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It's extremely sophisticated. You can travel many ways, light years, calendar years, or in real-time.
There is a complete manual here.
http://www.celestiamotherlode.ne…
or
http://www.shatters.net/celestia…
Keyboard controls are on pages 45,46,47. It also supports certain joysticks.
'F9' (windows) will bring up a controls overlay screen
Generally speaking, 'A' is increase velocity (hit it about 15 times to start moving), 'Z' is decrease, and 'S' is complete stop. Watch the light speed indicator in the lower left of the window. You can also use the 'F' keys for preset speeds.
A Increase velocity
Z Decrease velocity
Q Reverse direction
X Set movement direction toward center of screen
S or F1 StopF2 Set velocity to 1 km/s
F3 Set velocity to 1,000 km/s
F4 Set velocity to speed of light
F5 Set velocity to 10x the speed of light.
F6 Set velocity to 1 AU/s F7 Set velocity to 1 ly/sYou can also just take a position in space, sit there, and track Earth, and watch the 'real-time' passage of day into night anywhere on the planet. It works as an awesome screen saver program.
When traveling through the solar system in light years, remember you are moving really, really fast, and must slow down WAY ahead of arrival, or you'll shoot right past your destination. When you see your destination coming up, hold down 'Z' to decrease rapidly.
Enjoy!