Posts by Elen Sila

by Elen Sila
28.12.2011, 15:57
Forum: Development
Topic: Brightness Of Planets
Replies: 4
Views: 6935

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...
by Elen Sila
14.09.2011, 01:31
Forum: Bugs
Topic: Atmospheric Clipping
Replies: 0
Views: 3218

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...
by Elen Sila
14.09.2011, 00:09
Forum: Development
Topic: Three Suggestions And A Question
Replies: 3
Views: 5894

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. ...
by Elen Sila
13.09.2011, 15:10
Forum: Development
Topic: Three Suggestions And A Question
Replies: 3
Views: 5894

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...

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