

But every year, as we near the December solstice, the Earth moves into a position around the Sun where the Sun obscures our view of our galaxy’s central bulge. The best time of year to capture the brightest part of the sky is typically in June or July when the galactic center appears high in the sky almost the entire night. Most of the images that you see on Lonely Speck of the bright galactic center were made during the Northern Hemisphere summer.

Use Stellarium to answer the questions about various astronomical objects in the relevant section of your worksheet.Learn how to photograph and process one of the most colorful parts of the night sky. Type an object name in the Object tab or enter coordinates in the Position tab and press Enter to center on that position.

Hovering over menu options will reveal their names and shortcut keys. The menus and controls in Stellarium are in slide-out menus that appear when hovering the mouse pointer near the left-hand or bottom edge of the screen.Detailed information on using Stellarium can be found in the Stellarium Tutorial. will then be displayed correctly for the observer. The proper stars, galaxies, planets, moons, etc. Users can set their viewing location, date, and time. Stellarium is an open-source software planetarium that generates an interactive display of the night sky.
