Stellarium

Celestial Objects Moving Backwards

Asked by lance black

Installed Stellarium for the first time and all my objects appear to moving in reverse. Instead of Jupiter travelling S to N it is going in the opposite direction. So is everything else, the moon etc is going backwards.

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Alexander Wolf (alexwolf) said : 		#1

Do you can show screenshot via some image hosting?

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Khalid AlAjaji (kajaji) said : 		#2

I think that the location coordinates are set to be S(outh) instead of N(orth) or the other way around.

Verify if you set your location correctly.

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lance black (lance-black) said : 		#3

Hello! My location is set as London, UK. I presume this is interpreted as North? Many thanks.

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Alexander Wolf (alexwolf) said : 		#4

Yes, London, UK interpreted as North. Please open config.ini and check values for flip_horz and flip_vert parameters. Normal value for this parameters is false.

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lance black (lance-black) said : 		#5

Thanks. yes, both are 'false'.
However I noticed this. Could this be this problem?

flag_landscape_sets_location = false

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Alexander Wolf (alexwolf) said : 		#6

No, parameter flag_landscape_sets_location cannot make described problem. What's time zone on your PC?

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lance black (lance-black) said : 		#7

GMT, London

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Khalid AlAjaji (kajaji) said : 		#8

Hi Lance,
This is what I understand from your question:

- You set your view looking East, or South
- You increase the time speed
- Moon and planets seem to rise and travel north to south; clockwise

If my understanding is correct, this should be normal.

Can you help with this problem?

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