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Posted: **06.11.2004, 16:26**

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/c ... /start.cel

  select {object "Sol"}
  goto   {time 3.0 distance 30}
  wait   {duration 3.0}

  select {object "Sol/Earth"}
  follow {}
  goto   {time 3.0  distance 6.0}
  wait   {duration 2.0}

  print  {text "Welcome to Celestia!"  row -3  column 1  duration 3}
  wait   {duration 3.0}

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/c ... rstars.stc

nearstars.stc (V 1.1)

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0 "Sol:Sun"
{
   RA 0
   Dec 0
   Distance 0.00326167 
   SpectralType "G2V"
   AbsMag 4.83

   RotationPeriod      609.12  # 25.38 days
   Obliquity             7.25  # correct orientation relative to ecliptic
   EquatorAscendingNode 75.77  # 
   RotationOffset       23.00  # standard meridian
}

nearstars.stc (V 1.0)

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0 "Sol:Sun"
{
   RA 0
   Dec 0
   Distance 0 #0.00326167 
   SpectralType "G2V"
   AbsMag 4.83

   RotationPeriod      609.12  # 25.38 days
   Obliquity             7.25  # correct orientation relative to ecliptic
   EquatorAscendingNode 75.77  # 
   RotationOffset       23.00  # standard meridian
}

Posted: **06.11.2004, 16:50**

Sol = Sun

1.1 is OK
1.0 is not.

The Sun is not at the origin of Celestia's coordinate system.

Even with the Wait statements, some computer systems are not fast enough to be able to draw the Sun before Celestia gets to the Earth.

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