Keyboard Shortcuts
Scale, Field of Vision
+: Zoom in
-: Zoom out
1, 2, …9, 0, a: predefined FOV range #
Mousewheel push: Zoom in
Mousewheel pull: Zoom out
Continuous left mouse click with drag of the mouse cursor: select a zone to Zoom in
For a precise form of control over the Field of Vision, see the lower part of View → Postion.
The left mouse click behavior can be changed by using the Change mouse mode button
Directions and displacements
n: Display the North horizon
e: Display the East horizon
s: Display the South horizon
w: Display the West horizon
z: Display the Zenith
keyboard and numpad arrows (even diagonal): chart displacement in the direction of the arrow
Mousewheel click and drag: chart displacement
shift + left mouse key pressed and drag: chart displacement
For a precise positioning of your chart, see the upper part of View → Position.
Finder mark
Enter the rotation mode
Shift+C : Rotate the main camera rectangle.
Shift+G : Rotate the guider position around the main camera center.
Shift+S : Rotate both the main camera and guider at the same time.
Rotate
Quit the rotation mode using the same key as to enter
Telescope
Stars
The following is only applicable when the display of stars is set to parametric mode.
ctrl + q: increase faint stars size
ctrl + a: decrease faint stars size
ctrl + w: increase brightness
ctrl + s: decrease brightness
ctrl + e: increase contrast
ctrl + d: decrease contrast
ctrl + r: increase color saturation
ctrl + f: decrease color saturation
ctrl + i: show/hide the background pictures
Window
F1: contextual help (These documents)
F11: full screen
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ctrl + c: copy chart to clipboard
ctrl + l: reload the translation file for the current language
ctrl + tab: activate the next chart