I have been using Celestia for a few weeks now...and think it is an awesome program. I also regularly use the program Stellarium. I'm not a programmer so I can't do this, nor do I know if it is possible. But I think it would be neat to have a feature in Celestia that you can click and it instantly show you the view of what you are observing from a location on Earth's surface.(i.e. planet occultations, eclipses, satellites passing overhead) similar to the view provided by Stellarium.
Perhaps Celestia already has such a feature that I haven't found yet....
Celestia and Stellarium Integration
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Re: Celestia and Stellarium Integration
jeradaj wrote:Perhaps Celestia already has such a feature that I haven't found yet....
...don't think so...
Saving your favourite location(s) as a bookmark, then adjusting the time to suit on your next visit, is not too far away from being "instant".
Then using Harald's Azimuth Elevation Script adds a bit more realism to your stargazing.
Here's a couple of examples, firstly, last years transit of Venus as seen from my home town;
cel://SyncOrbit/Sol:Earth/2004-06-08T03 ... 659&lm=131
and here's the night sky looking west, as I am writing this post;
cel://SyncOrbit/Sol:Earth/2005-03-25T21 ... 667&lm=443
Then using Harald's Azimuth Elevation Script adds a bit more realism to your stargazing.
Here's a couple of examples, firstly, last years transit of Venus as seen from my home town;
cel://SyncOrbit/Sol:Earth/2004-06-08T03 ... 659&lm=131
and here's the night sky looking west, as I am writing this post;
cel://SyncOrbit/Sol:Earth/2005-03-25T21 ... 667&lm=443
1.6.0:AMDAth1.2GHz 1GbDDR266:Ge6200 256mbDDR250:WinXP-SP3:1280x1024x32FS:v196.21@AA4x:AF16x:IS=HQ:T.Buff=ON Earth16Kdds@15KkmArctic2000AD:FOV1:SPEC L5dds:NORM L5dxt5:CLOUD L5dds:
NIGHT L5dds:MOON L4dds:GALXY ON:MAG 15.2-SAP:TIME 1000x:RP=OGL2:10.3FPS
NIGHT L5dds:MOON L4dds:GALXY ON:MAG 15.2-SAP:TIME 1000x:RP=OGL2:10.3FPS
Hi Selden,
I'm a new celestia user: the program is brilliant!
I have however had some problems in understanding how to view and zoom into an object from a specific location on earth. As if I were looking through a telescope from Amsterdam or as if I were travelling say from Amsterdam to the surface of jupiter in a straight line.
I tried to find the " Preliminary users faq" but the only thing I find at the top of the page is a faq about the forum itself.
thanks for any feedback
Andy
[quote="selden"]It isn't "instant", but you aware that you can observe the sky from the surface of any planet?
See the "Preliminary User's FAQ" near the top of the Celestia Users Forum, Q/A #19.[/quote]
I'm a new celestia user: the program is brilliant!
I have however had some problems in understanding how to view and zoom into an object from a specific location on earth. As if I were looking through a telescope from Amsterdam or as if I were travelling say from Amsterdam to the surface of jupiter in a straight line.
I tried to find the " Preliminary users faq" but the only thing I find at the top of the page is a faq about the forum itself.
thanks for any feedback
Andy
[quote="selden"]It isn't "instant", but you aware that you can observe the sky from the surface of any planet?
See the "Preliminary User's FAQ" near the top of the Celestia Users Forum, Q/A #19.[/quote]
Andy,
You're looking too far up!
The "Preliminary User's FAQ" is a "sticky" Forum posting. It's usually about the 6th posting from the top. The location varies when someone updates one of the other sticky posts.
But here's a direct link to Q/A #19:
http://www.celestiaproject.net/forum/viewtopic ... ght=#21807
You're looking too far up!
The "Preliminary User's FAQ" is a "sticky" Forum posting. It's usually about the 6th posting from the top. The location varies when someone updates one of the other sticky posts.
But here's a direct link to Q/A #19:
http://www.celestiaproject.net/forum/viewtopic ... ght=#21807
Selden