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I've found it very useful to be able to create your own placemarks in Google Earth and Sky. Is there a way to do something similar in Stellarium too?
Beth Doodle said:I've found it very useful to be able to create your own placemarks in Google Earth and Sky. Is there a way to do something similar in Stellarium too?
I sounds like the OP wanted to bookmark star locations in order to return to them more easily.davenn said:you can define your location. if that isn't what you mean?? what do you mean ?
Dave
I have no idea mate, hence why I askedBorg said:I sounds like the OP wanted to bookmark star locations in order to return to them more easily.
This is what you get when people are reluctant to spend 'proper money' on software. When you buy Excel or Photoshop there are very few of these little annoyances but astronomers are so used to free and open source stuff that they seem to put up with all sorts of inadequacies. I guess there just isn't the market for it to be developed.Beth Doodle said:BTW - FYI for anyone who may stumble across this in the future, I've also found out that there is currently no way to rename these custom markers. Therefore, unless a bunch of markers named Marker 1, Marker 2, Marker 3, etc. would be useful to you, using this not-ready-for-prime-time* feature won't be useful for you until it is fully developed in a future version.
*Yet another Saturday Night Live reference
To create a placemark in Stellarium, you can simply right-click on the desired location on the sky map and select "Add/Remove Marker". This will create a placemark at the selected location.
Yes, you can customize the appearance of your placemark by right-clicking on it and selecting "Marker Style". Here, you can change the color, shape, and label of your placemark.
Yes, you can add multiple placemarks in Stellarium by repeating the process of right-clicking on different locations and selecting "Add/Remove Marker". Each placemark will have a different label to help you distinguish between them.
Yes, you can save your placemarks in Stellarium by clicking on the "Save" button in the bottom right corner of the "Marker Style" menu. This will allow you to access your saved placemarks in future sessions.
To delete a placemark in Stellarium, simply right-click on it and select "Delete". This will remove the placemark from your sky map. You can also delete all placemarks by going to the "Markers" menu and selecting "Remove all markers".