capabilities of Lunar Map Pro E LunarhapPro File View Zoom Pan Help Tools Lunar Each Menu item provides access to a drop down submenu Simply click on one of the Menu Title s with your mouse to access the submenu list ko Time Phases Features Field of wiew E phemeris Grid Landing Sites Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 8 V 2 Tool Bar Directly below the Menu Bar you will see the Tool Bar which contains some of the more commonly used Lunar Map Pro tools The same t
60. rmous R amp D resources developing This component is the integral element in our SICOM Development Suite We simply cannot afford to jeopardize our huge investment in SICOM nor jeopardize ALL of the software applications that have been developed under SICO M by risking this valuable state of the art component to the threat of global software piracy The copy protection for our commercial software products is computer dependent instead of disc dependent It requires that our customers send phone or fax a string of code generated during the installation process and insert it into a document on their desktop The customer then has to wait for us to reply with a unique code string that is generated from their string They then have to enter the new string of code using an additional installed application They are required to complete this process before their 30 day temporary license period expires or their software will no longer operate even if they reinstall it Installing the same software on a new computer or possibly even upgrading the operating system on an existing computer requires that this entire licensing process be repeated with a whole new string of code For the Lunar Map Pro market we knew that many of you would want to use your software on both your desktop and your laptop and perhaps even bring it to work or bring it to your club meetings We also expect that many of our customers will decide to replace th
61. roper map orientation click Field of view in the Lunar Menu Items List That will open the Field of V iew Dialog Box Now enter your Telescope Focal Length Eyepiece Focal Length s and the Apparent FOV of your eyepiece s If you are not using a Barlow you should have the number 1 displayed in the Barlow Lens box If you are unfamiliar with this terminology or you do not know the FOV of your eyepieces you can refer to the Appendix for further assistance Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 51 L Field of Yiew af OO cf Telescopes Add Delete lt gt Focal length 2032 mon E pepleces Sada Delete lt gt Focal length 3 mm Feld of viewy 50 deg Barlow lens E ka Lunar Time Fhases Features left rotate gt right E phemeris F0 45 T 45 90 Grid loa a r S n BK Ko Landing Sites ri You can enter as many telescope focal lengths and eyepieces as you wish Each time you type a new value into a box the Add button is highlighted If you click the Add button the data will be saved If you click the Apply button the information will be added as your default data and will return to those settings each time you open the FOV Dialog Box To delete saved data simply click the D elete button Use the lt and gt buttons to scroll through your telescope list or eyepiece list In the following example we will assume that you are using an 8 f 10 Schmidt
62. s RU Rupes Scarps VA C Oceanus Large D ark Region Mare Large Plains PR eager C apes Valles V alleys NOTE When large numbers of labels are placed on the map the map tends to become too crowded so be careful not to over annotate Checking all of the feature groups at one time especially when the map has not been sufficiently zoomed in will overload the map with data and increase the map redraw time Below is a good example of effective labeling Fave Diels una ye Rayi i ki F on kod a Vv La calle ka ker P a m ti a et te Pran ma Blanctinus J yf we _ Ki FF 1 i i po _ a A l mo i Ne A O Werner i Regjomalntanus n F l a I TOU l Alia To hit m yi k b a L a l Walther _ MUZE ayen L Gauricus pa co d Sg Tou Li fb r i 1 C n m Sa L ra so a A oi la i kali ia Nonis Od Ji Ball oh Lefel eo oor Lettered Sub Craters and Caner Roam are not included i in 1 the aa labeling TES Since the Lettered Craters number in the thousands the map display would be completely overwhelmed by the crater density In the case of the Domes they tend to cluster in groups that are so close to one another that label overlapping would make the labels unreadable Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 22 Both groups of features can easily be identified by using the software s Hover capability or by using the Features Manager discussed later in this manual Y
63. s downloaded from your CD to your computer Lunar Map Pro incorporates a disc based copy protection feature This feature permits you to install your software on as many computers as you like but the original CD must be placed in the CD ROM drive in order to open the program Once the program is running the CD may be removed for storage For additional information on our software security please consult the A ppendix If you have additional questions or comments concerning Lunar Map Pro or you require technical support please contact Reading Information Technology Inc 274 Main Street Suite 302 Reading MA 01867 USA 781 942 1655 781 942 2161 Email supp Web Address Phone 1 Fax 1 Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 4 If you do not require immediate assistance we recommend that you contact us via Email Please provide a brief description of the problem and our technical support staff will contact you If you need to contact RITI technical support by phone please call us during our normal business hours Monday Friday 9 00 AM 5 00 PM Eastem Time ll Desktop Icon Once the software is installed the Lunar Map Pro Icon is placed on your Windows D esktop D ouble click on the icon when you want to start your software de Ill Working With Maps Lunar Map Pro provides three approaches to working with maps The most general displays the map without regard to phase or field of view The Phase dis
