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Thanks for the advice Selden. I have created a long thin model and attached it to the Earth as suggested. I have also had a look at your very impressive Hale telescope add on, I can see that there is lots to learn from that. Still a long way to go, but at least it is a start. Unfortunately time has ...

I am working on a script to help explain celestial navigation and would like to be able to show a line from the centre of Earth to a navigational star. The point on the Earth's surface through which the line passes would be the stars geographic position. I will also need similar lines from the Earth...

Many thanks Marco, That will do just what I want. Celx scripts are a wonderful and powerful tool. Unfortunately it is easy to get very confused while trying to learn the language. It is great to have this forum with helpful people like yourself to point people in the right direction when stuck. Than...

Hello Marco, Thanks for your reply. To clarify my problem, - Is it about the exact angle/axis setting? Yes. I think I have the angle correct, but at the completion of the rotation the observer is not centered on the moon. The moon may or may not be visible, dependant on the observers geographic posi...

Hi celestians, First a little background. I am attempting to create a full dome planetarium movie using celestia. In order to achieve a 180 degree field of view I need to have four different views of each scene (front, up, left and right). It does not seem to be possible to achieve this using celest...