Handout-03
Activity 01: Visualising space
1.2. Explain the various parts of software interface.
Step 1:
You can view the interface (main toolbar) of Stellarium software when you bring your mouse cursor to the bottom left side of the screen. You can see the main toolbar is arranged in vertical and horizontal manner. When you move the cursor from bottom left it disappears. To freeze these tools to appear, you need to click the arrows at the bottom left and it will change it to square shape to make the tools to appear even when you move the cursor anywhere in the screen.
Step 2:
The vertical toolbar contains 7 tools which are indicated in the screenshot given below. The descriptions of each toolbar is given in the tabular form.
Feature
Tool-bar button
Key
Description
Help Window
F1
Show the help window, which lists key bindings and other useful information
Configuration Window
F2
Show the display of the configuration window
Search Window
F3 or CTRL+f
Show the display of the object search window
View Window
F4
Show the view window
Time Window
F5
Show the display of the help window
Location Window
F6
Show the observer location window (map)
Astronomical Calculation Window
F10
Show the Astronomical Calculation Window
Step 3:
When you click the buttons of each of the vertical toolbar or respective keys, the tool specific windows are opens for further use.
Help window ( / F1)
Configuration window ( /F2)
Search window ( / F3)
Sky and viewing options window ( / F4)
Date / time window ( / F5)
Location window ( / F6)
Astronomical calculations window ( / F10)
Step 4:
The horizontal toolbar contains many tools which are indicated in the screenshot given below. The descriptions of each toolbar is given in the tabular form.
Feature
Tool-bar button
Key
Description
Constellations lines
C
Draws the constellation lines
Constellation Labels /Names
V
Draws the name of the constellations
Constellation Art
R
Superimposes artistic representations of the constellations over the stars
Equatorial Grid
E
Draws grid lines for the RA/Dec coordinate system
Azimuth Grid
Z
Draws grid lines for the Alt/Azi coordinate system
(Toggle) Ground
G
Toggles drawing of the ground. Turn this off to see objects that are below the horizon
(Toggle) Cardinal Points
Q
Toggles marking of the North, South, East and West points on the horizon
(Toggle) Atmosphere
A
Toggles atmospheric effects. Most notably makes the stars visible in the daytime
Deep-sky objects / Nebulae & Galaxies
D
Toggles marking the positions of Nebulae and Galaxies when the FOV is too wide to see them
Planet Labels / Hints
Alt+P
Toggles indicators to show the position of planets
Switch between equatorial and azimuthal mount /
Coordinate System
Ctrl+M
Toggles between Alt/Azi & RA/Dec coordinate systems
Center on selected / Goto
Space
Centres the view on the selected object
Night Mode
Ctrl+N
Toggle “night mode”, which changes the coloring of same display elements to be easier on the dark-adapted eye.
Full Screen Mode
F11
Toggle fullscreen mode.
Show exo-planets
Ctrl+Alt+E
Toggle Meteors showers
Ctrl+Shift+M
Show search dialog
Ctrl+Alt+M
Show Meteors of a specific year
Satellite hints
Ctrl+Z
Decrease time speed
J
Decrease the rate at which time passes
Set normal time rate
K
Make time pass as normal
Set time to now
8
Return to the current time & date
Increase time speed
L
Increase the rate at which time passes
Quit
Ctrl+Q
Exits
Step 5:
When you click the buttons of each of the horizontal toolbar or respective keys, the tool specific windows are opens for further use.
Constellations lines ( / C)
Constellation Labels /Names ( / V)
Constellation Art (Constellation Art / R)
Equatorial grid ( / E)
Azimuthal grid ( / Z)
Ground ( / G)
Moving Around the Sky
Key
Description
Cursor keys
Pan the view left, right, up and down
Page up / Page down
Zoom in and out
Backslash (\)
Auto-zoom out to original field of view
Left mouse button
Select an object in the sky
Right mouse button
Clear selected object
Mouse wheel
Zoom in and out
Space
Centre view on selected object
Forward-slash (/)
Auto-zoom in to selected object
Time Travel
Button
Shortcut key
Description
j
Decrease the rate at which time passes
k
Make time pass as normal
l
Increase the rate at which time passes
8
Return to the current time & date
Table below describes the operations of buttons on the main tool-bar and the side toolbar, and gives their keyboard shortcuts.
