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How do I get more nebula and galaxy names on Stellarium?


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I found many unnamed objects when looking for something different to try on this software such as the headphones nebula and this huge one I found(see attached) There is also a lot of objects that are named but there's no reference image so I don't know how big or small they are for framing see ic2144 on this image. It said I had 5 of 9 star catalogue but I clicked download and it gave me the errors you see in 'extras'. If anyone would point me in the right direction to get stuff i need to download and how to install would be great thanks. Also as for this large nebula I'm interested in does anyone know if its visible with any of my setups? and the bortle 7 I live in, seems faint already on the reference.

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If you go the Sky and Viewing options on the right hand side of the interface you can move the sliders for "labels and hints", this will increase the amount of DSO labels you see.

You can also change the Sky Survey displayed from the default DSS Coloured one shown here, this will generally show you more nebulosity than the default.

In the DSO tab of the same window you can specify for which object catalogues to display hints for, if I remember right that particular object should be found under the Sh2 catalogue.

That object is very faint and you will most likely need narrowband and long integration time from Bortle 7 skies.

Hope thats some help.

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