64. stern D aylight Time but Universal Time is four hours later As a result the lower display shows 1 15 AM UT on May 20 2002 L Time B Year kon D Hr Min l Show local time 5 ee savings poa f5 fo h ps Set Current In the next example it is 9 30 PM local time on May 21 2002 When you open the Time D ialog Box the clock time remains fixed at the displayed clock setting Since the lunar terminator moves very slowly approximately 9 mph 15 km h most observers can view the moon for a long period of time before detecting any changes in the terminator s position For that reason RITI decided that map updates should not be automatic but should be left to the discretion of the observer You can refresh your map display at any time by simply clicking on the button marked Current as shown below When you click the Current button the software accesses your computer clock Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 A5 and automatically updates both the map terminator and the data in the dialog boxes entitled Time Phases and Ephemeris Keep in mind though that it will take a few seconds for the software to redraw the updated map L Time oi M Show localtime Lear fi Hr Min E M Daplight savings 2002 a ja fan Set Current As soon as you click Phases the following Phases D ialog Box is displayed on the upper right hand comer of your screen and Lunar Map Pro adds the lunar phase to the disp
65. t See the example below E Opern N orthUp saf Vector Version NorthUp Image saf Image Version After you open anew map you can easily make it your default map Open the File Menu and click Set Default A confirmation box will appear to confirm the change Click the OK button to delete the box The new map will now be displayed whenever you open Lunar Map Pro You can easily change it again by following the same procedure NOTE Be sure you open a map file and not one of the yellow file folders If your computer is set so that it displays file extensions you will see saf next to map file names IV Identifying Features Using Hover NEW for Ver 1 5 The Hover capability lets you quickly and easily identify any of the more than 7 300 features in the Lunar Map Pro database Simply move your mouse to the feature you wish to identify and stop your mouse above that feature When the mouse remains in the same location for more than 1 2 a second the software knows you are interested in feature identification and identifies the feature via a pop up box If more than one feature is identified at the pointer location a short list is displayed listing all of the feature names To identify another feature simply move your mouse to a new location NOTE If you are using a slower computer it may take a second or two for the old name to disappear and the new one to be displayed due to the lag time for your computer to sea
66. the Select from Map option is checked these capabilities are disabled as the mouse functionality is required for selecting Simply uncheck the Select from Map option and you can then zoom to the desired level To go back to selecting features from the map check on the Select from Map option Features Bi 1 Mr y Fi li cal Bi H i i pe re e ak e lad po E H T Ji Fa Jay T ioe ay me a A Eee Madi 4 1 R mRNT T hal bi Eka She k i w Select from Map Abbot a sis 2 w an Age Select from Map checked Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 33 Tats RANS B A A ka i E Select a feature type Type name or select from list fi PRA EKA a kan Ban Craters A kn wi mi Select from Map Abbot a re k 18e m Kaka LA 612129 Select from Map unchecked Should only part of the toolbar appear as in figure 3 below click on the toolbar between buttons and it should automatically resize to display the entire toolbar sa m ama GP 4 Partial toolbar VIIL1 Linking Images to Features NEW for Ver 1 5 You can easily organize and display a collection of your own lunar images because the Features Manager allows you to link your photos to any of the listed features in the database Let us say for example that you have a photo of Plato To link the photo with the feature select the feature from the list so it is highlighted and click the Show Image button The Images Dialog Box will then open If no images are yet
67. the lunar surface To see the names of all the lunar Maria place a check in the Maria box on the Labeler and click the Apply button Labels B MCatenae crater chains Lacus small plains Maria large plains Mons mountains kw Monkes mountain ranges Promontoria capes Rimae fissures Rupes scarps walles valleys Edit Adjust Font Sizes for all Label Smallest Largest Save Settings on Exit Remove Labels on Exit Apply The Labeler provides the added flexibility to change label colors as well as font sizes and styles When you click the Edit button after highlighting a feature group the Edit Label Box opens which gives you the ability to make any desired changes Font Type and Font Size are easily changed by using the arrows on the Edit Label Box To change font colors click the Set Text Color button Click on your new color choice and click OK Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 20 i ES Color Basic colors ERA NM Edit Label x av a Set Test Color H H m H H E Typeface Arial a H H p H H E H E w Font size pisels f Define Custom Colors gt gt Edit Once you select the fonts and colors that you want to use you have the ability to proportionally adjust all of the font sizes simultaneously This allows you to quickly set the best possible label scale as you zoom the map in and out Simply adjust the slider smaller or larger
