zodiac.ssc

// Name: Zodiac
// Author: Matthew Gates
// License: Public Domain
// Version: 1.0
// Description: This script displays the constellations of the Zodiac.
//              That means the constellations which lie along the line which
//              the Sun traces across the celestial sphere over the course 
//              of a year.
//

var constellations = new Array("Gemini", "Cancer", "Leo", "Virgo", "Libra", "Scorpius", "Ophiuchus", "Sagittarius", "Capricornus", "Aquarius", "Pisces", "Aries", "Taurus");

core.setDate("2006:03:14T21:21:32");
core.clear("deepspace");
core.moveToRaDec("17h 53m 0s", "66d 25m 0s");
StelMovementMgr.zoomTo(210, 5);
core.wait(5);

ConstellationMgr.setFlagIsolateSelected(true);
ConstellationMgr.setFlagArt(true);
ConstellationMgr.setFlagLabels(true);
ConstellationMgr.setArtIntensity(0.6);

for(i=0; i<constellations.length; i++)
{
	core.selectObjectByName(constellations[i], false);
	core.wait(0.6);
}

core.wait(1);
ConstellationMgr.setFlagBoundaries(true);
core.wait(1);
GridLinesMgr.setFlagEclipticLine(true);