Getting Started Topics

Installing in Unix and Linux

Basic navigation Celestia will start up in a window, and if everything is working correctly, you'll see Earth in front of a field of stars. Displayed on-screen, is some information about your target (Earth), your speed, and the current time (Universal Time, so it'll probably be a few hours off from your computer's clock). Right drag the mouse to orbit Earth and you might see the Moon and some familiar constellations. Left dragging the mouse changes your orientation also, but the camera rotates about its center instead of rotating around Earth. Rolling the mouse wheel will change your distance to Earth--you can move light years away, then roll the wheel in the opposite direction to get back to your starting location. If your mouse lacks a wheel, you can use the Home and End keys instead. When running Celestia, you will usually have some object selected. Currently, it's Earth, but it could also be a star, moon, spacecraft, galaxy, or some other object. The simplest way to select an object is to click on it. Try clicking on a star to select it. The information about Earth is replaced with some details about the star.

Press G (or use the Navigation menu), and you'll zoom through space toward the selected star. If you press G again, you'll approach the star even closer. Press H to select our Sun, and then G to go back to our Sun. Right click on the sun to bring up a menu of planets and other objects in the solar system. After selecting a planet from the menu, hit G again to travel toward it. Once there, hold down the right mouse button and drag to orbit the planet. The Tour Guide is a list of some of the more interesting objects you can visit in Celestia. Select the Tour Guide option in the Navigation menu to display the Tour Guide window. Choose a destination from the list, click the Goto button, and you're off. That covers the very basics. For a more in-depth look at Celestia and the controls available to you, download the "Celestia User's Guide" (written by Frank Gregorio), available in several languages, from: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/documentation.html. This web page also includes links to the Celestia README file translated into Japanese. Star & Solar System Browser

Selecting objects by name Known IGetting

Started Topics

Installing in Unix and Linux

Basic navigation Celestia will start up in a window, and if everything is working correctly, you'll see Earth in front of a field of stars. Displayed on-screen, is some information about your target (Earth), your speed, and the current time (Universal Time, so it'll probably be a few hours off from your computer's clock). Right drag the mouse to orbit Earth and you might see the Moon and some familiar constellations. Left dragging the mouse changes your orientation also, but the camera rotates about its center instead of rotating around Earth. Rolling the mouse wheel will change your distance to Earth--you can move light years away, then roll the wheel in the opposite direction to get back to your starting location. If your mouse lacks a wheel, you can use the Home and End keys instead. When running Celestia, you will usually have some object selected. Currently, it's Earth, but it could also be a star, moon, spacecraft, galaxy, or some other object. The simplest way to select an object is to click on it. Try clicking on a star to select it. The information about Earth is replaced with some details about the star. Press G (or use the Navigation menu), and you'll zoom through space toward the selected star. If you press G again, you'll approach the star even closer. Press H to select our Sun, and then G to go back to our Sun. Right click on the sun to bring up a menu of planets and other objects in the solar system. After selecting a planet from the menu, hit G again to travel toward it. Once there, hold down the right mouse button and drag to orbit the planet. The Tour Guide is a list of some of the more interesting objects you can visit in Celestia. Select the Tour Guide option in the Navigation menu to display the Tour Guide window. Choose a destination from the list, click the Goto button, and you're off. That covers the very basics. For a more in-depth look at Celestia and the controls

available to you, download the "Celestia User's Guide" (written by Frank Gregorio), available in several languages, from: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/documentation.html. This web page also includes links to the Celestia README file translated into Japanese. Star & Solar System Browser

Selecting objects by name Known Issues User-modifiable elements

Celestia Controls
This list of controls was current as of Celestia version 1.6.0. If you notice that a command is missing or incorrect, please write a message in the Celestia Bugs forum, located at: http://www.shatters.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=3.

