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Originally Posted by Argonavis
Will the new version allow the user to add comets?
I find the lack of this functionality to be annoying, although it is more than made up for by the graphics.
As an aside, does anyone know of any planetarium programs tthat would allow the display of proper motions over very long time frames?
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I don't know if comets are to be introduced for on the next release but this function and adding minor planets is definitely coming. Technically it should be possible now by including orbital parameters in the ssystem.ini file but I am not sure of where to enter the supplied data. I tried once but my data was wrong and it put the object in the wrong place.
In regard to the proper motion , I tried this once, I think it was in TheSky and it worked. I think it should work for most programs that can display the sky over a very long period as the data required is already in the star catalogues.
A script could be written for stellarium to do just this but the current Windows release has a bug that stops the program at 2037. This is an interesting idea. When I get a chance I will write a script to do just this. If it works I will put it in the wiki.
Barry