Center the screen on a crater on the Moon

[kishorekumar62]

Is there a way to centre the view on a specific feature on the Moon from a script?

In my script, I want to centre my view on Mare Criscium. core.SelectObjectByName allows me to select the Moon but not a feature on the Moon ("Mare Crisicum"). I also tried to select "Moon:Mare Criscium". No luck.

I have Planetary Nomenclature turned on and Mare Criscium is visible on the screen.

[alex-w]

Ouch... this feature is not completed :(

[kishorekumar62]

No problem. I will handle this manually with click+spacebar :-)

[gzotti]

Maybe you wanted to search for "Mare Crisium".

[alex-w]

Maybe you wanted to search for "Mare Crisium".

In any way we have missing parts in the code

[kishorekumar62]

That too. I tried selectObjectByName but it did nothing. Hence, i will pause my script, click on Mare Crisium and hit space. Yahoo Mail: Search, organise, conquer On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 at 14:53, Alexander V. ***@***.***> wrote: Maybe you wanted to search for "Mare Crisium". In any way we have missing parts in the code — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[alex-w]

Stop!

Just try it:

core.selectObjectByName("Copernicus (crater, Moon)", true);

or

core.selectObjectByName("Mare Crisium (Moon)", true);