Mouse Controls

description
"Left" and "Right" designate the mouse button which has to be pressed. Left Drag Right Drag Left+Right Drag left/right Left+Right Drag up/down Scroll Wheel Ctrl+Left Drag up/down Shift+Left Drag Middle Button Left Click on object Left Click on no object Left Double Click on object Right Click on object Camera orientation -- Up/Down/Left/Right (also Up & Down arrow keys, and 2/8/4/6 on the Number Pad with NumLock enabled) Orbit selected object (Shift+Arrow keys) Roll view left/right (Left/Right arrows) Adjust distance to selection (Home/End) Adjust distance to selection (Home/End) Adjust distance to selection (Home/End) Field of View (FOV) adjust. (also . and ,) Field of View (FOV) toggle -- between 45 degrees and previous setting Select object (Enter key -- by object name) Deselect currently selected object Select and Center object Bring up context menu

Keyboard Controls description

Navigation
1-9 0 (zero) H C G F T Y : " Shift+C Ctrl+G Ctrl+F Home End * Select planet around the nearest star Select parent star of current planet or system Select Sol, our sun (Home system) Center the selected object on the display Goto selected object Follow selected object Track selected object (keep object centered on the display) Sync Orbit selected object at a rate synced to its rotation Lock two objects together as one (select object #1, press "f", select object #2, press ":") Chase selected object (orientation is based on the object's velocity) Center/orbit--center the selected object without changing the position of the reference object Goto surface of selected object Alt-azimuth mode (toggle). Used with Ctrl-G (Goto surface). The Left & Right Arrow keys become Yaw Left / Yaw Right Move closer to object Move further away from object Look back (Reverse view 180 degrees) Select parent of current object or clear the selection: - If selection is a location, select the parent object - If selection is an object, select the parent object / star - If selection is a star, clear the selection Cancel: scripts, Goto, Follow, Track, Lock, Sync Orbit

Backspace

Esc

Navigation via Arrow Keys

Up Arrow Down Arrow Left Arrow Right Arrow Shift+Left Arrow Shift+Right Arrow Shift+Up Arrow Shift+Down Arrow

Pitch down (moves object Up) Pitch up (moves object Down) Roll left (rolls object Right) Roll right (rolls object Left) Orbit object: right (rotates object Left) Orbit object: left (rotates object Right) Orbit object: down (rotates object Up) Orbit object: up (rotates object Down)

Navigation via number Pad Keys (with NumLock active)

8 2 7 9 5 4 6 Pitch down (moves object Up, also Down arrow) Pitch up (moves object Down, also Up arrow) Roll left (rolls object Right, also Left arrow) Roll right (rolls object Left, also Right arrow) Stop rotation Yaw left Yaw right

Motion (Spaceflight)
A Z Increase velocity Decrease velocity

Q X S F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7

Reverse direction Set direction toward center of screen Stop motion Stop motion Set velocity to 1 km/second Set velocity to 1,000 km/second Set velocity to speed of light (1 c/second) Set velocity to 10x the speed of light (c) Set velocity to 1 AU/second Set velocity to 1 light year/second

Time Control
Spacebar J \ L K Shift+L Shift+K ! ? - (hyphen) Pause/Resume the flow of time and scripts (toggle) Reverse/Forward time (toggle) Set time: 1x forward (norm), cancels faster/slower x factors Change time rate: 10x faster Change time rate: 10x slower Change time rate: 2x faster Change time rate: 2x slower Set time to current date and time Display light-travel delay between observer / selected object Add / Subtract light-travel delay from current simulation time

What Label to display (on/off toggles)

E Shift+E B P Shift+P M Shift+M W Shift+W N = &

Galaxies Globulars Stars Planets Dwarf Planets Moons Minor Moons Asteroids Comets Spacecraft Constellations Locations

What Items to Render / Display (on/off toggles)

U Shift+U ^ Ctrl+A I Ctrl+L Ctrl+T Ctrl+E Ctrl+B / Galaxies Globulars Nebulae Atmospheres Clouds Night side planet lights (light pollution) Comet tails Eclipse shadows Constellation boundaries Constellation diagrams

; Ctrl+K O

Earth-based equatorial coordinate sphere Markers (placed on objects) Orbits (toggle ON/OFF ALL selected orbits in the Preferences/General dialog box)

