
Making sure a target is centered is key for making sure that target stays centered when you progress time in the date and time selection box. When first navigating to the webpage, your browser display will be filled with an interactive night sky map like that below. If you search for an object through the search bar, the object is automatically centered, but if you just click on a target in the sky, it is not automatically centered. Click the icon on the far left of the three horizonal lines to collapse the left sidebar and expand your view. Play around first and see what features you can discover for yourself. By clicking this icon you can center the target. When first navigating to the webpage, your browser display will be filled with an interactive night sky map like that below. But note how at the bottom right of the information window seen at above left for Vega, there is an icon of a star surrounded by a crosshair at the bottom left. You can also pull up this information window for an object by clicking on it directly in the display of the sky rather than searching for it by name.
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This window includes key information about your astronomical object such as its Magnitude, Distance, and Right Ascension and Declination (RA/Dec). The Stellarium Mobile Plus app is one of the better stargazing apps available, but its navigational controls and asteroid database are lacking in comparison to its direct competitor, SkySafari 3. This will automatically redirect your screen to the target, centering the object and pulling up an information window as seen at the left in the image above. When options pop up (see inset image), you can click on the selection you want. Stellarium has a online website at with a basic Stellarium interface you can use to view the night sky. To search for an astronomical object, in the top center "Search window" click on the search magnifying glass.Finally click on ‘> USE THIS LOCATION’ up above the map to the right.


Click on the correct location selection (or arrow down to your location selection and press enter once your target location is highlighted see inset image). Click on the search magnifying glass in the upper left of the map and type the location you are interested in. This will bring up a big box in the screen center as seen above.
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Stellarium comes with a star catalogue of about 600 thousand stars and it is possible to download extra catalogues with up to 210 million stars.

Were sorry but stellarium-web doesnt work properly without JavaScript enabled. It shows a realistic star map, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It displays stars, constellations, planets and nebulae, and has many other features including multiple panoramic landscapes, fog, light pollution simulation and a built-in scripting engine. Stellarium Web is a planetarium running in your web browser. Stellarium renders 3D photo-realistic skies in real time with OpenGL.
