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Well, this isn't bad, but it would be nice to have Celestia auto-select them from the appropriate folder so they'd be in the right-click menu without writing lines of code. I'm thinking from a practical standpoint: in the scenario I described above, I have downloaded many textures, but will likely o...

Hi, I'm relatively new to Celestia (in Linux, anyway). As such, I've downloaded a large collection of textures which I'd like to 'try' on my computer. I'm not sure which ones would look good/work relatively quickly with my hardware, so I must resort to moving a texture to the spot where Celestia is ...

What difference does that make?

Whoops, that was I. My login didn't register....

Praesepe,
Any chance of you uploading your textures to your page? I'd like to try them out on my machine, as I have no clue how to make my own.

Thanks,
AC

Yes, it does help. Thanks!

Oh, and is there any way to label added objects (like the open clusters or planetary nebulae I've added)?

Ok, I got it. I had to move the messier_open.dsc file to the extras folder, not the data folder. Whoops! A few more questions: :wink: 1. How do I get that red square that comes up when I select an object to come back? It disappeared on me! 2. I have the 2k star database, but most of the open cluster...

No, I'm speaking specifically of Selden's open cluster file, messier_open.dsc. I found it on his site, and after importing it (so I hope) I can't figure out how to turn on the labels or how to find the objects (by typing them in). The globular clusters I have came with galaxies and are now in my gal...

Just a small nuisance. While running Celestia, my Windows tooltips do one or two things. Either they'll show up with a black portion at the end or they'll show up with the name of the last thing I looked at, so they'll always be off. I think it's just messiness with my video card, but I don't know.

Selden, First of all, thanks for such a great site. I had perused it, and it's where I got most of the plugins I have. I should have been a bit more clear. I was able to get the galaxy file working, just not the open cluster one. I do have the additional stars put in, and I did type m46 without the ...

Hi, new here; bear with me. I have perused the manual and the links page for some nifty textures. I've gotten Earth to look quite nice, with a bump map and everything. My question is: considering I don't have the greatest video card (GeForce 2 MX... 64?), which file types are the best for speed v. q...