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My question is
does fs2004 have acurate celestal map  ::)

im working on a old biplan and whant to implement a kind of sextant in (like graduate transparent globe)

and i whant to navigate whit the help of the star  :D

but  i need to know if some start is there in cof  like  the polaris star etc etc...

I'm pretty sure that making an acurrate celestal setup wasn't on their to do list,  that would be a large undertaking.  You never know though.

that would be pretty cool if they did, I've seen one of the old air force planes decked out for training navigators for that,

thats from back in the day when there was real navigators  :), Im the only modern day human navigational god

 I have thought about that too since I have downloaded real stars.  It has constelletions and alot more stars than default but I still don't know if all the stars are there that you need.  Also I don't know if it matters that the fs world is not a sphere.  One thing I have noticed is that the constelletions do change position in different seasons.

I allso so have the stars addon that birdie spoke of and i must say it is a must have file in your sim.it makes things look much nicer at night.as to the question of useing it for what you want to use it for i am not shure.i only fly IFR and it would probley be better to learn yourself to nav IFR if you ever plan to get in a real aircraft some day.because at most cases at night in the real world everything is pitch black looking from the cockpit except for lights on the ground.

Real stars!
Where can I find the file?
Always thought that the default sky looks a bit naff.

I found it at flightsim.but good luck getting in there its limited by how many can log on there at a time.i dont bother even going there much any more because of that.

Can you tel us the web adresse i need this new addon i realy whant to make a sextant tool for my plane  :o

Hi Woody

Dont know much about this celestal stuff, but you might gain some insight by looking at stars.dat file in the fs9 main folder.

Have find  star.dat on avisim like you said and have instaled in fs2004 and i have search for the polaris star in the simulator but nothing

if some body of you can find the polaris star for me pls take a screen shoot and send the picture here  ?  ::)

does fs2004 have acurate celestal map  
response yes

but not hall star is there in the original star,dat polaris star not there but if you load star_dat from avisim you have a lot of new star and polaris  there
now i can make my sextant  :)

Thank a lot for the pipe guys  :)