Using Deep-Sky Planner 8 with Stellarium
These instructions were made using Stellarium version 0.20.3
- Install Stellarium
- Make sure Stellarium is allowed to communicate through your Firewall* (see more below)
- Open Stellarium
- Open the Configuration Window [F2]
- Click the Plugins tab, then Remote Control in the list of Plug-ins
- Check Load at startup and the configure button.
- On the Remote Control Plug-in Configuration window, check Server enabled and Enable automatically on startup. Then click Save settings.
* If the configure button does not work, then a firewall on your computer is preventing Stellarium from communicating with Deep-Sky Planner. Stellarium Remote Control uses http://127.0.0.1, port 8090 by default. If you use Windows Firewall, open that utility and add a rule for Stellarium that permits it to communicate on your Private Network.
Manual Plug-in Installation
A plug-in ships with Deep-Sky Planner (Dsp8Stel.ssc) that resolves a minor issue that may occur when you use Stellarium. When an object is selected in Stellarium, the object information is shown on the planetarium display. When you do a subsequent Show Chart in Deep-Sky Planner, the info may remain on screen even though the display position moves. This may be confusing. The plug-in is used to clear the object selection in Stellarium when a Show Chart command is processed so that the object information is removed from the planetarium display.
The plug-in file needs to be copied to your Stellarium\scripts folder when Deep-Sky Planner 8 is installed, or later as described below.
- The default location for Stellarium scripts is one of the following.
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Stellarium\scripts\ (32-bit Stellarium program)
- C:\Program Files\Stellarium\scripts\ (64-bit Stellarium program)
- Locate the Dsp8Stel.ssc file in your Deep-Sky Planner 8 installation. If you installed Deep-Sky Planner with the recommended settings, this should be C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Knightware\Deep-Sky Planner 8\Dsp8Stel.ssc where <username> is your Windows user account name. Copy Dsp8Stel.ssc to your Stellarium scripts folder as described above.
- Start Stellarium. Configure its 'Remote Control' settings as described above.
- Start Deep-Sky Planner 8. Configure its Star Chart Programs settings for Stellarium.