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Celestia has a --conf parameter to point to a specific configuration file. As our good friend gironde points out, the extras file structure and the configuration entry ExtrasDirectories can be modified. I have several .cfg files, each one only includes the objects of interest I want to see. For my o...

@Galaxy-Leaper. May I point to one minor issue with your ssc code?

There's typographical error with CloudShadowDepht. It should be CloudShadowDepth

Other than that, it is stellar work.

Thanks for taking the time to catch my errors, Sirius_Alpha. It seems my code was a lot more dirty than it was quick.
The ssc has been updated to include your contributions.
Cheers.

I caught an error for planet c. The planet radius was erroneously in km, not earth radii. This impacted the atmosphere height parameter as well since my script uses a fraction of the planet radius as a rough estimate of atmospheric height. I am working on updating that as well. The scc code has been...

Based on the paper, "A resonant sextuplet of sub-Neptunes around the bright star HD 110067" by Luque, Osborn, Leleu, Pallé et al is released on 30/11/2023 and information posted on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_110067 # Statistics for HD11067 System, Stellar Class: K0V # Stell...

An old add-on from 2015 which was never submitted to the Motherlode site. I hope you find it worthwhile. SlushballEarthCelestia.png This Add-on is based upon the an alternative hypothesis developed by American geologist Richard Cowen to the disputed theory of Global Glaciation or "Snowball Eart...

DrJMOS wrote:
3. Download Mu Ara addon of http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/creators/v_dvorak/Mu Ara_v11.zip

You can download from SevenSpheres's Github archive
https://github.com/SevenSpheres/celestiamotherlode/blob/master/creators/v_dvorak/Mu%20Ara_v11.zip

If you are using the windows based version, you may want to check in Celestia\extras\data\cc_Stars\cc_MultipleSystems\cc_Castor\cc_Castor.stc The original add-on was created by Phil Batchelor in 2008. You will find the code for the six star system of Castor (alf Gem). This really helped me understan...

I cannot be certain of how precise the orbital parameters are, but here's what I'm using for Tiangong 2: "Tiangong 2" "Sol/Earth" { Class "spacecraft" Mesh "tiangong.3ds" NormalizeMesh false MeshScale 0.001 Radius 0.0052 # Semi-Length Beginning "2015 9 15...

in case anyone is interested in using Wilbur to create a planet, visit "The Genesis of Israh; A Tutorial @ http://www.worldofgotha.com/PF_TUTORIAL/israh_index.html This is NOT my website and it is non-commercial, to the best of my knowledge. While it is not specifically written for Celestia, it...

New names for P4 and P5:

"...The IAU is pleased to announce that today it has officially recognised the names Kerberos and Styx for the fourth and fifth moons of Pluto respectively (formerly known as P4 and P5)..."

http://www.iau.org/public_press/news/detail/iau1303/