Feature
Tool-bar button
Key
Description
Constellations
c
Draws the constellation lines
Constellation Names
v
Draws the name of the constellations
Constellation Art
r
Superimposes artistic representations of the constellations over the stars
Equatorial Grid
e
Draws grid lines for the RA/Dec coordinate system
Azimuth Grid
z
Draws grid lines for the Alt/Azi coordinate system
Toggle Ground
g
Toggles drawing of the ground. Turn this off to see objects that are below the horizon
Toggle Cardinal Points
q
Toggles marking of the North, South, East and West points on the horizon
Toggle Atmosphere
a
Toggles atmospheric effects. Most notably makes the stars visible in the daytime
Nebulae & Galaxies
n
Toggles marking the positions of Nebulae and Galaxies when the FOV is too wide to see them
Planet Hints
p
Toggles indicators to show the position of planets
Coordinate System
Enter
Toggles between Alt/Azi & RA/Dec coordinate systems
Goto
Space
Centres the view on the selected object
Night Mode
[none]
Toggle “night mode”, which changes the coloring of same display elements to be easier on the dark-adapted eye.
Nebula background images
[none]
Toggle “nebula background images”, which turns the Textures on or off.
Full Screen Mode
F11
Toggle fullscreen mode.
Flip image(horizontal)
CTRL+SHIFT+h
Flips the image in the horizontal plane. Note this button is not enabled by default. See section [sec:image flipping]
Flip image (vertical)
CTRL+SHIFT+v
Flips the image in the vertical plane. Note this button is not enabled by default. See section [sec:image flipping]
Quit Stellarium
CTRL-Q
Close Stellarium. Note: the keyboard shortcut is COMMAND-Q on OSX machines
Help Window
F1
Show the help window, which lists key bindings and other useful information
Configuration Window
F2
Show the display of the configuration window
Search Window
F3 or CTRL+f
Show the display of the object search window
View Window
F4
Show the view window
Time Window
F5
Show the display of the help window
Location Window
F6
Show the observer location window (map)
Activity 01: Visualising space
1.2. Explain the various parts of software interface.
Step 1:
You can view the interface (main toolbar) of Stellarium software when you bring your mouse cursor to the bottom left side of the screen. You can see the main toolbar is arranged in vertical and horizontal manner. When you move the cursor from bottom left it disappears. To freeze these tools to appear, you need to click the arrows at the bottom left and it will change it to square shape to make the tools to appear even when you move the cursor anywhere in the screen.
Step 2:
The vertical toolbar contains 7 tools which are indicated in the screenshot given below. The descriptions of each toolbar is given in the tabular form.
Feature
Tool-bar button
Key
Description
Help Window
F1
Show the help window, which lists key bindings and other useful information
Configuration Window
F2
Show the display of the configuration window
Search Window
F3 or CTRL+f
Show the display of the object search window
View Window
F4
Show the view window
Time Window
F5
Show the display of the help window
Location Window
F6
Show the observer location window (map)
Astronomical Calculation Window
F10
Show the Astronomical Calculation Window
Step 3:
When you click the buttons of each of the vertical toolbar or respective keys, the tool specific windows are opens for further use.
Help window ( / F1)
Configuration window ( /F2)
Search window ( / F3)
Sky and viewing options window ( / F4)
Date / time window ( / F5)
Location window ( / F6)
Astronomical calculations window ( / F10)
Step 4:
The horizontal toolbar contains many tools which are indicated in the screenshot given below. The descriptions of each toolbar is given in the tabular form.
