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Command / Crtl M to change telecsope mount, Command / Ctrl up/down arrow to zoom in and out The azimuthal mount can sometimes highlight certain types of sky motions better than the equatorial mount. This is an advanced technique to explore as you get more comfortable with the other tools.В The choices of the type of вЂњmountвЂќ are equatorial (what we think of as вЂњnormalвЂќ view) or вЂњazimuthalвЂќ (the way some telescopes are angled). There are actually two types of day on earth: a normal day where we see the sun appear in the same part of the sky 24 hours later and the sidereal (pronounced вЂњsye вЂ“ DEER вЂ“ ree вЂ“ allвЂќ) Use the option key to jump by sidereal time instead of вЂњnormalвЂќ time. Zoom in and out of theВ viewport вЂ“ Command / Ctrl up or down arrow or вЂњscrollвЂќ with the mouse wheel or trackpadД®arthвЂ™s orbit combined with daily rotation means that a day isnвЂ™t really a day.Command / Ctrl up or down arrow to zoom in and out Jupiter is another beautiful sight fully zoomed in! Once you zoom in all the way, you can see JupiterвЂ™s moons.Д¬ombine these three tools for a treat: lock on Jupiter, zoom in all the way, and start a time-lapse and youвЂ™ve just recreated GalileoвЂ™s world-shattering scientific observations. Try locking onto the moon and zooming in. StellariumВ gives you a super zoom ability and can make your computer as powerful as the Hubble Space telescope. All time controls will still work, but now the view will track that object. Just click the object and hit the space bar. Space bar is a control for locking your view on a certain object.Click an object to select, space bar locks on that object вЂ“В the view will follow it C-ombine locking with time-lapse and you will really begin to unlock the motions of the sky. The Sun is also a good target to lock onto. The Moon is a great object to lock to and track.

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Often you will want to look at a particular patch of sky and watch it go by, but other times you will want to вЂњlockвЂќ onto an object and follow it, keeping it in the view. Move time by 1 week вЂ“ forward (press right bracket ] ) or backward (press left bracket [ ).Move time by 1 day вЂ“ forward (press equals =) or backward (press minus -).Move time by 1 hour вЂ“ forward (press Command/Ctrl and equals =) or backward (press Command/Ctrl and minus -).Time Controls by Key presses вЂ“В time jumping: equals, minus, left and right brackets

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For instance, you might ask yourself вЂњwhat will the moon look like and where will it be at this time tomorrow?вЂќ The plus and minus keys can help you see that.

Timelapse is cool вЂ“ but sometimes you want to jump a specific amount of time forward or backward.

Stop time, Pause time вЂ“ click the K key or press the вЂњplayвЂќ triangle (it will turn into a pause button).

Reverse the speed of time вЂ“ press the J key or click the вЂњtwo triangles pointing leftвЂќ button.

Increase the speed of time вЂ“ press the L key or click the вЂњtwo triangles pointing rightвЂќ button.Set time to вЂњnowвЂќ вЂ“ press the 8 key or click the вЂњhourglassвЂќ button.You can click the button on screen or use a key press. The control bar Stellarium вЂ“ time controls are triangle shapes on the right side Time Controls by Key presses 8 to go to вЂњnowвЂќ, J, K, L to do Time Lapse Notice which direction they are moving? They вЂњRiseвЂќ in the East and вЂњSetвЂќ in the West вЂ“ just like the Sun вЂ“ in fact, every star is like a setting sun. Speed up time just a little bit (hit the L key a few times or click the double-right arrows) and you will immediately see the stars begin to move across the sky. And if you find you are stuck somewhere in the past or the future you can easily get home! You can stop time, speed it up, and go in reverse. Time controllers give you control over time.

You can use it to plan viewings or to check what you saw in the sky. You can jump to any moment in time вЂ“ even back to the time of theВ Egyptian Pharaohs. You can pause time with Stellarium (hint: press the k key to start and stop time).

You can speed up time into a time-lapse, slow it down, or move it backward. You can use the excellent time controllers to move the clock backwardВ and forward.

#The stellarium how to

In this article you will learn how to use the Time Control features of Stellarium. It helps you learn to see patterns in the sky. Learning to do Physical Astronomy? Stellarium is the perfect tool for you.