My custom stellarium landscape

[Jack123456]

Hi everyone,

After seeing a few custom landscapes for stellarium, i have finally got round to doing one of my own.

It was much easier than i expected.

it only took a couple of hours to do, most of which was removing the sky.

i still have a couple of tweaks to do with it. the orientation isn't quite right, but i am really pleased with it.

thanks to those who have written the tutorials on it

[Pug]

That looks great. I read the tutorial but sadly, anything more complicated than using a spoon is beyond me!

[simon955]

That's pretty nice, I'll have a go myself.

[Digz]

Nicely done.

I had ago at this a few weeks back, but didnt quite get it right. I need to have another stab at it I think.

[MorningMajor]

That's great - really is something I've been meaning to have a go at - reckon as the nights get shorter I'll have more time and less excuses!

PS - which tutorials did you use?

[ixalon]

Looks good! I made one of these myself - observing from my back garden where targets are quite often behind neighbouring buildings, it's really useful for knowing when they'll be visible. Main difficulty was getting all the images to stitch together nicely (I used Hugin) - I tried again on an overcast day, and found it much easier.

[Jack123456]

It really isn't as difficult as it seems

There is a thread in the "tutorial and primers" section called "Tutorial: Custom stellarium landscapes" by George7378

Basically, i took some photos, stitched them together in Microsoft ICE, edited it in Paint.NET, then did a copy and paste of the moon landscape folder, edited the config file and replaced the picture with my new one.

A couple of points.. I made sure my picture was the same size as the moon one. and that the horizon was in the middle.

[simon955]

It really isn't as difficult as it seems

You're right, since my earlier post I have done two scenes one for the top and bottom of the garden.

[Jack123456]

Nice one:D

I just wish i could see that many stars in the sky:p