Render / Display Options

{ } ( ) [ Decrease Ambient Light Increase Ambient Light Decrease Galaxy Light Gain (Dimmer) Increase Galaxy Light Gain (Brighter) Decrease Magnitude Limit: - If AutoMag OFF: Decrease limiting magnitude (fewer stars) - If AutoMag ON : Decrease limiting magnitude at 45 deg FOV Increase Magnitude Limit: - If AutoMag OFF: Increase limiting magnitude (more stars) - If AutoMag ON : Increase limiting magnitude at 45 deg FOV Toggle Auto Magnitude (auto adaptation of star visibility to FOV) Narrow Field Of View [FOV] (also Shift+Left Mouse Button Drag) Widen Field Of View [FOV] (also Shift+Left Mouse Button Drag) Toggle Antialias lines (ie. orbits) Toggle Display mode (Full-Screen / Windowed) Mark selected object (Marker display must be active -- Ctrl+K) OpenGL Render Paths -- Cycle through the paths supported on your graphics card Toggle Planet Texture Type (Artistic / Limit of Knowledge) Toggle star color table Cycle the Star Style (points / fuzzy discs / scaled discs)

] Ctrl+Y , . Ctrl+X Alt+Enter Ctrl+P Ctrl+V + % Ctrl+S

V Ctrl+W

Cycle the Info text verbosity ( Terse / Verbose / None ) Toggle Wireframe mode

Multiview Options
Ctrl+U Ctrl+R Tab Delete Ctrl+D Split view horizontally Split view vertically Cycle through all active views Delete active view Delete all views except active one (reset to Single view)

Other Functions
Ctrl+C Ctrl+Insert F10 Shift+F10 F11 F12 ~ ` Ctrl+O @ D Enter Copy location URL to clipboard (Cel:// URL) Copy location URL to clipboard (Cel:// URL) Capture Image to file (screenshot) Capture Movie to file (video) While in Movie Capture: Start / Pause capture While in Movie Capture: Stop capture Toggle debug console (display "file loading" information) Use to debug texture loading problems. Up/Down arrow keys scroll list Toggle display of "frames per second" (FPS) being rendered Display "Select Object" dialog box Edit Mode toggle (to assist in the placements of objects) Run demo script (demo.cel) Activate object/location name entry mode - Esc to exit

- Type an object or location name and press Enter - Type a partial name then use Tab / Shift+Tab to highlight an item Enter will then select the highlighted item

Joystick Controls description

F8 X axis Y axis L trigger R trigger Button 1 Button 2 Toggle Joystick control Yaw Left/Right Pitch Up/Down Roll Left Roll Right Move slower Move faster

Mac specific controls

What Orbits to Display

Orbits (toggle ON/OFF ALL selected orbits in the Preferences/General dialog box) Planet orbits Moon orbits Asteroid orbits Comet orbits

O Shift+Cmd+P Shift+Cmd+M Shift+Cmd+A Shift+Cmd+C

Shift+Cmd+S

Spacecraft orbits

Unsorted
Cmd+Left Drag Cmd+L Cmd+B Cmd+T Cmd+F Cmd+E Cmd+C Cmd+V Cmd+D Shift+Cmd+D Cmd+] Cmd+[ Cmd+M Adjust distance to selection (Home/End) Open Go To Object dialog box Open Browser Open Set Time dialog box Toggle full screen mode Open Eclipse Finder Copy the cel:// URL of current position Paste last cel:// URL copied Add selected object to Favorites Open Favorites dialog box History (Forward) History (Backward) Minimize Celestia window

Linux specific controls

Alt+S Alt+F GotoSurface Alt-azimuth mode (toggle). Used with Ctrl-G (Goto surface). The Left & Right Arrow keys become Yaw Left / Yaw Right

Celestia FAQ
Graphics
The Earth and other planets look strange. They have weird colors or do not look like globes. How can I fix this? Celestia is drawing planets and moons bright red. Why?

The Moon is purple, blue and red. Why?

I want to see all possible Celestia eye candy. What kind of graphics card should I get?

