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That covers the very basics. By default, the Star Browser window displays a table of the nearest stars, along with their Distance, Apparent and Absolute Magnitude, and Type. Clicking on the column headers will sort the stars. The table is not continuously updated, so if you travel to another star, you should press the Refresh button to update the table for your current position.

The radio buttons beneath the table let you switch between viewing a list of Nearest, Brightest, or 'With planets' stars. As with the solar system browser, clicking on any star name in the table will select it. Use this feature along with the Center and Go To buttons to tour the stars visible from any night sky in the galaxy. The Solar System Browser displays a window with a tree view of all the objects in the nearest solar system if there is one within a light year of your current position.

Clicking on the name of any object in the window will select it. You can then use the Center or Go To buttons to display that object in the main Celestia window. You can use common names, Bayer designations or catalog numbers for stars. Catalog numbers must be entered with a space between the prefix and the catalog number.

You can modify how Celestia starts up each time you run it, by defining your own start-up settings. Simply open the file "start. Also, view the celestia. Celestia allows you to easily add real, hypothetical, or fictional objects by creating new catalog files. It is not recommended that you alter the built-in data files; nearly all desired modifications and additions can be made by placing new catalog files in Celestia's extras folders.

There are three types of catalog files:. All three types of catalog file are text files that can be updated with your favorite text editing program. Skip to content. Star Real-time 3D visualization of space. Branches Tags. Could not load branches. Could not load tags. Latest commit. Git stats 6, commits. Failed to load latest commit information. View code. Release Localized License Contribute Celestia A real-time space simulation that lets you experience our universe in three dimensions.

Star browser By default, the Star Browser window displays a table of the nearest stars, along with their Distance, Apparent and Absolute Magnitude, and Type. Solar system browser The Solar System Browser displays a window with a tree view of all the objects in the nearest solar system if there is one within a light year of your current position.

Selecting objects by name Celestia provides several ways to select an object by name Press Enter, type in the entire object name, and press Enter again. When used as a planetarium, Celestia shows accurate positions of solar system objects in the sky.

There are many different add-ons available containing new objects like comets or stars, high-resolution textures of Earth and other well mapped solar system bodies, as well as 3D models for asteroids and spacecraft on precise trajectories.

Even fictional objects from well-known sci-fi franchises can be found. Construct whole planetary systems, nebulae, galaxies or fictional objects. Celestia provides a unique opportunity to interactively demonstrate your creations.

Virtual Textures can be used to display extremely high-resolution textures or close-up features on planetary surfaces. Celestia only loads the tiles it needs to display, increasing performance. Available only for Celestia 1. Celestia supports different types of trajectory data. Virtual Textures Virtual Textures can be used to display extremely high-resolution textures or close-up features on planetary surfaces.

Trajectories Celestia supports different types of trajectory data.