quick question

[Ghaleon]

I'm very new to celestia. It's a phenominal program; I can't believe it took be so long to find it.

But is there any way to make the star gazing from earth control the way it does in starry night. sorry, i know it's a vague question. and i'm not sure how to phrase what i'm asking for... I found the alt-azimuth mode but the the lands still goes out of allignment when I move around too much. Again...sorry I can't be more clear.

Thanks for your time.

[buggs_moran]

You can "lock" your location by slowing down time, positioning yourself at the spot on the globe you want to "stargaze" from (keep your height around 1 km) , synchronize your orbit with "Y", and use < & > for field of view.

"C" to center on a selected object, "T" to track, etc etc... I use the left mouse button to move my view around rather than the arrows. When I use this mode (for the classroom mostly) I also thow on constellations, fuzzy point for stars and automagnitude (all selectable in the menus).

I am sure I missed a few things but monkeying around with Celestia is the best way to learn. Have fun!!!!!

PS You might want to turn clouds off as they dim the view at times.

[selden]

I think you're asking how to change the arrow keys so they work in alt-az mode.

Please read the "Preliminary User's FAQ", which is a "sticky" near the top of the Celestia Users Forum, especially Q/A#19
.