How will Celestia perform on my system?

Why does the illumination level in Celestia not fall off the farther from the Sun I go - surely it should be very dark by the time I get to Pluto?

Celestia's galaxies are ugly, dim, grey blobs. How can I get colorful galaxies that look like the real things?

Positions on Mars are on the opposite side of the planet or bumps seem to be half a world away from the mountains or it's dark where it should be daylight. Why?

Why are some texture maps upside down and backward?

My planet's rings are drawn as a featureless oval. It used to work. What's wrong? Problem on Ubuntu: Why does Celestia not have textures?

Older issues that should be solved

Installation of new graphic card drivers on Windows

General Information

Uninstalling the NVIDIA Display Driver Software

Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers Graphics driver update procedure for Laptops

Crashes
Celestia crashes my computer. Celestia crashes, what it draws is messed up or it's extremely slow. What can I do?

Celestia still crashes, draws funny stuff or is extremely slow. What can I do?

Why does Celestia always use 100% of the CPU?

How can I make Celestia use less CPU time?

Features
Why are my favorite stars not in Celestia?

Stars with HIP or HD designations sometimes show up in the "tab completion" line and sometimes do not. What's going on?

Why are there no stars in other galaxies than the Milky Way?

I want to write some scripts for Celestia. How can I do it?

How can I make Celestia work like a planetarium?

Why can't I see Mir or Galileo? I know they're defined in Celestia.

Celestia's orbit for the ISS is out of date. How can I get a better one?

I've placed a planet in orbit around a star in a binary system, but I only see light it lit by one of the stars. What's wrong?

How many simultaneous light sources can Celestia handle? Ring and eclipse shadows don't look right when there are multiple light sources. The Sun and the Moon are much too small in Celestia. What's wrong?

General Questions
Where can I get more information about Celestia?

Where can I get the most recent version of Celestia? What changes have been made to Celestia since the last version? I have a previous version of Celestia with tons of addons, custom textures, etc. How can I update to the latest version without having to reinstall all of those addons, textures, etc?

Why don't Windows and Mac addons work under Linux?

I have created pictures/videos with Celestia. May I sell them or use them for or in commercial productions?

Vista questions
General information

When trying to install the program on my windows Vista machine the installer says it needs administrator rights which I don't have.

Why can't I make changes to files in the Celestia data directory?

What are compatibility directories?

I can't find/see those compatibility directories. Why?

Where are the files that I just edited and saved?

How do I use the 3dstocmod converter?

What causes Celestia to crash on Vista?

Addressing limitations Do Cel:// URLs work under Vista?

Are the security impacts from Vista on Celestia?

Celestia resources
Celestia Web Site: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ Celestia User Forums: http://www.shatters.net/forum/ Selden's List of Resources for Celestia: http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/~seb/celestia/ Celestia Wikibook: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Celestia Celestial Matters Website and Forums: http://www.celestialmatters.org/ http://forum.celestialmatters.org/ Celestia Motherlode: http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/ Celestia Bug Tracking (SourceForge.net): http://sourceforge.net/tracker/? atid=121302&group_id=21302&func=browse Celestia Feature Requests (SourceForge.net): http://sourceforge.net/tracker/? atid=371302&group_id=21302&func=browse

License
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software

Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the enclosed GNU General Public License (COPYING) for more details. You may also get a copy of this licence from: Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330 Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA Authors

Contributions

Contributors

Documentation

Scientific Data Base

Texture maps

3D Models

 Libraries Other work

Acknowledgements
A very big thank you for creating Celestia goes to Chris Laurel who started this program in the year 2001. Chris Laurel claurel@gmail.com http://www.shatters.net/~claurel/ http://www.shatters.net/celestia/. Special thanks go to all Celestia users who submit bug reports, suggestions, and fixes. Celestia wouldn't be the program it is today, without their help. User-modifiable elements

Celestia Controls
This list of controls was current as of Celestia version 1.6.0. If you notice that a

command is missing or incorrect, please write a message in the Celestia Bugs forum, located at: http://www.shatters.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=3.

