how do I get 103P Hartley in Stellarium?

[Ags]

...or any other comet, minor planet and so on? I've got Stellarium to display sattelites, so surely it can do minor natural bodies as well?

[Digz]

Have a look here:

Solar System Objects - Stellarium

Comets can be added along these lines. A google search often yields the codes you need.

NTH

[Bizibilder]

How do I save the file in Windows 7? It won't let me change and save the .ini file (I believe that Win7 won't allow you to change and save ANY file unless it is "Documents"?

[Digz]

What I am about to say shouldnt be attempted without making backups of important files. I profess not to be computer whizz.

The .ini file should be opened in wordpad or similar. I think you can then save it as a .rft file and then change the extension to .ini - make sure you have a backup of the original .ini file.

[John]

You could always try installing Cartes du Ceil V3.2 instead:

http://stargazerslounge.com/heads-up/116395-new-updated-v3-2-carte-du-ciel-cdc.html

I downloaded this and installed it last night and found comet Hartley already on there and in the right place

[JB80]

Hmm Like everything I download Cartes du Ciel is in French, unless it's supposed to be. Frustrating.

Also I don't get where I am supposed to add that code for stellarium. In Stellarium?

edit: At least I got the language changed, I'm getting better at French:D

[Digz]

Read the article in the link in my post above above. Basically the code is added to the system.ini file which contains all the data for stellarium.

[atharh]

If you are using win7 you need to run notepad as an administrator:

- Click "Start"

- type notepad in searchbox.

- right click on Notepad and select "Run as administrator"

Open and edit the file:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Stellarium\data\ssystem.ini

Add following entry at the end:

[103P-Hartley]

name = 103P-Hartley

parent = Sun

coord_func = comet_orbit

radius = 10

oblateness = 0.0

albedo = 1

lighting = true

halo = true

color = 1.0,1.0,1.0

tex_map = nomap.png

tex_halo = star16x16.png

orbit_Epoch = 2455470.5

orbit_SemiMajorAxis = 3.4726656

orbit_Eccentricity = 0.6951420

orbit_Inclination = 13.61768

orbit_AscendingNode = 219.76087

orbit_ArgOfPericenter = 181.19852

orbit_MeanAnomaly = 355.84874

[JB80]

Big thanks guys, it worked:)

I thought I had to add the code in Stellarium, turns out it's still very easy.

Thanks:D