Galaxy brightness and density

[saturnv5]

I was just wondering, is there a file in Celestia that I can modify of make galaxies more brighter and more dense? Shouldn't it become brighter when you increase the magnitude?

Thanks in advance

[maxim]

saturnv5,

You can only alter the textures that the galaxies are based on. Celestia doesn't yet allow to modify the magnitude for galaxies or nebulas. Only stars are affected.

maxim

[Paul]

Depending on your video driver, you might be able to find a configuration menu where you can temporarily increase the video gamma level.

For instance, in Windows 2000 the nVidia control panel found in "Display Properties->Settings->Advanced" has a "Color Management" panel where you can adjust the gamma. If I want to see the galaxies properly, I just push the gamma way up, then switch back to Celestia where the galaxies will now be readily visible. When I'm finished I simply switch back to the nVidia control panel and restore the original gamma setting.

Cheers,
Paul