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Getting Started TopicsInstalling in Unix and Linux
Basic navigation
Celestia will start up in a window, and if everything is working correctly, you'llsee Earth in front of a field of stars. Displayed on-screen, is some information
about your target (Earth), your speed, and the current time (Universal Time, so it'll
probably be a few hours off from your computer's clock).
Right drag the mouse to orbit Earth and you might see the Moon and some
familiar constellations. Left dragging the mouse changes your orientation also, but
the camera rotates about its center instead of rotating around Earth. Rolling the
mouse wheel will change your distance to Earth--you can move light years away,then roll the wheel in the opposite direction to get back to your starting location.
If your mouse lacks a wheel, you can use the Home and End keys instead.
When running Celestia, you will usually have some object selected. Currently, it's
Earth, but it could also be a star, moon, spacecraft, galaxy, or some other object.The simplest way to select an object is to click on it. Try clicking on a star to
select it. The information about Earth is replaced with some details about the star.
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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, holddown 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 inCelestia. Select the Tour Guide option in the Navigation menu to display the Tour
Guide window. Choose a destination from the list, click the Goto button, and
you're off.
That covers the very basics. For a more in-depth look at Celestia and the controls
available to you, download the "Celestia User's Guide" (written by Frank
Gregorio), available in several languages, from:
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/documentation.html. This web page also includeslinks to the Celestia README file translated into Japanese.
Star & Solar System Browser
Selecting objects by name
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Known IGetting Started Topics
Installing in Unix and Linux
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Basic navigation
Celestia will start up in a window, and if everything is working correctly, you'll
see Earth in front of a field of stars. Displayed on-screen, is some informationabout your target (Earth), your speed, and the current time (Universal Time, so it'll
probably be a few hours off from your computer's clock).
Right drag the mouse to orbit Earth and you might see the Moon and some
familiar constellations. Left dragging the mouse changes your orientation also, but
the camera rotates about its center instead of rotating around Earth. Rolling the
mouse wheel will change your distance to Earth--you can move light years away,then roll the wheel in the opposite direction to get back to your starting location.
If your mouse lacks a wheel, you can use the Home and End keys instead.
When running Celestia, you will usually have some object selected. Currently, it's
Earth, but it could also be a star, moon, spacecraft, galaxy, or some other object.
The simplest way to select an object is to click on it. Try clicking on a star toselect 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 inCelestia. Select the Tour Guide option in the Navigation menu to display the Tour
Guide window. Choose a destination from the list, click the Goto button, and
you're off.
That covers the very basics. For a more in-depth look at Celestia and the controls
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description"Left" and "Right"
designate the
mouse button
which has to be pressed.
Left DragCamera orientation -- Up/Down/Left/Right (also Up & Down arrow keys,and 2/8/4/6 on the Number Pad with NumLock enabled)
Right Drag Orbit selected object (Shift+Arrow keys)
Left+Right Drag
left/rightRoll view left/right (Left/Right arrows)
Left+Right Drag
up/down
Adjust distance to selection (Home/End)
Scroll Wheel Adjust distance to selection (Home/End)
Ctrl+Left Dragup/down
Adjust distance to selection (Home/End)
Shift+Left Drag Field of View (FOV) adjust. (also . and ,)
Middle Button Field of View (FOV) toggle -- between 45 degrees and previous setting
Left Click on
objectSelect object (Enter key -- by object name)
Left Click on noobject
Deselect currently selected object
