# StarPlot Documentation

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## Table of Contents

### 0. Guided Tour of StarPlot

- 0.1. Getting Started
- 0.2. Exploring Our Stellar Neighborhood
- 0.3. Around the Galaxy

### 1. Introduction to Stellar Astronomy

- 1.1. Coordinate Systems
- 1.2. Distances and Parallax
- 1.3. Stellar Magnitudes
- 1.4. Spectral Classes
- 1.5. Stellar Evolution
- 1.6. Star Names

### 2. The Program Display

- 2.1. The Chart Display
- 2.2. The Chart Status and Legend
- 2.3. The Button Bar
- 2.4. The File Status Bar

### 3. Menu Items (partly written)

- 3.1. The File Menu
- 3.2. The Chart Menu
- 3.3. The Options Menu
- 3.4. The Stars Menu
- 3.5. The Help Menu

### 4. Informational Dialogs (partly written)

- 4.1. The Chart Data Dialog
- 4.2. The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
- 4.3. The Star Search Dialog
- 4.4. The Calculate Distance Dialog

### 5. StarPlot Data Files (not yet written)

- 5.1. Data File Format
- 5.2. Using Starconvert