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Originally Posted by OzStarGazer
Thank you. I did see the M42 some time ago and actually yes, I see that if I search for it SN goes there but the Nebulae option is still greyed out. I wonder if there is something wrong with Starry Night; I might contact support. Until recently it did label nebulae, so I am not sure what happened. I can't reboot my computer right now, but if it still can't identify nebulae after rebooting I will either reinstall it or contact support.
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Unfortunately Starry Night searches don't seem to work like that. You can search for an NGC number, or the name of an object. So if you type in "taran" it will bring up Tarantula Nebula but if you type in "Nebula" it won't bring up anything as there is no name "Nebula Such&such". Typing in "NGC 2070" will also bring the Tarantula Nebula up. "Orion" will bring up Orion's Sword and several other things. Starry Night will not recognise some common names, and some of the names it does recognise might be unfamiliar!
If you want to see nebulae, tick the "Finest NGC objects" or "NGC/IC database" boxes in the Options tab, then zoom in and scroll around. You can untick all of the sub-boxes except nebulae.
With comets, searches have to be in the comet name (eg Lovejoy) - designations (eg C/2013 R1) don't work.
All the above applies to the version I use (SN Pro Version 5.0.1), others might be different!
EDIT: By the way, I'd be more than happy if someone chimed in and said I was an idiot, and that there's simple ways to adjust the search criteria in the settings!
Cheers -