Left Double Click on object
Select and Center object
Right Click onobject
Bring up context menu
KeyboardControls
description
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Navigation
1 - 9 Select planet around the nearest star
0 (zero) Select parent star of current planet or system
H Select Sol, our sun (Home system)
C Center the selected object on the display
G Goto selected object
F Follow selected object
T Track selected object (keep object centered on the display)
Y Sync Orbit selected object at a rate synced to its rotation
:Lock two objects together as one (select object #1, press "f", select object
#2, press ":")
" Chase selected object (orientation is based on the object's velocity)
Shift+CCenter/orbit--center the selected object without changing the position of
the reference object
Ctrl+G Goto surface of selected object
Ctrl+FAlt-azimuth mode (toggle). Used with Ctrl-G (Goto surface). The Left &
Right Arrow keys become Yaw Left / Yaw Right
Home Move closer to object
End Move further away from object
* Look back (Reverse view 180 degrees)
Backspace
Select parent of current object or clear the selection:
- If selection is a location, select the parent object
- If selection is an object, select the parent object / star - If selection is a star, clear the selection
Esc Cancel: scripts, Goto, Follow, Track, Lock, Sync Orbit
Navigation via
Arrow Keys
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Up Arrow Pitch down (moves object Up)
Down Arrow Pitch up (moves object Down)
Left Arrow Roll left (rolls object Right)
Right Arrow Roll right (rolls object Left)
Shift+Left Arrow Orbit object: right (rotates object Left)
Shift+Right
ArrowOrbit object: left (rotates object Right)
Shift+Up Arrow Orbit object: down (rotates object Up)
Shift+Down
ArrowOrbit object: up (rotates object Down)
Navigation via
number Pad
Keys (with
NumLock
active)
8 Pitch down (moves object Up, also Down arrow)
2 Pitch up (moves object Down, also Up arrow)
7 Roll left (rolls object Right, also Left arrow)
9 Roll right (rolls object Left, also Right arrow)
5 Stop rotation
4 Yaw left
6 Yaw right
Motion
(Spaceflight)
A Increase velocity
Z Decrease velocity
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Q Reverse direction
X Set direction toward center of screen
S Stop motion
F1 Stop motion
F2 Set velocity to 1 km/second
F3 Set velocity to 1,000 km/second
F4 Set velocity to speed of light (1 c/second)
F5 Set velocity to 10x the speed of light (c)
F6 Set velocity to 1 AU/second
F7 Set velocity to 1 light year/second
Time Control
Spacebar Pause/Resume the flow of time and scripts (toggle)
J Reverse/Forward time (toggle)
\ Set time: 1x forward (norm), cancels faster/slower x factors
L Change time rate: 10x faster
K Change time rate: 10x slower
Shift+L Change time rate: 2x faster
Shift+K Change time rate: 2x slower
! Set time to current date and time
? Display light-travel delay between observer / selected object
- (hyphen) Add / Subtract light-travel delay from current simulation time
What Label to
display (on/off
toggles)
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E Galaxies
Shift+E Globulars
B Stars
P Planets
Shift+P Dwarf Planets
M Moons
Shift+M Minor Moons
W Asteroids
Shift+W Comets
N Spacecraft
= Constellations
& Locations
What Items to
Render /
Display (on/off
toggles)
U Galaxies
Shift+U Globulars
^ Nebulae
Ctrl+A Atmospheres
I Clouds
Ctrl+L Night side planet lights (light pollution)
Ctrl+T Comet tails
Ctrl+E Eclipse shadows
Ctrl+B Constellation boundaries
/ Constellation diagrams
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; Earth-based equatorial coordinate sphere
Ctrl+K Markers (placed on objects)
OOrbits (toggle ON/OFF ALL selected orbits in the Preferences/General
dialog box)
Render /
Display
Options
{ Decrease Ambient Light
} Increase Ambient Light
( Decrease Galaxy Light Gain (Dimmer)
) Increase Galaxy Light Gain (Brighter)
[
Decrease Magnitude Limit:
- If AutoMag OFF: Decrease limiting magnitude (fewer stars)
- If AutoMag ON : Decrease limiting magnitude at 45 deg FOV
]
Increase Magnitude Limit:
- If AutoMag OFF: Increase limiting magnitude (more stars)- If AutoMag ON : Increase limiting magnitude at 45 deg FOV
Ctrl+Y Toggle Auto Magnitude (auto adaptation of star visibility to FOV)
, Narrow Field Of View [FOV] (also Shift+Left Mouse Button Drag)
