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