# Oz_Pleiades-Sep22.sts
# Occultation of the Pleiades, Adelaide, 22-23 Sept 2005
# Copy to Stellarium/data/scripts
# press M to activate text mode, scroll down to scripts
# use arrow key to select script
clear state natural
# set to your local latitude, occultation visible in
# Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia etc. Northern Hemisphereians
# shoul leave it on Adelaide
moveto lat -34.92 lon 138.58 duration 1
# Set to appropriate local time as per skywatch page
# http://home.mira.net/~reynella/skywatch/ssky.htm#Occult.
#date local 2005:09:22T23:21:24
date utc 2005:09:22T13:51:24
flag star_names on
flag moon_scaled on
flag cardinal_points on
select planet Moon pointer off
# go to Moon
flag track_object on
# Shows you what your local horizon will look like
# Moon is exagerated in size for easy viewing
zoom fov 60
wait duration 10
# Now look at the Moon close up
# Adjust Moon size to correct scale
flag moon_scaled off
zoom auto in
wait duration 2
set max_mag_star_name 4.0
timerate rate 200
wait duration 70
# return to horizon at end of occultation
timerate rate 1
zoom fov 60
set max_mag_star_name 1.5
wait duration 5
# Tidy up
clear state natural
date load current
flag star_names on
flag cardinal_points on
flag moon_scaled on
script action end