Stellarium 0.10.6: Short Guide

The new version of Stellarium has acquired significant improvements to the part of which I have put my hand. It is no secret that this wonderful planetarium is used not only by astronomy lovers, but also in astronomy lessons at school. Stellarium has a comprehensive user guide, but unfortunately it suffers from two problems. The first problem is that the manual is comprehensive and in English, which for many residents of Russia is a significant obstacle to its use. The second problem is that this manual is somewhat outdated - the latter describes in detail the capabilities of version 0.10.2 of the planetarium and only. The Russian translation of this manual is very outdated - it describes version 0.8 - since then, not only the functionality of the program, but also its interface has changed!

Impressed by the brief tutorial of the Australian astronomer Paul Lucas from the University of Western Australia ( University of Western Australia ), I decided to write a similar brief guide on the latest version of Stellarium for Russian-speaking users of this planetarium. In addition, this planetarium is used in astronomy classes at our university, so I tried to write it in such a way that both the student physicist and the teacher or amateur astronomy could use it.

The result was a short illustrated guide to the main features of Stellarium with exercises, which I dare to hope will appeal to many residents of Russia. My guide is distributed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License 1.3 and can be downloaded in PDF format.
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Download “ Stellarium 0.10.6: A Brief Guide ” - PDF; 4.8 MB.

If you have comments or feedback on my work, then I am ready to listen to them. If someone wishes to do something similar in other astronomical programs or in Stellarium, I welcome these initiatives in every way and are ready to support them.