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Hello! I'm Dave and I'm new to Celestia, and I'm having fun with it so far! I'm hoping to use it both for astronomical research and to develop my own sci-fi universe.

I just have two quick questions:

-- Can you define full orbital elements for planets around other stars, so they will realistically orbit around them? How about moons for said planets?

-- Is there a way to brighten the Milky Way and other galaxies so that they're more visible when viewed from intergalactic space? (They're almost invisible on my display.)

Thanks ahead!

I can answer the second question : No. The only way to do that is to turn up the brightness of the screen. I believe better galaxy rendering is one ofthe main improvements awaiting future versions along with comet tails, so be patient (very patient).

To the first question, yes you can, but I won't pretend to understand orbital elements well enough for an explanation, whenever I try I mess things up.

(Mad Boris)

Try downloading one of the many addons you will find here or on bruckner's addon repository...That will give you a good look at how extrasolar planets are made...

As for making galaxies brighter...That will happen when stars are added in...Chris said he might redo the galactic models he made...so we'll see when the time comes

The [ and ] keys, as well as changing star brightness, do make the galaxies slightly more visible.