Celestia/Navigation

Mouse and Keyboard Controls Used for Navigation in Celestia Mouse Functions Celestia works best with a three-button wheel-mouse. Very inexpensive ones are available which work well with Linux, Mac and Windows computers. Left drag: Orient the view. Right drag: Orbit the selected object. Wheel: Adjust the distance to your current selection. Right + Left drag: Adjust your distance to the selection. Ctrl + Left drag: Adjust your distance to the selection. Shift + Left drag: Changes your field of view (e.g. => Telescopic view.) Wheel click: Toggles the field of view between 45 degrees and the previous field of view. Left click: Select the object you click on. Left double click: Center the selection. Right click: Brings up the context menu. Keyboard Navigation Commands H : Select the sun. (Home.) C : Center on the currently selected object. G : Go to the currently selected object. F : Follow the selected object. Y : Orbit the selected object at a rate synchronized to its rotation. : : Lock on the selected object. " : Chase the selected object. (The orientation is based on the selected object's velocity.) T : Track the currently selected object. (Keep the selected object centered in the view.) HOME : Move closer to the currently selected object. * : Look back. Causes the view to shift from objects forward in the direction of motion, to objects rearward. END : Move farther from the selected object. ESC : Cancel the currently executing motion or script. Shift+C : Center/orbit. (Center the selected object without changing the position of the reference object.) Left : Move (or roll) the camera view left. Right: Move (or roll) the camera view right. Up : Move (or pitch) the camera view up. Down : Move (or pitch) the camera view down. Shift+ Arrow: Orbit the currently selected object in the direction indicated by the arrow selected. 1-9 : Select any of the planets orbiting our Sun. (2=Venus, 4=Mars, etc.) ENTER : Select a star or planet by typing its name. Ctrl+C, or Ctrl+INS : Copy location URL to your clipboard. Time Control Spacebar : Pause/Resume the flow of time and scripts (toggle) J : Reverse/Forward time (toggle) \ : Set time rate: 1x forward (norm), cancels faster/slower x factors L : Change time rate : 10x faster K : Change time rate : 10x slower Shift+L : Change time rate: 2x faster Shift+K : Change time rate: 2x slower ! : Set time to current system date and time ? : Display light-travel delay between ovserver / selected object - (hyphen) : Subtract light-travel delay from current simulation time Labels (on/off Toggles) E : Galaxies Shift+E : Globulars B : Stars P : Planets Shift+P : Dwarf Planets M : Moons Shift+M : Minor Moons W : Asteroids N : Spacecraft = : Constellations & : Locations Render/Display (on/off Toggles) U : Galaxies Shift+U : Globulars ^ : Nebulae Ctrl+A : Atmospheres I : Clouds Ctrl+L : Night side maps Ctrl+T : Comet Tails Ctrl+E : Eclipse Shadows Ctrl+B : Constellations bounaries / : Constellation diagrams ; : Earth-based equatorial coordinate sphere Ctrl+K : Markers (placed on objects) O : Orbits (toggle ALL selected orbits) Render Options { : Decrease Ambient Light } : Increase Ambient Light ( : Decrease Galaxy Light Gain ) : Increase Galaxy Light Gain [ : Decrease Magnitude Limit : - If AutoMag OFF : Decrease limiting magnitude (fewer stars) - If AutoMag ON : Decrease limiting magnitude at 45 deg FOV ] : Increase Magnitude Limit : - If AutoMag OFF : Increase limiting magnitude (fewer stars) - If AutoMag ON : Increase limiting magnitude at 45 deg FOV Ctrl+Y : Toggle Auto Magnitude (auto adaptation of start visibility of FOV) , : Narrow Field of View [Shift+Left Drag] . : Widen Field of View [Shift+Left Drag] Ctrl+X : Toggle Antialias lines Alt+Enter : Toggle Display mode (Full-Screen / Windowed) Ctrl+P : Mark selected object + : Toggle Planet Texture type (Artisitic / Limit of Knowledge) % : Star color table toggle (classic / Blackbody D65) Ctrl+S : Cycle the Star Style (points / fuzzy discs / scaled discs) V : Cycle the Info text verbosity (None / Terse / Verbose) Ctrl+W : Toggle Wireframe mode Spaceflight F1 : Stop. F2 : Set velocity to 1 km/s. F3 : Set velocity to 1,000 km/s. F4 : Set velocity to speed of light. F5 : Set velocity to 10x the speed of light. F6 : Set velocity to 1 AU/s. F7 : Set velocity to 1 ly/s. A : Increase velocity. Z : Decrease velocity. Q : Reverse direction. X : Set movement direction toward center of screen. Number pad 4 : Yaw left. 6 : Yaw right. 8 : Pitch down. 2 : Pitch up. 7 : Roll left. 9 : Roll right. 5 : Stop rotation. Joystick Controls X axis : Yaw. Y axis : Pitch. L trigger : Roll left. R trigger : Roll right. Button 1 : Slower. Button 2 : Faster.