Just started my journey down the Astronomy hole, as it were. There's a lot to take in. Just the way I like it.
Mucking about with Stellarium I was confused at first that there the sky wasn't as populated in the desktop version (vs the web), but then found the "packs" needed to load the higher magnitude stars. Up to 18 I believe.
But it still seems that Stellarium web can "see further" as it were. For example, I can "zoom in" and resolve Albaldah into a double star at around FOV .03. But the desktop version never resolves the double star. I also seem to be seeing a completely different set of stars around Albaldah from each version of the software.
The naming convention between both versions of the software also confuses me. In the web version, a star might be labeled Gaia DR2 4082115215097596544. But there is no such designation in the desktop version. And when searching for that name in the desktop version, I get zero results.
Forgive me if this is a beginner question, and I'm missing something fundamental.
Edited by aram12, 25 August 2020 - 05:35 PM.