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Is there any easy way to "sit" on a particular point on the surface of a body (say, Earth) and see what the sky looks like at a particular time? I've tried aiming myself at the desired point on Earth while in Sync Orbit mode, zooming in to about 3 meters off the ground, then using Look Back to turn around. If I expand the field of view, it kinda works, but in a very limited way. And I'm finding navigation difficult -- if I want to turn to find the sun or the horizon, movement occurs in jumps that are too large. Can I move in smaller steps? (I'm using the arrow keys.) Is there a way to turn the view left or right, or must I fly it like a flight simulator?

Any advice? Or is this sort of thing a little much to ask?

Please read the Preliminary User's FAQ which is near the top of the User's Forum, especially Q/A #19

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guest jo wrote:... Thats important for looking left right without turning the field of view around the axis of your view direction.

You may find the "Show Azimuth and Elevation" script on my Celestia-page useful, which can be used to continually align your view with the horizon (press shift-F while the script is running to activate this feature):
http://celestia.h-schmidt.net/show-azimuth-elevation_v1.2.celx

Harald

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selden wrote:Please read the Preliminary User's FAQ which is near the top of the User's Forum, especially Q/A #19

Sorry, I looked at the FAQ, but must have missed that one. Oh, well, thanks for the pointer.

Harald, I downloaded your script and will play around with it. Thanks for the reference!