Free Roam Console

Fly, inspect the active constellation, and tune the star shader from one page while the viewer stays live.

Navigation

Drag in the viewer to look around. Use the on-screen HUD buttons or your keyboard to move while the observer-shell field keeps refreshing around you.

Mag limit 6.5

FOV 60°

Constellation Compass

The compass watches the view direction, not your position. The HUD button toggles art visibility while this panel shows the currently resolved constellation.

Hysteresis 0.20s

Art fade 0.40s

Art opacity 0.30

Active Constellation

IAU: none

Name: none

RA: —

Dec: —

No active constellation yet. Move the camera to trigger the compass.

Star Shader

These sliders shape the apparent-magnitude response live, so you can judge faint stars, bright stars, and close approaches in context.

Exposure 2500

Extinction 1.00

Fade range 3.0

Base size 0.90

Size scale 3.00

Size power 0.32

Glow scale 1.50

Glow power 0.22

Star Picker

Click a star in the viewer to inspect its catalog metadata and observational values without leaving free roam.

Tolerance 1.0°

Click a star to inspect it.

Catalog

Proper name	—
Bayer	—
HD	—
HIP	—
Gaia	—
SIMBAD	—

Observation

ICRS position	—
Distance	—
Abs. magnitude	—
App. magnitude	—
Temperature	—
Visual radius	—
Pick score	—
Angular offset	—
Buffer index	—

Diagnostics

Status: idle