Keyboard Commands

Arrow Keys

Use the arrow keys to pan the display. Holding down the Shift key doubles the scrolling speed.

+ / -

Zoom In/Out

0–9

Center Display on a Solar System object.

  • 0: Sun

  • 1: Mercury

  • 2: Venus

  • 3: Moon

  • 4: Mars

  • 5: Jupiter

  • 6: Saturn

  • 7: Uranus

  • 8: Neptune

  • 9: Pluto

Z

Center on the Zenith Point (straight up).

N

Center above North horizon.

E

Center above East horizon.

S

Center above South horizon.

W

Center above West horizon.

F1

Open the KStars Handbook.

Ctrl+F

Open Find Object Window.

Ctrl+M

Specify RA/Dec coordinates to center on.

Space

Toggle between the Horizontal and Equatorial Coordinate Systems

Ctrl+G

Open Set Geographic Location window.

Ctrl+O

Open the Display Options window

Ctrl+E

Set time to the CPU clock.

Ctrl+S

Open Set Time window.

Ctrl+T

Toggle tracking.

Ctrl+C

Open the astro calculator.

Ctrl+A

Open the altitude vs. time tool.

Ctrl+V

Open the variable-star lightcurve tool.

Ctrl+U

Open the what's up tonight tool

Ctrl+N

Open another KStars window.

Ctrl+W

Close a KStars window.

Ctrl+P

Print the current sky map.

Ctrl+Q

Quit KStars.