Whats the best way to get started with CELESTIA?
We believe that our scripts provide one of the best, if not the best, way to get started with CELESTIA. Why? Because they immediately show you what’s possible: multiple views, varying vantage points, incredible perspectives you may have never imagined. What’s more, they set up many scenarios and events that you can examine at your leisure, as often and as many times as you wish. By noting how we’ve set up our views, you can quickly learn to set up your own. ↑ Back ↑ • What is a script anyway? It’s just a separate “mini-program” that can be run inside of CELESTIA. Running one is simplicity itself. You open it in the File drop-down of CELESTIA’s main menu. ↑ Back ↑ • How accurate are your scripts? As accurate as CELESTIA itself. (See the next question.) ↑ Back ↑ • How accurate is CELESTIA? Probably more accurate than you’ll ever need. Employing a partial version of the highly regarded VSOP87 theory, CELESTIA’s standard download plots the positions of the major planets with considerable a
