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Originally Posted by mark3d
stellarium looks alright now i dunno what was happening!
Kev, a screenshot would be great, thanks. lets say i wanted to observe emission nebulae and spiral galaxies in Adelaide, tonight (wishful thinking with these clouds!). what would starry night be able to do to help me with that? 
i am also interested in it helping me to learn the constellations, but i suspect a book, binoculars and practice will help most in that regard. |
Hi Mark
I use stellarium (v 0.10.2) just about all the time now but I do have lots of other programs that each have their own specialties that require use at times.
The problem with Stellarium is easliy fixed. Open your config.ini file (in the user area) and locate [gui] and set flag_show_flip_buttons to true. This will put the flip buttons on the lower toolbar. From here you can set the screen up/down normal/mirror to your hearts content. Then save what you like best.
Stellarium now has some plugins that can be installed in a modules directory. One of these can give the view through a telescope (10 different views). The parameters for the telescope types can be programmed into the enclosed module.ini file in which you can also arrange the main focal length, FOV, ocular focal length and up/down/left/right view to set the actual orientation of the window independant of the normal screen view. There are other plug ins that include earth satellites, compass marks and angle measure. When installed they all place a control button on the main toolbar.
If you haven't got the plug ins they are available from
www.geocities.com/wendygblyde
Barry