. Widen Field Of View [FOV] (also Shift+Left Mouse Button Drag)
Ctrl+X Toggle Antialias lines (ie. orbits)
Alt+Enter Toggle Display mode (Full-Screen / Windowed)
Ctrl+P Mark selected object (Marker display must be active -- Ctrl+K)
Ctrl+V OpenGL Render Paths -- Cycle through the paths supported on your graphics card
+ Toggle Planet Texture Type (Artistic / Limit of Knowledge)
% Toggle star color table
Ctrl+S Cycle the Star Style (points / fuzzy discs / scaled discs)
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V Cycle the Info text verbosity ( Terse / Verbose / None )
Ctrl+W Toggle Wireframe mode
MultiviewOptions
Ctrl+U Split view horizontally
Ctrl+R Split view vertically
Tab Cycle through all active views
Delete Delete active view
Ctrl+D Delete all views except active one (reset to Single view)
Other
Functions
Ctrl+C Copy location URL to clipboard (Cel:// URL)
Ctrl+Insert Copy location URL to clipboard (Cel:// URL)
F10 Capture Image to file (screenshot)
Shift+F10 Capture Movie to file (video)
F11 While in Movie Capture: Start / Pause capture
F12 While in Movie Capture: Stop capture
~Toggle debug console (display "file loading" information) Use to debug
texture loading problems. Up/Down arrow keys scroll list
` Toggle display of "frames per second" (FPS) being rendered
Ctrl+O Display "Select Object" dialog box
@ Edit Mode toggle (to assist in the placements of objects)
D Run demo script (demo.cel)
Enter Activate object/location name entry mode
- Esc to exit
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- Type an object or location name and press Enter
- Type a partial name then use Tab / Shift+Tab to highlight an itemEnter will then select the highlighted item
Joystick Controls
description
F8 Toggle Joystick control
X axis Yaw Left/Right
Y axis Pitch Up/Down
L trigger Roll Left
R trigger Roll Right
Button 1 Move slower
Button 2 Move faster
Mac
specificcontrols
What Orbits
to Display
O
Orbits (toggle ON/OFF ALL selected orbits in the Preferences/General
dialog box)
Shift+Cmd+P Planet orbits
Shift+Cmd+M Moon orbits
Shift+Cmd+A Asteroid orbits
Shift+Cmd+C Comet orbits
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Shift+Cmd+S Spacecraft orbits
Unsorted
Cmd+Left Drag Adjust distance to selection (Home/End)
Cmd+L Open Go To Object dialog box
Cmd+B Open Browser
Cmd+T Open Set Time dialog box
Cmd+F Toggle full screen mode
Cmd+E Open Eclipse Finder
Cmd+C Copy the cel:// URL of current position
Cmd+V Paste last cel:// URL copied
Cmd+D Add selected object to Favorites
Shift+Cmd+D Open Favorites dialog box
Cmd+] History (Forward)
Cmd+[ History (Backward)
Cmd+M Minimize Celestia window
Linux
specific
controls
Alt+S GotoSurface
Alt+FAlt-azimuth mode (toggle). Used with Ctrl-G (Goto surface). The Left &
Right Arrow keys become Yaw Left / Yaw Right
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Celestia FAQ
Graphics
The Earth and other planets look strange. They have weird colors or do not look likeglobes. How can I fix this?
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• Celestia is drawing planets and moons bright red. Why?
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• The Moon is purple, blue and red. Why?
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• I want to see all possible Celestia eye candy. What kind of graphics card should I
get?
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• How will Celestia perform on my system?
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• Why does the illumination level in Celestia not fall off the farther from the Sun I
go - surely it should be very dark by the time I get to Pluto?
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• Celestia's galaxies are ugly, dim, grey blobs. How can I get colorful galaxies that
look like the real things?
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• Positions on Mars are on the opposite side of the planet or bumps seem to be half
a world away from the mountains or it's dark where it should be daylight. Why?
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• Why are some texture maps upside down and backward?
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• My planet's rings are drawn as a featureless oval. It used to work. What's wrong?
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• Problem on Ubuntu: Why does Celestia not have textures?
