Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Stellarium shortcuts

Here is an extensive listing of keyboard (and mouse) shortcuts you may use in the Windows version of Stellarium (0.9.1).

Most quick reference or "accelerator" listings (including the one inside Stellarium) are incorrectly designed in that they show the key first, then the action. You'll see I've done the opposite. I've also logically grouped related commands.

Note: I intentionally omitted the scripting commands...

Enjoy.

controlling the surroundings
toggle on/off cardinal or compass pointsWW q
toggle on/off ground and buildings

g
toggle on/off ground fog
f
toggle on/off atmosphere or air

a

controlling sky appearance
toggle on/off stars
s
toggle on/off stars names*
d
toggle on/off constellation lines
c
toggle on/off constellation boundaries
b
toggle on/off constellation labels
v
toggle on/off constellation artwork
r
toggle on/off planet labels (and circles)
p
toggle on/off nebula labels (and circles)
n
increase/decrease Moon scale (1x, 4x)

o (oh)
toggle meteor shower rate**
9

controlling gridlines
toggle on/off horizon line
z
toggle on/off alt/az grid lines
z
toggle on/off equatorial grid
e
toggle on/off ecliptic line
4 or , (comma)
toggle on/off celestial equator
5 or . (period)

changing image presentation
toggle horizontal flipping
Ctrl Shift h
toggle vertical flipping
Ctrl Shift v

controlling time
set date/time to match computer

8
fast forward / increase time
l (lower case L)
fast reverse / decrease time
j
run time at normal speed
k
pause/continue time
6
stop time
7
move forward 1 hour
Ctrl = (equal)
move backward 1 hour
Ctrl - (hyphen)
move forward 1 normal day
= (equal)
move backward 1 normal day
- (hyphen)
move forward 1 sidereal day
Alt = (equal)
move backward 1 sidereal day
Alt - (hyphen)
move forward 7 normal days
]
move backward 7 normal days
[
move forward 7 sidereal days
Alt ]
move backward 7 sidereal days
Alt [

zooming and panning
quickly zoom in or out

mouse roller up or down
zoom in
PgUp or Ctrl Up Arrow
zoom out
PgDn or Ctrl Dn Arrow
zoom close to selected object
/ (slash)
zoom out fully, to original position
\ (backslash)
pan the celestial sphere

left-drag
pan right
Right Arrow
pan left
Left Arrow
pan up
Up Arrow
pan down
Dn Arrow

working with objects
select an object visually
left-click
centre on selected object
spacebar
toggle on/off tracking of selected object
t
deselect the object
right-click
display search dialog box
Ctrl f
travel to the object, i.e. go to a planet
Ctrl g

controlling the telescope
slew telescope 1 to selected object
Ctrl 1 (one)
slew telescope 2 to selected object
Ctrl 2

controlling the application
toggle eq or alt/az mount

Enter
toggle on/off the configuration dialog
1
toggle on/off the help dialog
h
toggle application fullscreen/window
F1
toggle on/off text menu
m
toggle on/off the "about" dialog
i
save screenshot to desktop image file
Ctrl s
quit from Stellarium
Ctrl q

* The stars named is based on magnitude limit setting in the configuration dialog.

** The meteor rate (ZHR) is either 10, 80, 10000, or 144000.

There may be more shortcuts for the keyboard and mouse that I missed... Send me a note.

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