Stellarium User Guide

Matthew Gates

Copyright © 2006-2009 Matthew Gates. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

Contents

1. Introduction ^0.10.2
   1. Notes for version 0.10.2
2. Installation ^0.10.6
   1. System Requirements
   2. Downloading
   3. Installation
   4. Running Stellarium
3. Interface Guide ^0.10.6
   1. Tour
4. Configuration ^0.10.2
   1. Setting the Date and Time
   2. Setting Your Location
   3. The Configuration Window
   4. The View Settings Window
5. Advanced Use ^0.10.2
   1. Files and Directories
   2. The Main Configuration File
   3. Command Line Options
   4. Getting Extra Star Data
   5. Scripting
   6. Visual Effects
   7. Customising Landscapes ^0.10.2
   8. Adding Nebulae Images ^0.10.2
   9. Sky Cultures
   10. Adding Planetary Bodies
   11. Other Configuration Files
   12. Taking Screenshots
   13. Telescope Control
6. Stellarium Reference
   1. Configuration file ^0.10.6
   2. Precision ^0.10.6
   3. TUI Commands ^0.10.6
7. Star Catalogue ^0.10.6
   1. Stellarium's Sky Model
   2. Star Catalogue File Format
8. Creating a Personalised Landscape for Stellarium ^0.10.2
   1. The Camera
   2. Processing into a Panorama
   3. Removing the background to make it transparent
9. Astronomy Guide
   1. Sky Guide ^0.10.6
   2. Astronomical Concepts ^0.10.6
   3. Astronomical Phenomena ^0.10.6
10. Exercises ^0.10.6
    1. Find M31 in Binoculars
    2. Handy Angles
    3. Find a Lunar Eclipse
    4. Find a Solar Eclipse
11. License
12. Acknowledgements