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• Older issues that should be solved
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• Installation of new graphic card drivers on
Windows
• General Information
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• Uninstalling the NVIDIA Display Driver Software
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• Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers
•Graphics driver update procedure for Laptops•
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• Crashes
• Celestia crashes my computer.
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• Celestia crashes, what it draws is messed up or it's extremely slow. What can I
do?
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• Celestia still crashes, draws funny stuff or is extremely slow. What can I do?
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• Why does Celestia always use 100% of the CPU?
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• How can I make Celestia use less CPU time?
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• Features
• Why are my favorite stars not in Celestia?
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• Stars with HIP or HD designations sometimes show up in the "tab completion"
line and sometimes do not. What's going on?
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• Why are there no stars in other galaxies than the Milky Way?
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• I want to write some scripts for Celestia. How can I do it?
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• How can I make Celestia work like a planetarium?
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• Why can't I see Mir or Galileo? I know they're defined in Celestia.
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• Celestia's orbit for the ISS is out of date. How can I get a better one?
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• I've placed a planet in orbit around a star in a binary system, but I only see light it
lit by one of the stars. What's wrong?
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• How many simultaneous light sources can Celestia handle?
• Ring and eclipse shadows don't look right when there are multiple light sources.
• The Sun and the Moon are much too small in Celestia. What's wrong?
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• General Questions
• Where can I get more information about Celestia?
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• Where can I get the most recent version of Celestia?
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• What changes have been made to Celestia since the last version?
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• I have a previous version of Celestia with tons of addons, custom textures, etc.
How can I update to the latest version without having to reinstall all of those
addons, textures, etc?
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• Why don't Windows and Mac addons work under Linux?
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• I have created pictures/videos with Celestia. May I sell them or use them for or in
commercial productions?
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• Vista questions
• General information
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• When trying to install the program on my windows Vista machine the installer
says it needs administrator rights which I don't have.
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• Why can't I make changes to files in the Celestia data directory?
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• What are compatibility directories?
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• I can't find/see those compatibility directories. Why?
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• Where are the files that I just edited and saved?
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• How do I use the 3dstocmod converter?
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• What causes Celestia to crash on Vista?
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• Addressing limitations
• Do Cel:// URLs work under Vista?
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• Are the security impacts from Vista on Celestia?
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• Celestia resources•
• Celestia Web Site: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
Celestia User Forums: http://www.shatters.net/forum/
Selden's List of Resources for Celestia: http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/~seb/celestia/
Celestia Wikibook: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Celestia
Celestial Matters Website and Forums: http://www.celestialmatters.org/ -http://forum.celestialmatters.org/
Celestia Motherlode: http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/
Celestia Bug Tracking (SourceForge.net): http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?
atid=121302&group_id=21302&func=browse
Celestia Feature Requests (SourceForge.net): http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?
atid=371302&group_id=21302&func=browse
• License•
• This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
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Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANYWARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the enclosed GNU General
Public License (COPYING) for more details.•
You may also get a copy of this licence from:
• Free Software Foundation, Inc.
59 Temple Place - Suite 330Boston, MA 02111-1307
USA
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• Authors
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• Documentation
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• Acknowledgements•
• A very big thank you for creating Celestia goes to Chris Laurel who started this
program in the year 2001.
Chris Laurel
http://www.shatters.net/~claurel/http://www.shatters.net/celestia/.
Special thanks go to all Celestia users who submit bug reports, suggestions, andfixes. Celestia wouldn't be the program it is today, without their help.
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• Celestia Controls•
• This list of controls was current as of Celestia version 1.6.0. If you notice that a
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command is missing or incorrect, please write a message in the Celestia Bugs
forum, located at: http://www.shatters.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=3.
Mouse
Controls
description"Left" and "Right"
designate the
mouse buttonwhich has to be
pressed.