Mouse Controls description

"Left" and "Right" designate the mouse button which has to be pressed. Left Drag Right Drag Left+Right Drag left/right Left+Right Drag up/down Scroll Wheel Ctrl+Left Drag up/down Shift+Left Drag Middle Button Left Click on object Left Click on no object Left Double Click on object Right Click on object Camera orientation -- Up/Down/Left/Right (also Up & Down arrow keys, and 2/8/4/6 on the Number Pad with NumLock enabled) Orbit selected object (Shift+Arrow keys) Roll view left/right (Left/Right arrows) Adjust distance to selection (Home/End) Adjust distance to selection (Home/End) Adjust distance to selection (Home/End) Field of View (FOV) adjust. (also . and ,) Field of View (FOV) toggle -- between 45 degrees and previous setting Select object (Enter key -- by object name) Deselect currently selected object Select and Center object Bring up context menu

Keyboard

Controls description

Navigation
1-9 0 (zero) H C G F T Y : " Shift+C Ctrl+G Ctrl+F Home End * Select planet around the nearest star Select parent star of current planet or system Select Sol, our sun (Home system) Center the selected object on the display Goto selected object Follow selected object Track selected object (keep object centered on the display) Sync Orbit selected object at a rate synced to its rotation Lock two objects together as one (select object #1, press "f", select object #2, press ":") Chase selected object (orientation is based on the object's velocity) Center/orbit--center the selected object without changing the position of the reference object Goto surface of selected object Alt-azimuth mode (toggle). Used with Ctrl-G (Goto surface). The Left & Right Arrow keys become Yaw Left / Yaw Right Move closer to object Move further away from object Look back (Reverse view 180 degrees) Select parent of current object or clear the selection: - If selection is a location, select the parent object - If selection is an object, select the parent object / star - If selection is a star, clear the selection Cancel: scripts, Goto, Follow, Track, Lock, Sync Orbit

Backspace

Esc

Navigation via Arrow Keys

Up Arrow Down Arrow Left Arrow Right Arrow Shift+Left Arrow Shift+Right Arrow Shift+Up Arrow Shift+Down Arrow Pitch down (moves object Up) Pitch up (moves object Down) Roll left (rolls object Right) Roll right (rolls object Left) Orbit object: right (rotates object Left) Orbit object: left (rotates object Right) Orbit object: down (rotates object Up) Orbit object: up (rotates object Down)

Navigation via number Pad Keys (with NumLock active)

8 2 7 9 5 4 6 Pitch down (moves object Up, also Down arrow) Pitch up (moves object Down, also Up arrow) Roll left (rolls object Right, also Left arrow) Roll right (rolls object Left, also Right arrow) Stop rotation Yaw left Yaw right

Motion

(Spaceflight)
A Z Q X S F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Increase velocity Decrease velocity Reverse direction Set direction toward center of screen Stop motion Stop motion Set velocity to 1 km/second Set velocity to 1,000 km/second Set velocity to speed of light (1 c/second) Set velocity to 10x the speed of light (c) Set velocity to 1 AU/second Set velocity to 1 light year/second

Time Control
Spacebar J \ L K Shift+L Shift+K ! ? - (hyphen) Pause/Resume the flow of time and scripts (toggle) Reverse/Forward time (toggle) Set time: 1x forward (norm), cancels faster/slower x factors Change time rate: 10x faster Change time rate: 10x slower Change time rate: 2x faster Change time rate: 2x slower Set time to current date and time Display light-travel delay between observer / selected object Add / Subtract light-travel delay from current simulation time

What Label to display (on/off toggles)

E Shift+E B P Shift+P M Shift+M W Shift+W N = & Galaxies Globulars Stars Planets Dwarf Planets Moons Minor Moons Asteroids Comets Spacecraft Constellations Locations

What Items to Render / Display (on/off toggles)

U Shift+U ^ Ctrl+A I Ctrl+L Galaxies Globulars Nebulae Atmospheres Clouds Night side planet lights (light pollution)

