stellarium question

[kniclander]

does stellarium allow you to superimpose an eyepiece field of view ie so you can see what stars lie in a 1 deg field for example?

also, can you change the view to what you would see through a newt?

thanks all

[ArmyAirForce]

Yes, select an object, then press the Ocular button ( or ctrl + O ). Then I think Alt + O brings up options to select/edit the field of view.

[Daggerstab]

Note that to have the ocular button or the Ctrl/Cmd+O shortcut, you need to have the Oculars plug-in enabled. The plug-in's configuration window also allows you to enter the details telescopes, oculars, etc., and to enable the nice buttons panel for switching between oculars.

[kniclander]

thanks guys. very helpful.

[pajr777]

And yes to your other query, you can flip the ocular view in both axis, and also have different settings for your finderscope if necessary. To set up a finderscope you need to set up the equivalent telescope and eyepiece and select them together.

When I'm hunting from something I'll typically print a wide scale star map with easily recognisable constellations and a Telrad reticule superimposed to put me in the general vicinity, then an ocular view with my lowest power eyepiece selected. Occasionally I might print a finderscope view too if the nearby stars are faint - I find that below a certain magnitude it's easier to use the finder than the Telrad alone.

Check the "invert colours" option in Configuration->Tools->Screenshots so you get black stars on a white sky - saves a lot of ink

[Alastair Rae]

There's a tutorial on YouTube about using the plugin