Left DragCamera orientation -- Up/Down/Left/Right (also Up & Down arrow keys,
and 2/8/4/6 on the Number Pad with NumLock enabled)
Right Drag Orbit selected object (Shift+Arrow keys)
Left+Right Drag
left/rightRoll view left/right (Left/Right arrows)
Left+Right Drag
up/downAdjust distance to selection (Home/End)
Scroll Wheel Adjust distance to selection (Home/End)
Ctrl+Left Drag
up/down
Adjust distance to selection (Home/End)
Shift+Left Drag Field of View (FOV) adjust. (also . and ,)
Middle Button Field of View (FOV) toggle -- between 45 degrees and previous setting
Left Click on
objectSelect object (Enter key -- by object name)
Left Click on no
objectDeselect currently selected object
Left Double Click on object Select and Center object
Right Click onobject
Bring up context menu
Keyboard
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Controls
description
Navigation
1 - 9 Select planet around the nearest star
0 (zero) Select parent star of current planet or system
H Select Sol, our sun (Home system)
C Center the selected object on the display
G Goto selected object
F Follow selected object
T Track selected object (keep object centered on the display)
Y Sync Orbit selected object at a rate synced to its rotation
:Lock two objects together as one (select object #1, press "f", select object
#2, press ":")
" Chase selected object (orientation is based on the object's velocity)
Shift+CCenter/orbit--center the selected object without changing the position of
the reference object
Ctrl+G Goto surface of selected object
Ctrl+FAlt-azimuth mode (toggle). Used with Ctrl-G (Goto surface). The Left &
Right Arrow keys become Yaw Left / Yaw Right
Home Move closer to object
End Move further away from object
* Look back (Reverse view 180 degrees)
Backspace
Select parent of current object or clear the selection:
- If selection is a location, select the parent object- If selection is an object, select the parent object / star
- If selection is a star, clear the selection
Esc Cancel: scripts, Goto, Follow, Track, Lock, Sync Orbit
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Navigation via
Arrow Keys
Up Arrow Pitch down (moves object Up)
Down Arrow Pitch up (moves object Down)
Left Arrow Roll left (rolls object Right)
Right Arrow Roll right (rolls object Left)
Shift+Left Arrow Orbit object: right (rotates object Left)
Shift+Right
ArrowOrbit object: left (rotates object Right)
Shift+Up Arrow Orbit object: down (rotates object Up)
Shift+DownArrow
Orbit object: up (rotates object Down)
Navigation via
number Pad
Keys (with
NumLock
active)
8 Pitch down (moves object Up, also Down arrow)
2 Pitch up (moves object Down, also Up arrow)
7 Roll left (rolls object Right, also Left arrow)
9 Roll right (rolls object Left, also Right arrow)
5 Stop rotation4 Yaw left
6 Yaw right
Motion
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(Spaceflight)
A Increase velocity
Z Decrease velocity
Q Reverse direction
X Set direction toward center of screen
S Stop motion
F1 Stop motion
F2 Set velocity to 1 km/second
F3 Set velocity to 1,000 km/second
F4 Set velocity to speed of light (1 c/second)
F5 Set velocity to 10x the speed of light (c)
F6 Set velocity to 1 AU/second
F7 Set velocity to 1 light year/second
Time Control
Spacebar Pause/Resume the flow of time and scripts (toggle)
J Reverse/Forward time (toggle)
\ Set time: 1x forward (norm), cancels faster/slower x factors
L Change time rate: 10x faster
K Change time rate: 10x slower
Shift+L Change time rate: 2x faster
Shift+K Change time rate: 2x slower
! Set time to current date and time
? Display light-travel delay between observer / selected object
- (hyphen) Add / Subtract light-travel delay from current simulation time
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What Label to
display (on/off
toggles)
E Galaxies
Shift+E Globulars
B Stars
P Planets
Shift+P Dwarf Planets
M MoonsShift+M Minor Moons
W Asteroids
Shift+W Comets
N Spacecraft
= Constellations
& Locations
What Items to
Render /
Display (on/off
