Celestia windows

Try clicking on a star to select it. The information about Earth is replaced with some details about the star. Press G or use the Navigation menu , and you'll zoom through space toward the selected star. If you press G again, you'll approach the star even closer. Press H to select our Sun, and then G to go back to our Sun. Right click on the sun to bring up a menu of planets and other objects in the solar system.

After selecting a planet from the menu, hit G again to travel toward it. Once there, hold down the right mouse button and drag to orbit the planet. The Tour Guide is a list of some of the more interesting objects you can visit in Celestia. Choose a destination from the list, click the Goto button, and you're off.

That covers the very basics. By default, the Star Browser window displays a table of the nearest stars, along with their Distance, Apparent and Absolute Magnitude, and Type. Clicking on the column headers will sort the stars. The table is not continuously updated, so if you travel to another star, you should press the Refresh button to update the table for your current position.

The radio buttons beneath the table let you switch between viewing a list of Nearest, Brightest, or 'With planets' stars.

As with the solar system browser, clicking on any star name in the table will select it. Use this feature along with the Center and Go To buttons to tour the stars visible from any night sky in the galaxy. The Solar System Browser displays a window with a tree view of all the objects in the nearest solar system if there is one within a light year of your current position.

Clicking on the name of any object in the window will select it. You can then use the Center or Go To buttons to display that object in the main Celestia window.

You can use common names, Bayer designations or catalog numbers for stars. Catalog numbers must be entered with a space between the prefix and the catalog number. You can modify how Celestia starts up each time you run it, by defining your own start-up settings. Simply open the file "start. Also, view the celestia. Celestia allows you to easily add real, hypothetical, or fictional objects by creating new catalog files.

It is not recommended that you alter the built-in data files; nearly all desired modifications and additions can be made by placing new catalog files in Celestia's extras folders. There are three types of catalog files:. All three types of catalog file are text files that can be updated with your favorite text editing program.

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By clicking sign up, I agree that I would like information, tips, and offers about Microsoft Store and other Microsoft products and services. Privacy Statement. See System Requirements. Available on HoloLens. Description Celestia — real-time 3D visualization of space The free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions.

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