Celestia Forums

I -gasp!- actually did some real life space exploring with a telescope last night, and I used Celestia as a handy fast sky-chart creator. So I think a cool addition to Celestia would be a telescope mode, with flipped/upside-down graphics. Maybe also Starry Night style pre-set FOV settings for different binoculars/telescopes, ie I think 8x20 binos have a 33degree field of view. Just an idea i'm amazed I didn't think of before...

Ive been using the FOV for this in particular...and I agree telescope mode would be cool...especially if the horizion panning is fixed...atmospherics are enabled...eg: blurryness caused by heated air or swelling caused by thickness of atmosphere...Those would have to be implemented first for that realistic effect...Also moons will tend to blend with the atmosphere when seen during the daytime...