How & Why I Use a Custom Landscape in Stellarium
Most Stellarium users are fine with the default Landscape image especially if you have have a decent field of view, however, I happen to live in a heavily wooded area in southern Connecticut and have a limited field of view (Fig. 1 - video). Because of this, I don't have a lot of play time, therefore, it is important to know precisely how long the object will visible for so.
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Landscape.iin File
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[landscape]
name = Custom Landscape
description = Amateur Astronomy - Telescope, Binocular and Imaging Forum
type = spherical
maptex = landscape.png
latitude = +41d19'52"
longitude = +73d13'27"
altitude = 163
angle_rotatez = 85
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