Parameters

C     CGA
E     EGA
H     Hercules monochrome
M     Monochrome
S     SVGA
S1    SVGA  ?
S2    SVGA, 6Ah
S3    SVGA, Tseng chips
S4    SVGA, Trident
S5    SVGA, Paradise
S6    SVGA, ATI
S7    SVGA, Video
S8    SVGA, Oak
S9    SVGA, S3 Accelerator chip
U     load last exit settings
V     VGA
1-9   load configuration 1-9


Commands

# = Shift    @ = Alt    ^ = Ctrl    H = Home    E = End

 a      toggle auto-increment mode on/off
#a      toggle auto-increment mode direction forward/backward
@a      toggle auto-increment mode time/date

 b      increase number of stars < 25000 by 1000, < 2000 by 100, < 100 by 10
#b      decrease number of stars < 25000 by 1000, < 2000 by 100, < 100 by 10
@b      increase number of stars by 10
^b      decrease number of stars by 10
Hb      show 300 stars
Eb      show 7000 (Skyglobe.exe only) or 25000 stars (including Skyextra.dat)

 c      show constellation lines (max. 8 types)
#c      hide constellation lines
^c      quit
Hc      show first type
Ec      show all types

 d      increase date by 1 day
#d      decrease date by 1 day
Hd      set date to 1st of month
Ed      set date to 15th of month

 e      view due East
@e      turn view direction East (decrease WL by 15')

 f      show object menu
@f      flip hemisphere (N/S)

 g      toggle constellation boundary lines
#g      adjust color boundary lines

 h      increase time by 1 hour
#h      decrease time by 1 hour
Hh      set hour to midnight
Eh      set hour to noon

 i      toggle orthographic projection
#i      filter solar system

 j      increase date by 1 century
#j      decrease date by 1 century
@j      increase date by 10 years
^j      decrease date by 10 years
Hj      set year to 1 BC
Ej      set year to 2500 AD

 k      show milky way (off, outlines, gray regions, blue regions)
#k      hide milky way
@k      adjust brightness inner region
^k      adjust brightness outer region

 l      show location menu
@l      set location to one down on menu \
^l      set location to one up on menu    | without pulling down the menu
Hl      set location to first on menu     |
El      set location to Equator          /

 m      increase date by 1 month (30 days)
#m      decrease date by 1 month (30 days)
Hm      set month to January
Em      set month to start selection

 n      view due North
@n      turn view direction North by 1/4 degree (17 miles/27 km)
^n      filter navigation stars (fifty-seven stars, four planets, sun, moon)

 o      frame display (off, rectangular, round, rectangular/round)
#o      adjust color of frame
@o      toggle telescope simulation
Ho      toggle all frames/none
Eo      toggle all frames/none

 p      print

 q      quit

 r      toggle real-time (system clock)
#r      set increment speed to 1 sidereal day (1436 minutes)

 s      view due South
@s      turn view direction South by 1/4 degree (17 miles/27 km)

 t      increase time by 1 minute
#t      decrease time by 1 minute
@t      increase time by 1 second
^t      decrease time by 1 second
Ht      set minutes to 00
Et      set minutes to 30

 u      increase date by 2 millenniums (2000 years)
#u      decrease date by 2 millenniums (2000 years)
@u      reload last exit settings
Hu      set year to 29001 BC
Eu      set year to 30000 AD

 v      toggle daylight time

 w      view due West
@w      turn view direction West (increase WL by 15')

 x      toggle mirror image
^x      quit

 y      increase date by 1 year
#y      decrease date by 1 year
Hy      set year to 1992 AD
Ey      set year to 2100 AD

 z      zoom in (max. x 26.00)
#z      zoom out (min. x 0.20)
Hz      set zoom to x 1.00
Ez      set zoom to max.

 F1     help display (off, single keys, function keys, alternate function keys)
#F1     reverse order of help display
 F2     parameter display (off, date/time, location, view, misc.)
#F2     reverse order of parameter display
 F3     planets (off, on, names)
 F4     110 Messier objects and 111 NGC objects (off, open clusters,
        globular clusters, nebulas, spiral galaxies, elliptical galaxies)
#F4     label Messier and NGC objects
 F5     horizon (off, horizon line, zenith cross, hash marks)
 F6     toggle ecliptic
 F7     radial declination lines (off, outlines, full gridd)
 F8     star type labels (off, numbers, small names, large names)
#F8     reverse order of star type labels
 F9     constellation labels (off, abbreviations, small names, large names)
#F9     reverse order of constellation labels
 F10    constellation lines (off, major, extended, minor))
 F11    mouse display off
 F12    star number labels (does it work?)

@F1     reduce display to stars and constellation lines
@F2     reduce display to stars only
@F3     turn background from black to blue (0-4)
@F4     toggle twilight mode
@F5     mouse display off
@F6     toggle precession flag
@F7     toggle printer port LPT1/LPT2
@F8     toggle addition of line feeds for printing
@F10    aspect ratio (vertical elongation: 0-14 settings)

 0-9    save configuration  (0 = new default)
#0-9    load configuration

 Tab    find next sunset or sunrise
 +      brighten gray colors
 -      dim gray colors
 =      toggle AM-PM/24 hour time display
 /      change text color
 .      reverse text

 Enter  repeat last command
        in find-menu: center object
#Enter  undo last command
        in find-menu: center and lock object (Esc = unlock)
@Enter  in find-menu: display chosen image (.pcx) if present

 Space  toggle turbo mode (next command is continuously repeated)

 PgUp   rapid elevation increase
 PgDn   rapid elevation decrease

 >      increase auto-increment speed
 <      decrease auto-increment speed

       increase view elevation by 5 degrees (max. 90 degrees)
       decrease view elevation by 5 degrees (min. 0 degrees)
       turn view direction right by 10 degrees
^      turn view direction right by 1 degree
       turn view direction left by 10 degrees
^      turn view direction left by 1 degree