68. to remain visible Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 60 The next set of graphics will give you an idea of how different print formats and map styles look on paper rch meri kri banm rismi rrien at a Faa ll hi E aij 1H L T koi ae LA Ban mun LTE Say eer a Fidei PEE Fag Full Page Raster Map Portrait Raster Map with Data Portrait Map Conienal ue tha Crater Th nphitus TEE yee LI Sees TW Fa ok Full Page Vector Map Landscape Vector Map with Data Landscape Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 61 Appendix Facts About Lunar Map Pro Updated for Ver 1 5 This seems like the appropriate time to provide you with some technical information about your Lunar Map Pro software We trust that some of you may consider it to be of value The vector graphic maps were developed with RITI s state of the art GIS mapping software Vector maps produce clean lines and can withstand extensive enlargement without exhibiting loss of resolution The photographic raster maps were created from NASA Clementine D ata that RITI reprocessed enhanced and converted into an Orthographic Projection Raster Maps are aesthetically pleasing and provide a more realistic representation of the lunar surface Our proprietary reprocessing techniques made it possible for us to provide you with higher resolution raster maps than can be offered by competing software products Both map formats offer various advantages and disadvantages that are discussed in th
69. with the term Azimuth please consult the Appendix Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 23 164 7 Km 101 10 ki Azmuth 176 1 degrees Display Labels Clear E mit If you would like to have the measurement data displayed on the map feature simply check the Display Labels Box Click the Clear button when you are ready to measure a new feature Calculate Distance 164 1 Km 101 10 Mi Azimuth 16 7 degree NOTE Lunar Map Pro software is built on a state of the art GIS Geographic Information System that understands the relationship between the flat map and the spherical surface of the moon When features are measured the software automatically adjusts for the distortion of the spherical surface caused by the flat projection producing an accurate result EXAMPLE 2 Measuning the Crater Ansgarius This next example demonstrates just how smart the software is Ansgarius is located near the moon s eastern limb Limb craters are extremely difficult to measure because they appear so highly elongated This is the result of having to observe the craters at an oblique viewing angle Despite the crater s elongated appearance you can see from the calculations below that the crater is circular with a diameter of about 58 miles Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 24 Calculate Distance 93 99 Krm 58 39 Mi Azmuth 193 5 degrees k Ansgatius Va L Calculate Distance F2 Se
70. you print documents most of the display settings can be left alone In fact the only items on the dialog box that should normally be used by most Lunar Map Pro users are the Copies window and the Fill Paper window The Copies window default setting is set for one copy but you can click on the window to increase the number of printed copies Lunar Map Pro 1 5 2 2003 57 Fill Paper This window provides important additional capabilities that we will now review When the Fill Paper setting is changed from Yes to No the printed map will no longer fill the page and Ephemeris data can now be added to your document To change the default setting in the Fill Paper window click the small circle next to the word No and click the OK Button Fill Paper Ng Mon The Additional items to print window will then appear on your screen This window allows you to add 10 to 15 different auxiliary items to your printed page Additional items to print Title Date Time Rize time Transit time Set time Right Ascension Cancel When you are printing without phase display 10 options are available date time and title plus 8 ephemeris options When you add phases to the display the available options are increased to 13 and printing Field of View maps further increases your options to 15 All of the data you could possibly need during an observing session will be avail
71. your left mouse key while moving your mouse When the dialog box has been moved to the desired position release the mouse If you are not familiar with these Windows protocols please refer to Windows Help IMPORTANT With some dialog boxes closing the dialog box instead of minimizing it will cancel out the dialog box function XII Printing Documents The Lunar Map Pro software provides an accurate printout of what you see on your screen but makes adjustments where appropriate to enhance the quality of the printed page Examples of this can be seen below NOTE If you want to include a compass on your printed maps be sure to open the compass in the View Menu prior to printing When you click the Print Button on the Tool Bar the following Print Dialog Box opens as shown below If you click the OK Button without making any changes to the dialog box the displayed map is printed in Portrait Mode which is the default setting In addition since the Fill Paper Window is on its default setting Yes your printed map will cover the entire page with the area displayed on your computer monitor at the center of the page m Printer System Printer HF OfficeJet A Seres OK Uptions Plot Scale 1 x Fill Paper res C Mo Cancel Pee Setup Center On Paper Fit To Paper A C No Eye C Ma Colours Current Colours C Colour Map Browse Print Quality 300 dpi Copies 1 When

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