toggles)
U Galaxies
Shift+U Globulars
^ Nebulae
Ctrl+A Atmospheres
I Clouds
Ctrl+L Night side planet lights (light pollution)
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Ctrl+T Comet tails
Ctrl+E Eclipse shadows
Ctrl+B Constellation boundaries
/ Constellation diagrams
; Earth-based equatorial coordinate sphere
Ctrl+K Markers (placed on objects)
OOrbits (toggle ON/OFF ALL selected orbits in the Preferences/General
dialog box)
Render /
DisplayOptions
{ Decrease Ambient Light
} Increase Ambient Light
( Decrease Galaxy Light Gain (Dimmer)
) Increase Galaxy Light Gain (Brighter)
[Decrease Magnitude Limit:- If AutoMag OFF: Decrease limiting magnitude (fewer stars)
- If AutoMag ON : Decrease limiting magnitude at 45 deg FOV
]
Increase Magnitude Limit:
- If AutoMag OFF: Increase limiting magnitude (more stars)
- If AutoMag ON : Increase limiting magnitude at 45 deg FOV
Ctrl+Y Toggle Auto Magnitude (auto adaptation of star visibility to FOV)
, Narrow Field Of View [FOV] (also Shift+Left Mouse Button Drag)
. Widen Field Of View [FOV] (also Shift+Left Mouse Button Drag)
Ctrl+X Toggle Antialias lines (ie. orbits)
Alt+Enter Toggle Display mode (Full-Screen / Windowed)
Ctrl+P Mark selected object (Marker display must be active -- Ctrl+K)
Ctrl+V OpenGL Render Paths -- Cycle through the paths supported on your
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graphics card
+ Toggle Planet Texture Type (Artistic / Limit of Knowledge)
% Toggle star color table
Ctrl+S Cycle the Star Style (points / fuzzy discs / scaled discs)
V Cycle the Info text verbosity ( Terse / Verbose / None )
Ctrl+W Toggle Wireframe mode
Multiview
Options
Ctrl+U Split view horizontally
Ctrl+R Split view vertically
Tab Cycle through all active views
Delete Delete active view
Ctrl+D Delete all views except active one (reset to Single view)
Other
Functions
Ctrl+C Copy location URL to clipboard (Cel:// URL)
Ctrl+Insert Copy location URL to clipboard (Cel:// URL)
F10 Capture Image to file (screenshot)
Shift+F10 Capture Movie to file (video)
F11 While in Movie Capture: Start / Pause capture
F12 While in Movie Capture: Stop capture
~Toggle debug console (display "file loading" information) Use to debugtexture loading problems. Up/Down arrow keys scroll list
` Toggle display of "frames per second" (FPS) being rendered
Ctrl+O Display "Select Object" dialog box
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@ Edit Mode toggle (to assist in the placements of objects)
D Run demo script (demo.cel)
Enter
Activate object/location name entry mode- Esc to exit
- Type an object or location name and press Enter - Type a partial name then use Tab / Shift+Tab to highlight an item
Enter will then select the highlighted item
Joystick
Controls
description
F8 Toggle Joystick control
X axis Yaw Left/Right
Y axis Pitch Up/Down
L trigger Roll Left
R trigger Roll Right
Button 1 Move slower
Button 2 Move faster
Mac
specific
controls
What Orbits
to Display
O Orbits (toggle ON/OFF ALL selected orbits in the Preferences/General
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dialog box)
Shift+Cmd+P Planet orbits
Shift+Cmd+M Moon orbits
Shift+Cmd+A Asteroid orbits
Shift+Cmd+C Comet orbits
Shift+Cmd+S Spacecraft orbits
Unsorted
Cmd+Left Drag Adjust distance to selection (Home/End)
Cmd+L Open Go To Object dialog box
Cmd+B Open Browser
Cmd+T Open Set Time dialog box
Cmd+F Toggle full screen mode
Cmd+E Open Eclipse Finder
Cmd+C Copy the cel:// URL of current position
Cmd+V Paste last cel:// URL copied
Cmd+D Add selected object to Favorites
Shift+Cmd+D Open Favorites dialog box
Cmd+] History (Forward)
Cmd+[ History (Backward)
Cmd+M Minimize Celestia window
Linux
specific
controls
Alt+S GotoSurface
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Alt+FAlt-azimuth mode (toggle). Used with Ctrl-G (Goto surface). The Left &
Right Arrow keys become Yaw Left / Yaw Right
Celestia FAQ
GraphicsThe Earth and other planets look strange. They have weird colors or do not look like
globes. How can I fix this?