Feature
Tool-bar button
Key
Description
Constellations lines
C
Draws the constellation lines
Constellation Labels /Names
V
Draws the name of the constellations
Constellation Art
R
Superimposes artistic representations of the constellations over the stars
Equatorial Grid
E
Draws grid lines for the RA/Dec coordinate system
Azimuth Grid
Z
Draws grid lines for the Alt/Azi coordinate system
(Toggle) Ground
G
Toggles drawing of the ground. Turn this off to see objects that are below the horizon
(Toggle) Cardinal Points
Q
Toggles marking of the North, South, East and West points on the horizon
(Toggle) Atmosphere
A
Toggles atmospheric effects. Most notably makes the stars visible in the daytime
Deep-sky objects / Nebulae & Galaxies
D
Toggles marking the positions of Nebulae and Galaxies when the FOV is too wide to see them
Planet Labels / Hints
Alt+P
Toggles indicators to show the position of planets
Switch between equatorial and azimuthal mount /
Coordinate System
Ctrl+M
Toggles between Alt/Azi & RA/Dec coordinate systems
Center on selected / Goto
Space
Centres the view on the selected object
Night Mode
Ctrl+N
Toggle “night mode”, which changes the coloring of same display elements to be easier on the dark-adapted eye.
Full Screen Mode
F11
Toggle fullscreen mode.
Show exo-planets
Ctrl+Alt+E
Toggle Meteors showers
Ctrl+Shift+M
Show search dialog
Ctrl+Alt+M
Show Meteors of a specific year
Satellite hints
Ctrl+Z
Decrease time speed
J
Decrease the rate at which time passes
Set normal time rate
K
Make time pass as normal
Set time to now
8
Return to the current time & date
Increase time speed
L
Increase the rate at which time passes
Quit
Ctrl+Q
Exits
Step 5:
When you click the buttons of each of the horizontal toolbar or respective keys, the tool specific windows are opens for further use.
Constellations lines ( / C)
Constellation Labels /Names ( / V)
Constellation Art (Constellation Art / R)
Equatorial grid ( / E)
Azimuthal grid ( / Z)
Ground ( / G)
Moving Around the Sky
Key
Description
Cursor keys
Pan the view left, right, up and down
Page up / Page down
Zoom in and out
Backslash (\)
Auto-zoom out to original field of view
Left mouse button
Select an object in the sky
Right mouse button
Clear selected object
Mouse wheel
Zoom in and out
Space
Centre view on selected object
Forward-slash (/)
Auto-zoom in to selected object
Time Travel
Button
Shortcut key
Description
j
Decrease the rate at which time passes
k
Make time pass as normal
l
Increase the rate at which time passes
8
Return to the current time & date
Table below describes the operations of buttons on the main tool-bar and the side toolbar, and gives their keyboard shortcuts.
Feature
Tool-bar button
Key
Description
Constellations
c
Draws the constellation lines
Constellation Names
v
Draws the name of the constellations
Constellation Art
r
Superimposes artistic representations of the constellations over the stars
Equatorial Grid
e
Draws grid lines for the RA/Dec coordinate system
Azimuth Grid
z
Draws grid lines for the Alt/Azi coordinate system
Toggle Ground
g
Toggles drawing of the ground. Turn this off to see objects that are below the horizon
Toggle Cardinal Points
q
Toggles marking of the North, South, East and West points on the horizon
Toggle Atmosphere
a
Toggles atmospheric effects. Most notably makes the stars visible in the daytime
Nebulae & Galaxies
n
Toggles marking the positions of Nebulae and Galaxies when the FOV is too wide to see them
Planet Hints
p
Toggles indicators to show the position of planets
Coordinate System
Enter
Toggles between Alt/Azi & RA/Dec coordinate systems
Goto
Space
Centres the view on the selected object
Night Mode
[none]
Toggle “night mode”, which changes the coloring of same display elements to be easier on the dark-adapted eye.
Nebula background images
[none]
Toggle “nebula background images”, which turns the Textures on or off.
Full Screen Mode
F11
Toggle fullscreen mode.
Flip image(horizontal)
CTRL+SHIFT+h
Flips the image in the horizontal plane. Note this button is not enabled by default. See section [sec:image flipping]
Flip image (vertical)
CTRL+SHIFT+v
Flips the image in the vertical plane. Note this button is not enabled by default. See section [sec:image flipping]
Quit Stellarium
CTRL-Q
Close Stellarium. Note: the keyboard shortcut is COMMAND-Q on OSX machines
Help Window
F1
Show the help window, which lists key bindings and other useful information
Configuration Window
F2
Show the display of the configuration window
Search Window
F3 or CTRL+f
Show the display of the object search window
View Window
F4
Show the view window
Time Window
F5
Show the display of the help window
Location Window
F6
Show the observer location window (map)
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