Stellarium 101

Stellarium is free planetarium software for your computer. It runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is used by amateur astronomers and planetariums alike to plan a night of observation, assist with outreach demonstrations, and more.
Dr. Eric Myers, MHAA Treasurer and physics teacher at SUNY New Paltz, presents an introduction to Stellarium for beginners. Starting with installing it on your computer, he walks through the basic controls for view, time, and location, as well as turning on and off labels on objects like constellations and planets and grids and other guiding markers.

[@dubaloo]

I gotta say, I really like your style. Your seem laidback and easy going. If the teachers had been laidback when I was in school I might have learned something.. 😅😅. I'm dyslexic with numbers proper name is dyscalulia. Made it hard to learn much, and they didn't really know much about it way back then. I had to do 4th grade twice..lol.,👋✌☝️😁

[@EricMyers47]

Thank you.

[@EricMyers47]

The foldable "cheat sheet" that I mentioned at the beginning, and that I used to organize this presentation, is available at www.spy-hill.net/~myers/astro/stellarium/StellariumVadeMecum.pdf

[@burton719]

*Promo SM* 🌈