Celestia Mouse, Keyboard and Joystick Controls ------------------------------------------ MOUSE CONTROLS ------------------------------------------ Left Drag ................................. Orient camera Right drag ............................... Orbit selected object [Shift+Arrow keys] Left+Right Drag left/right ........ Roll view left/right [Left/Right arrows] Left+Right Drag up/down ....... Adjust distance to selection [Home/End] Wheel ..................................... Adjust distance to selection [Home/End] Ctrl+Left Drag up/down .......... Adjust distance to selection [Home/End] Shift+Left Drag ....................... Change Field of View (FOV) [. / ,] Middle Button ......................... Toggle FOV between 45 degrees and previous setting Left Click (on object) .............. Select object [Enter key -- by object name] Left Click (on no object) ......... Cancel selection Left Double Click (on object) ...Select and Center object Right Click .............................. Bring up context menu ------------------------------------------------ KEYBOARD CONTROLS ------------------------------------------------ --- Navigation --- 1 - 9 .................................. Select planet around the nearest star 0 (zero) ............................. Select parent star of current planet or system H ...................................... Select Sol (Home system) C ....................................... Center on selected object G ...................................... Goto selected object F ....................................... Follow selected object T ....................................... Track selected object Y ....................................... Sync Orbit selected object at a rate synced to its rotation : ........................................ Lock on selected object " ........................................ Chase selected object Shift+C .............................. Center/orbit --center the selected object without changing the position of the reference object Ctrl+G ............................... Goto surface of selected object Ctrl+F ................................ Toggle Alt-azimuth mode Home ................................ Move closer to object End ................................... Move further away from object * ........................................ Look back Backspace ....................... Select parent of current object or clear the selection Esc ................................... Cancel motion or script --- 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 observer / 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 Shift+W ............................ Comets 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 ............................... Constellation boundaries / ....................................... 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 : - If AutoMag OFF: Increase limiting magnitude (more stars) - If AutoMag ON : Increase limiting magnitude at 45 deg FOV Ctrl+Y ............................... Toggle Auto Magnitude (auto adaptation of star visibility to 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 Ctrl+V ............................... Cycle among supported OpenGL render paths + ...................................... Toggle Planet Texture type (Artistic / Limit of Knowledge) % ..................................... Star color table toggle 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 --- Multiview Options --- Ctrl+U ................................ Split view horizontally Ctrl+R ................................ Split view vertically Tab ................................... Cycle through all active views Del .................................... Delete active view Ctrl+D ................................ Delete all views except active one (reset to Single view) --- Navigation via Arrow Keys --- Up/Down Arrow ................. Pitch down/up Left/Right Arrow ................. Roll left/right Shift+Left/Right Arrow ........ Orbit object: right/left Shift+Up/Down Arrow ........ Orbit object: down/up --- Navigation via number Pad Keys (with NumLock active) --- 8 ...................................... Pitch down [Down arrow] 2 ...................................... Pitch up [Up arrow] 7 ...................................... Roll left [Left arrow] 9 ...................................... Roll right [Right arrow] 5 ...................................... Stop rotation 4 ...................................... Yaw left 6 ...................................... Yaw right --- Motion (Spaceflight) --- Z ...................................... Decrease velocity A ...................................... Increase velocity Q ...................................... Reverse direction X ...................................... Set movement direction toward center of screen F2 .................................... Set velocity to 1 km/second F3 .................................... Set velocity to 1,000 km/second F4 .................................... Set velocity to speed of light (1 c) F5 .................................... Set velocity to 10x the speed of light (10 c) F6 .................................... Set velocity to 1 AU/second F7 .................................... Set velocity to 1 light year/second F1 .................................... Stop motion S ...................................... Stop motion --- Other Functions --- Ctrl+C .............................. Copy location URL to clipboard (Cel:// URL) Ctrl+Insert ........................ Copy location URL to clipboard (Cel:// URL) F10 .................................. Capture Image to file (screenshot) Shift+F10 ......................... Capture Movie to file (video) F11 .................................. While in Movie Capture: Start / Pause capture F12 .................................. While in Movie Capture: Stop capture ~ ..................................... Toggle debug console (use Up/Down arrow keys to scroll list) ` ...................................... Toggle display of "frames per second" (FPS) being rendered Ctrl+O .............................. Display "Select Object" dialog box @ .................................... Edit Mode toggle (to assist in the placement of objects) D ..................................... Run demo script (/celestia/demo.cel) Enter ............................... Toggle Name entry Mode (use Tab / Shift+Tab to highlight an item, Esc to exit) -------------------------------------------- JOYSTICK CONTROLS -------------------------------------------- F8 .................................... Toggle Joystick control X axis ............................... Yaw Left/Right Y axis ............................... Pitch Up/Down L trigger ............................ Roll Left R trigger ........................... Roll Right Button 1 ........................... Move slower Button 2 ........................... Move faster