Posts by Elen Sila
- 28.12.2011, 15:57
- Forum: Development
- Topic: Brightness Of Planets
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Brightness Of Planets
Here is a photograph I took, about three hours ago. (Disregard how bright the sky looks; that's just light pollution being amplified by the large aperture setting I used. The sky looked black to the naked eye.) http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/4097/20110511arcturussaturna.png Here is Celestia's si...
- 14.09.2011, 01:31
- Forum: Bugs
- Topic: Atmospheric Clipping
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Atmospheric Clipping
When you are inside the atmosphere of a moon or planet (EG the earth, Mars, or Titan), and you look up, the atmosphere seems to vanish at certain angles and zooms. I'm guessing the camera is somehow "clipping" through the atmosphere. It's rather annoying, especially on Titan, where there's...
- 14.09.2011, 00:09
- Forum: Development
- Topic: Three Suggestions And A Question
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Re: Three Suggestions And A Question
1. There should be an option to move the camera to a chosen object, at a chosen longitude, latitude, and elevation. (FAQ: Features, #5 -- act as planetarium) You can use the menu Navigation --> GoTo Object to specify lat, long and altitude. ... Oh. Damn. Never even noticed that before. Thanks. 2A. ...
- 13.09.2011, 15:10
- Forum: Development
- Topic: Three Suggestions And A Question
- Replies: 3
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Three Suggestions And A Question
I only just joined, and I don't know what forum this thread would be most appropriate in. I do know that I'm a fan of Celestia, and have owned the program for several months now, and have generally enjoyed it greatly. However, there are three features that I think Celestia could be improved by, as w...