Ctrl+T Ctrl+E Ctrl+B / ; Ctrl+K O

Comet tails Eclipse shadows Constellation boundaries Constellation diagrams Earth-based equatorial coordinate sphere Markers (placed on objects) Orbits (toggle ON/OFF ALL selected orbits in the Preferences/General dialog box)

Render / Display Options

{ } ( ) [ Decrease Ambient Light Increase Ambient Light Decrease Galaxy Light Gain (Dimmer) Increase Galaxy Light Gain (Brighter) Decrease Magnitude Limit: - If AutoMag OFF: Decrease limiting magnitude (fewer stars) - If AutoMag ON : Decrease limiting magnitude at 45 deg FOV Increase Magnitude Limit: - If AutoMag OFF: Increase limiting magnitude (more stars) - If AutoMag ON : Increase limiting magnitude at 45 deg FOV Toggle Auto Magnitude (auto adaptation of star visibility to FOV) Narrow Field Of View [FOV] (also Shift+Left Mouse Button Drag) Widen Field Of View [FOV] (also Shift+Left Mouse Button Drag) Toggle Antialias lines (ie. orbits) Toggle Display mode (Full-Screen / Windowed) Mark selected object (Marker display must be active -- Ctrl+K) OpenGL Render Paths -- Cycle through the paths supported on your

] Ctrl+Y , . Ctrl+X Alt+Enter Ctrl+P Ctrl+V

graphics card + % Ctrl+S V Ctrl+W Toggle Planet Texture Type (Artistic / Limit of Knowledge) Toggle star color table Cycle the Star Style (points / fuzzy discs / scaled discs) Cycle the Info text verbosity ( Terse / Verbose / None ) Toggle Wireframe mode

Multiview Options
Ctrl+U Ctrl+R Tab Delete Ctrl+D Split view horizontally Split view vertically Cycle through all active views Delete active view Delete all views except active one (reset to Single view)

Other Functions
Ctrl+C Ctrl+Insert F10 Shift+F10 F11 F12 ~ ` Ctrl+O Copy location URL to clipboard (Cel:// URL) Copy location URL to clipboard (Cel:// URL) Capture Image to file (screenshot) Capture Movie to file (video) While in Movie Capture: Start / Pause capture While in Movie Capture: Stop capture Toggle debug console (display "file loading" information) Use to debug texture loading problems. Up/Down arrow keys scroll list Toggle display of "frames per second" (FPS) being rendered Display "Select Object" dialog box

@ D

Edit Mode toggle (to assist in the placements of objects) Run demo script (demo.cel) Activate object/location name entry mode - Esc to exit - Type an object or location name and press Enter - Type a partial name then use Tab / Shift+Tab to highlight an item Enter will then select the highlighted item

Enter

Joystick Controls description

F8 X axis Y axis L trigger R trigger Button 1 Button 2 Toggle Joystick control Yaw Left/Right Pitch Up/Down Roll Left Roll Right Move slower Move faster

Mac specific controls

What Orbits to Display

O Orbits (toggle ON/OFF ALL selected orbits in the Preferences/General

dialog box) Shift+Cmd+P Shift+Cmd+M Shift+Cmd+A Shift+Cmd+C Shift+Cmd+S Planet orbits Moon orbits Asteroid orbits Comet orbits Spacecraft orbits

Unsorted
Cmd+Left Drag Cmd+L Cmd+B Cmd+T Cmd+F Cmd+E Cmd+C Cmd+V Cmd+D Shift+Cmd+D Cmd+] Cmd+[ Cmd+M Adjust distance to selection (Home/End) Open Go To Object dialog box Open Browser Open Set Time dialog box Toggle full screen mode Open Eclipse Finder Copy the cel:// URL of current position Paste last cel:// URL copied Add selected object to Favorites Open Favorites dialog box History (Forward) History (Backward) Minimize Celestia window

Linux specific controls

Alt+S GotoSurface

Alt+F

Alt-azimuth mode (toggle). Used with Ctrl-G (Goto surface). The Left & Right Arrow keys become Yaw Left / Yaw Right

Celestia FAQ
Graphics
The Earth and other planets look strange. They have weird colors or do not look like globes. How can I fix this? Celestia is drawing planets and moons bright red. Why?

