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Celestia Documentation (Manuals and Guides)
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| User's Guides | |
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Celestia 1.3.2 User's Guide
by Frank Gregorio A comprehensive User's Guide for Celestia version 1.3.2. 
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- 2.5 MB Zipped
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- 1.3 MB Zipped
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- 2.6 MB Zipped (German translation by Ulrich "Adirondack" Dickmann)
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- 2.7 MB Zipped
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- 2.5 MB Zipped (Romanian translation by MindToAsk)
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- 2.8 MB (Italian Translation by Alessandro Dettori)
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- Short instructions (Italian by Gerlos) |
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Celestia 1.3.1 User's Guide by Frank Gregorio A comprehensive User's Guide for Celestia version 1.3.1.
MS Word document
- 2.8 MB HTML document
(Linux/KDE) - converted by Christophe Teyssier
MS Word document
- 3.0 MB (German translation by Ulrich "Adirondack" Dickmann)
PDF document
- 2.7 MB
MS Word document
- 3.5 MB (French translation by Jean Anglade)
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- 2 MB |
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Celestia Key Chart
provided by The Learning Technologies Project Office of NASA This key chart describes frequently used keyboard shortcuts.
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- 464 KB
JPG image
for screen display - 179 KB
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| Scripting Guides (CEL, CELX/Lua) | |
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CEL Scripting Guide - version 1.0g
by Don Goyette This 55+ page guide describes Celestia's CEL scripting language in easy-to-understand terms and includes many examples.
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- 672 KB
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- 723 KB
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- 532 KB (German translation by Ulrich "Adirondack" Dickmann) |
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Summary of Lua (CELX) Support in Celestia
by Harald Schmidt This summary describes the implementation of CELX (Lua) scripting in Celestia v1.3.2. For information on the Lua, the language, go to: http://www.lua.org/.
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- 61 KB (by Don Goyette - includes examples) |
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Celx/Lua Methods
by Don Goyette A one-page text file that lists the current methods available in Celx, sorted by object.
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- 2 KB |
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Scripting-Related Web Sites
Celestia Lua/CELX Scripting Stuff
(Harald Schmidt)
Don G's Celestia Scripting Resources
(Don Goyette) |
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| Data File Guides (SSC, STC, XYZ) | |
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SSC File Scripting Guide - version 1.0
by Ulrich "Adirondack" Dickmann and Bob Hegwood This guide describes the commands available for use in Celestia's Solar System Catalog (.SSC) files.
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- 409 KB Zipped (shorter version)
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- 560 KB (long version) |
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STC File Scripting Guide
by Christian Lenz This guide describes the commands available for use in Celestia's Star Catalog (.STC) files.
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Guide to Celestia Data Files
by Thomas Guilpain Explains the Solar System Catalog (SSC), Star Catalog (STC), and Trajectory (XYZ) file structures used within Celestia. Available in English and French.
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Creating and Using SSC Files
by Selden Ball, Jr. This guide describes how to create and use a Celestia Solar System Catalog (.ssc) file.
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Transforming Orbital Elements into Celestia's SSC File Format
by Selden Ball, Jr. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) publishes circulars which have orbital elements for comets and for asteroids. This is a brief, incomplete, description of how to transform the IAU orbital elements of a comet or asteroid into Celestia's SSC file format.
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| Virtual Texture (VT) Guides | |
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Virtual Textures for Dummies Package - version 1.0
by Bob Hegwood This guide explains what a Celestia Virtual Texture (VT) is, how to use them, and how to create them. The larger file includes the guide along with 512K x 512K VT/JPG textures for the first three levels of Mars.
PDF guide and Mars VT/JPG textures
- 1.4 MB Zipped
PDF guide ONLY
- 61 KB Zipped
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- 182 KB (German translation by Ulrich "Adirondack" Dickmann) |
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Virtual Surface Textures
by Selden Ball, Jr. This is Selden's very educational page for Virtual Textures.
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| Other Guides and Resources | |
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Introduction to Celestia Add-ons
by Selden Ball, Jr. A (not so) brief introduction to Celestia Add-ons.
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Orbital Parameters
by Selden Ball, Jr. Parameters Describing Elliptical Orbits.
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Orbital Elements
by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Explanation of orbital elements.
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Solar System Dynamics - Orbital Information
by JPL Solar System Dynamics Group / NASA Information on the orbits and other properties of the bodies in the solar system.
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Kepler und seine drei Gesetze
(Kepler's Laws) by Ulrich "Adirondack" Dickmann Information about the three laws of Johannes Kepler.
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The Nine Planets / Die Neun Planeten
A very readable compendium of information on the bodies in our solar system.
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(by Bill Arnett)
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(German by Christoph Högl, Helmut Fritsch and Michael Wapp) |
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Celestia Exploration Activity
An online Exploration Activity by The Learning Technologies Project Office of NASA (with cel://URLs).
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| Document Writer's Web Sites | |
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Frank's Celestia Universe
- Frank Gregorio
Don Goyette's Scripting Resources
- Don Goyette
Selden's List of Resources for Celestia
- Selden Ball, Jr.
Adirondack's German Celestia Site
- Ulrich "Adirondack" Dickmann
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Page last updated: June 05, 2005 |