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• Celestia is drawing planets and moons bright red. Why?
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• The Moon is purple, blue and red. Why?
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• I want to see all possible Celestia eye candy. What kind of graphics card should I
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• How will Celestia perform on my system?
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• Why does the illumination level in Celestia not fall off the farther from the Sun I
go - surely it should be very dark by the time I get to Pluto?
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• Celestia's galaxies are ugly, dim, grey blobs. How can I get colorful galaxies that
look like the real things?
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• Positions on Mars are on the opposite side of the planet or bumps seem to be half
a world away from the mountains or it's dark where it should be daylight. Why?
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• Why are some texture maps upside down and backward?
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• My planet's rings are drawn as a featureless oval. It used to work. What's wrong?
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• Problem on Ubuntu: Why does Celestia not have textures?
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• Installation of new graphic card drivers on
Windows
• General Information
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• Uninstalling the NVIDIA Display Driver Software
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• Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers
• Graphics driver update procedure for Laptops
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• Crashes• Celestia crashes my computer.
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• Celestia crashes, what it draws is messed up or it's extremely slow. What can I
do?
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• Celestia still crashes, draws funny stuff or is extremely slow. What can I do?
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• Why does Celestia always use 100% of the CPU?
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• Features
• Why are my favorite stars not in Celestia?
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line and sometimes do not. What's going on?
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• I want to write some scripts for Celestia. How can I do it?
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• How can I make Celestia work like a planetarium?
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• Why can't I see Mir or Galileo? I know they're defined in Celestia.
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• Celestia's orbit for the ISS is out of date. How can I get a better one?
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• I've placed a planet in orbit around a star in a binary system, but I only see light it
lit by one of the stars. What's wrong?
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• How many simultaneous light sources can Celestia handle?
• Ring and eclipse shadows don't look right when there are multiple light sources.
• The Sun and the Moon are much too small in Celestia. What's wrong?
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• General Questions
• Where can I get more information about Celestia?
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• What changes have been made to Celestia since the last version?
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• I have a previous version of Celestia with tons of addons, custom textures, etc.
How can I update to the latest version without having to reinstall all of thoseaddons, textures, etc?
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• I have created pictures/videos with Celestia. May I sell them or use them for or in
commercial productions?
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• Vista questions
• General information
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• When trying to install the program on my windows Vista machine the installer
says it needs administrator rights which I don't have.
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• Why can't I make changes to files in the Celestia data directory?
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• What are compatibility directories?
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• Where are the files that I just edited and saved?
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• Addressing limitations
• Do Cel:// URLs work under Vista?
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• Celestia resources•
• Celestia Web Site: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
Celestia User Forums: http://www.shatters.net/forum/
Selden's List of Resources for Celestia: http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/~seb/celestia/
Celestia Wikibook: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/CelestiaCelestial Matters Website and Forums: http://www.celestialmatters.org/ -http://forum.celestialmatters.org/
Celestia Motherlode: http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/
Celestia Bug Tracking (SourceForge.net): http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=121302&group_id=21302&func=browse
Celestia Feature Requests (SourceForge.net): http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?
atid=371302&group_id=21302&func=browse
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• License•
• This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free SoftwareFoundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the enclosed GNU General
Public License (COPYING) for more details.
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You may also get a copy of this licence from:
• Free Software Foundation, Inc.
59 Temple Place - Suite 330
Boston, MA 02111-1307
USA
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• Contributions•
• Authors
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• Contributors
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• Acknowledgements•
• A very big thank you for creating Celestia goes to Chris Laurel who started this
program in the year 2001.
Chris Laurel
[email protected]://www.shatters.net/~claurel/
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/.
Special thanks go to all Celestia users who submit bug reports, suggestions, and
fixes. Celestia wouldn't be the program it is today, without their help.