The Moon is purple, blue and red. Why?

I want to see all possible Celestia eye candy. What kind of graphics card should I get?

How will Celestia perform on my system?

Why does the illumination level in Celestia not fall off the farther from the Sun I go - surely it should be very dark by the time I get to Pluto?

Celestia's galaxies are ugly, dim, grey blobs. How can I get colorful galaxies that look like the real things?

Positions on Mars are on the opposite side of the planet or bumps seem to be half a world away from the mountains or it's dark where it should be daylight. Why?

Why are some texture maps upside down and backward?

My planet's rings are drawn as a featureless oval. It used to work. What's wrong? Problem on Ubuntu: Why does Celestia not have textures?

Older issues that should be solved

Installation of new graphic card drivers on Windows

General Information

Uninstalling the NVIDIA Display Driver Software

Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers Graphics driver update procedure for Laptops

Crashes
Celestia crashes my computer. Celestia crashes, what it draws is messed up or it's extremely slow. What can I do?

Celestia still crashes, draws funny stuff or is extremely slow. What can I do?

Why does Celestia always use 100% of the CPU?

How can I make Celestia use less CPU time?

Features
Why are my favorite stars not in Celestia?

Stars with HIP or HD designations sometimes show up in the "tab completion" line and sometimes do not. What's going on?

Why are there no stars in other galaxies than the Milky Way?

I want to write some scripts for Celestia. How can I do it?

How can I make Celestia work like a planetarium?

Why can't I see Mir or Galileo? I know they're defined in Celestia.

Celestia's orbit for the ISS is out of date. How can I get a better one?

I've placed a planet in orbit around a star in a binary system, but I only see light it lit by one of the stars. What's wrong?

How many simultaneous light sources can Celestia handle? Ring and eclipse shadows don't look right when there are multiple light sources. The Sun and the Moon are much too small in Celestia. What's wrong?

General Questions
Where can I get more information about Celestia?

Where can I get the most recent version of Celestia? What changes have been made to Celestia since the last version? I have a previous version of Celestia with tons of addons, custom textures, etc. How can I update to the latest version without having to reinstall all of those addons, textures, etc?

Why don't Windows and Mac addons work under Linux?

I have created pictures/videos with Celestia. May I sell them or use them for or in commercial productions?

Vista questions
General information

When trying to install the program on my windows Vista machine the installer says it needs administrator rights which I don't have.

Why can't I make changes to files in the Celestia data directory?

What are compatibility directories?

I can't find/see those compatibility directories. Why?

Where are the files that I just edited and saved?

How do I use the 3dstocmod converter?

What causes Celestia to crash on Vista?

Addressing limitations Do Cel:// URLs work under Vista?

Are the security impacts from Vista on Celestia?

Celestia resources
Celestia Web Site: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ Celestia User Forums: http://www.shatters.net/forum/ Selden's List of Resources for Celestia: http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/~seb/celestia/ Celestia Wikibook: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Celestia Celestial Matters Website and Forums: http://www.celestialmatters.org/ http://forum.celestialmatters.org/ Celestia Motherlode: http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/ Celestia Bug Tracking (SourceForge.net): http://sourceforge.net/tracker/? atid=121302&group_id=21302&func=browse Celestia Feature Requests (SourceForge.net): http://sourceforge.net/tracker/? atid=371302&group_id=21302&func=browse

License
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the enclosed GNU General Public License (COPYING) for more details.

You may also get a copy of this licence from: Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330 Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA Authors

Contributions

Contributors

Documentation

Scientific Data Base

Texture maps

3D Models

 Libraries Other work

Acknowledgements
A very big thank you for creating Celestia goes to Chris Laurel who started this program in the year 2001. Chris Laurel claurel@gmail.com http://www.shatters.net/~claurel/ http://www.shatters.net/celestia/. Special thanks go to all Celestia users who submit bug reports, suggestions, and fixes. Celestia wouldn't be the program it is today, without their help.