Instructions for Star Stalker

1. Go to the following website: Star Stalker
2. The first time you go to the website it might take a couple seconds for your device to load the JSON data so just enjoy the loading animation :)
3. Once the data is loaded, you will be greeted with our start screen where you can either filter the viewport or use the base viewport displaying all the 118,971 stars.
4. Once inside the viewport, hold the left mouse button and look around to explore the cosmos. We also support holding the shift key and right mouse button to look around this star studded space.
5. If a star is close enough, it will have a more yellowish tint. Click on these stars to display their information.
6. Once you click on a star it will shine brightly to let the user know which star is selected.
7. To deselct a star, either click on it again or click on another star to display its properties.
8. To further navigate inside the viewport, you can zoom in and out by scrolling up and dowm with your mouse.
9. You can also pan around the viewport by holding the right mouse button and moving your mouse around. We also support holding the shift key and left mouse button to pan around as well.
10. Quick tip, you can zoom all the way out and see a beautiful cluster of stars in the center.
11. There is a reset view option to reset your camera back to its original position.
12. There is also a settings option to render a higher number of stars in great detail.
13. There is a filter option where you can specify the number of stars you want to see based on different properties.
14. After filtering the viewport, you will see how fast each algorithm took to run and compare which one was more efficient. (In most cases you will find that the algorithms that uses a heap to get a k amount of elements is faster than quicksort)
15. Quick note, after selecting a constellation group you may have to look around to see the constellation as it may not be facing the camera's original position.
16. Lastly, for certain options you may have a hard time seeing the stars due to their vast distance from the Earth. So we recommend inputing a large number for the star count when exploring these options.

Enjoy Exploring the Cosmos!!