Main Toolbar
The Main Toolbar has several items also found in the Main Menu under File, View, and Go.
- Open – open another science program from the local database into the current science program editor window. (To open into a new window use the File…Open in New Window menu item). This brings up the Open Program Dialog Box, characterized here.
- Prev / Next – navigate between science programs that are open in the current science program editor window.
- Back / forward – navigate within the current program
- Cut, Copy and Paste observation elements (the same functions are available in the right-click menu within the science program tree and from the edit menu item in the Main Menu). The Paste feature will insert the contents of the Cut/Copy buffer into all selected observations.
These functions operate to protect the user from copying and pasting multiple elements incorrectly into an observation, pasting iterators incorrectly into sequences, pasting multiple instruments or instrument sequences into an already configured observation.
- Plot – plot elevation, airmass, or parallactic angle vs. time for the selected observations. By default the date is the date when the OT was started. The date can be changed by selecting Date from the View menu. If an observation has elevation and hour angle constraints and the Constraints box is checked, then time that matches the constraints is indicated by the filled green area under the curve. The dark grey shaded area denotes the time between astronomical (18 degree) twilights. The light grey bands indicate the times between nautical (12 degree) and astronomical (18 degree) twilight. More details are on the Plot webpage.
- Image – open the position editor graphical display.
