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6 stellarium - A real-time realistic planetarium
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9 stellarium [OPTIONS]
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12 Stellarium is a free GPL software which renders realistic skies in real
13 time with OpenGL. It is available for Linux/Unix, Windows and MacOSX.
14 With Stellarium, you really see what you can see with your eyes,
15 binoculars or a small telescope.
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18 -v, --version
19 Print program name and version and exit.
20 -h, --help
22 Print a brief synopsis of program options and exit.
23 -c, --config-file file
25 Use file for the config filename instead of the default config.ini.
26 -u, --user-dir dir
28 Use dir instead of the default user data directory
29 ($HOME/.stellarium/ on *nix operating systems).
30 -f, --full-screen yes|no
32 With argument yes or no over-rides the full screen setting in the
33 config file. The setting is saved in the config-file and as such
34 will be the default for subsequent invocations of Stellarium.
35 --screenshot-dir dir
37 Set the directory into which screenshots will be saved to dir,
38 instead of the default (which is $HOME on *nix operating systems).
39 --home-planet planet-name
41 Specify observer planet. planet-name is an English name, and should
42 refer to an object defined in the ssystem.ini file.
43 --altitude alt
45 Specify the initial observer altitude, where alt is the altitude in
46 meters.
47 --longitude lon
49 Specify the initial observer longitude, where lon is the longitude.
50 The format is illustrated by this example: +4d16'12" which refers
51 to 4 degrees, 16 minutes and 12 arc seconds East. Westerly
52 longitudes should be prefixed with "-".
53 --latitude lat
55 Specify the initial observer latitude, where lat is the latitude.
56 The format is illustrated by this example: +53d58'16.65" which
57 refers to 53 degrees, 58 minutes and 16.65 arc seconds North.
58 Southerly latitudes should be prefixed with "-".
59 --list-landscapes
61 Print a list of landscape names and exit.
62 --landscape name
64 Start Stellarium using landscape name. Refer to --list-landscapes
65 for possible names.
66 --sky-date date
68 Specify sky date in format yyyymmdd.
69 --sky-time time
71 Specify sky time in format hh:mm:ss.
72 --fov fov
74 Specify the field of view (fov degrees).
75 --projection-type p
77 Specify projection type, p. Permitted values of p are: equalarea,
78 stereographic, fisheye, cylinder, mercator, perspective, and
79 orthographic.
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82 0 Completed successfully.
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85 Some sort of error.
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88 Note: file locations on non-*nix operating systems (include OSX) may
89 vary. Please refer to the Stellarium User Guide for more details, as
90 well as information on how to customise the Stellarium data files.
91 / This is the Installation Data Directory set at compile-time.
93 $HOME/.stellarium/
95 This is the User Data Directory, which may be over-ridden using
96 command line option -u. It contains the user's settings, extra
97 landscapes, scripts, and can also be used to over-ride data files
98 which are provided with the default install.
99 $HOME/.stellarium/config.ini
101 The default main configuration file is config.ini. Refer to -c
102 above to use a different filename and to -u to use a different User
103 Data Directory.
104 $HOME/
106 The default screenshot directory. Refer to --screenshot-dir to use
107 a different path.
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113 Sources of more information:
114 Websites
116 Main website: <http://stellarium.org/>
117 Wiki: <http://stellarium.org/wiki/>
119 Forums: <http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=278769>
121 Downloads:
123 <https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=48857>
124 Support Requests:
126 Bug Tracker:
128 The Stellarium User Guide
130 Visit the downloads page to get a PDF copy of the Stellarium User
131 Guide.
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134 Please report bugs using the bug tracker link in the NOTES section of
135 this page.
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138 Fabien ChA~Xreau, Rob Spearman, Johan Meuris, Matthew Gates, Johannes
139 Gajdosik, Nigel Kerr, Andras Mohari.
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