Mouse and Keyboard Controls for Celestia Mouse Functions: Left drag to orient camera Right drag to orbit the selected object Use the mouse wheel to adjust distance to selection (for wheelless mice, dragging while holding left and right buttons or left dragfing while holding control to dolly camera will adjust distance) Left drag while holding shift to zoom Click the wheel to reset the field of view to 45 degrees Left-click to select; double click to center selection Right-click to bring up context menu Keyboard Commands Navigation: H : Select the sun (Home) C : Center on selected object G : Goto selected object F : Follow selected object Y : Orbit the selected object at a rate synced to its rotation T : Track selected object (keep selected object centered in view) HOME : Move closer to object END : Move farther from object ESC : Cancel motion or script Left/Right Arrows : Roll Camera Up / Down Arrows : Change Camera Pitch Time: Space : stop time L : Time 10x faster K : Time 10x slower J : Reverse time Labels: N : Toggle planet and moon labels B : Toggle star labels E : Toggle galaxy labels = : Toggle constellation labels V : Toggle info text Options: U : Toggle galaxy rendering O : Toggle planet orbits / : Toggle constellation diagrams Ctrl+A : Toggle atmospheres I : Toggle cloud textures Ctrl+L : Toggle night side planet maps (light pollution) Ctrl+E : Toggle eclipse shadow rendering Ctrl+S : Toggle rendering stars as points (otherwise, they're textures) ; : Show an earth-based equatorial coordinate sphere [ : Decrease limiting magnitude (fewer stars visible) ] : Increase limiting magnitude (more stars visible) { : Decrease ambient illumination } : Increase ambient illumination , : Narrow field of view . : Widen field of view W : Toggle wireframe mode Ctrl+P : Toggle per-pixel lighting (if supported) Ctrl+V : Toggle vertex programs (if supported) r R: lower or raise texture resolution Spaceflight: F1 : Stop F2 : Set velocity to 1 km/s F3 : Set velocity to 1,000 km/s F4 : Set velocity to speed of light F5 : Set velocity to 10x the speed of light. F6 : Set velocity to 1 AU/s F7 : Set velocity to 1 ly/s A : Increase velocity Z : Decrease velocity Q : Reverse direction X : Set movement direction toward center of screen Number pad: 4 : Yaw left 6 : Yaw right 8 : Pitch down 2 : Pitch up 7 : Roll left 9 : Roll right 5 : Stop rotation Joystick: X axis : yaw Y axis : pitch L trigger : roll left R trigger : roll right Button 1 : slower Button 2 : faster Other: D : Run demo F8 : Enable joystick F10 : Capture image to file ` : Show frames rendered per second ENTER : Select a star or planet by typing its name