// // Author: Alexander Wolf // Version: 1.0 // License: Public Domain // Name: Tycho's Supernova // Description: Flash of the supernova observed by Tycho Brahe in 1572. The Supernovae plugin has to be enabled. // var color = "#9999FF"; core.goHome(); core.wait(1); core.setGuiVisible(false); core.clear("natural"); LabelMgr.deleteAllLabels(); SolarSystem.setFlagLabels(false); var label = LabelMgr.labelScreen("Europe, Uraniborg.", 20, 20, false, 20, color); LabelMgr.setLabelShow(label, true); core.setObserverLocation("Uraniborg, Denmark", 2); core.wait(4); LabelMgr.setLabelShow(label, false); core.wait(1); label = LabelMgr.labelScreen("Evening of 20 October 1572", 20, 20, false, 20, color); LabelMgr.setLabelShow(label, true); core.setDate("1572-10-20T17:00:00", "utc"); core.wait(3); StelMovementMgr.zoomTo(200, 4); core.wait(5); LabelMgr.deleteAllLabels(); label = LabelMgr.labelScreen("Constellation Cassiopeia", 20, 20, false, 20, color); LabelMgr.setLabelShow(label, true); ConstellationMgr.setFlagIsolateSelected(true); ConstellationMgr.setFlagArt(false); ConstellationMgr.setFlagLabels(false); ConstellationMgr.setFlagLines(true); ConstellationMgr.setFlagBoundaries(false); core.selectObjectByName("Cassiopeia", false); core.wait(1); core.setMountMode("equatorial"); StelMovementMgr.setFlagTracking(true); StelMovementMgr.zoomTo(60, 2); core.wait(3); ConstellationMgr.setFlagLines(false); core.wait(.1); LabelMgr.deleteAllLabels(); label = LabelMgr.labelScreen("5 days later...", 20, 20, false, 20, color); LabelMgr.setLabelShow(label, true); core.setDate("+5 days"); core.wait(2); LabelMgr.deleteAllLabels(); label = LabelMgr.labelScreen("Next 3 days...", 20, 20, false, 20, color); LabelMgr.setLabelShow(label, true); core.setDate("+3 days"); core.wait(2); LabelMgr.deleteAllLabels(); label = LabelMgr.labelScreen("New star! But people have not seen it yet...", 20, 20, false, 20, color); LabelMgr.setLabelShow(label, true); core.wait(2); LabelMgr.deleteAllLabels(); label = LabelMgr.labelScreen("Evening of 31 October 1572", 20, 20, false, 20, color); LabelMgr.setLabelShow(label, true); core.setDate("1572-10-31T17:00:00", "utc"); core.wait(2); for (i=1; i<12; i++) { LabelMgr.deleteAllLabels(); label = LabelMgr.labelScreen("Evening of " + i + " November 1572", 20, 20, false, 20, color); LabelMgr.setLabelShow(label, true); core.setDate("+1 day"); if (i==6) { core.wait(.5); label = LabelMgr.labelScreen("Hooray! First observations in Korea and Europe.", 20, 50, false, 20, color); LabelMgr.setLabelShow(label, true); core.wait(.5); } if (i==8) { core.wait(.5); label = LabelMgr.labelScreen("First observations in China.", 20, 50, false, 20, color); LabelMgr.setLabelShow(label, true); core.wait(.5); } if (i==11) { core.wait(.5); label = LabelMgr.labelScreen("The clouds are gone and Tycho Brahe the first time watching a new star!", 20, 50, false, 20, color); LabelMgr.setLabelShow(label, true); core.wait(1); } core.wait(2); } LabelMgr.deleteAllLabels(); label = LabelMgr.labelScreen("Next 60 days...", 20, 20, false, 20, color); LabelMgr.setLabelShow(label, true); core.wait(.1); for(i=0; i<60; i++) { core.setDate("+1 day"); core.wait(.1); } LabelMgr.deleteAllLabels(); label = LabelMgr.labelScreen("Next other 40 days...", 20, 20, false, 20, color); LabelMgr.setLabelShow(label, true); core.wait(.1); for(i=0; i<40; i++) { core.setDate("+1 day"); core.wait(.1); } LabelMgr.deleteAllLabels(); core.setMountMode("azimuthal"); core.wait(.1); core.clear("natural"); core.wait(.1); core.goHome(); core.wait(1); core.setGuiVisible(true);