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I am not sure I understand your second question. The desktop version's RemoteControl plugin has nothing to do with Stellarium Web. It is described in the Stellarium User Guide.

This feature has existed for the past 13 years (at least), although the plain-text string is only shown when you move the mouse over the input spinbox. And it is...

"Gienah" means "wing", and two stars traditionally held this name. One (in Corvus) usually is called "Gienah Ghurab" for clarity. The recent IAU list has Gienah=gamma Crv, and I am...

It may be helpful to generally allow searching for Latin transcriptions of greek letters, plus (non-case-sensitive) IAU abbreviation, like "alpha cma", "gamma cas", "epsilon lyr" etc. Few non-Greeks have Greek...

Weiß der Stern über die geänderten Besitzverhältnisse? Sterne sind tatsächlich unverkäuflich. Die Firma, die ihnen den Stern verkauft hat, hat Ihnen vermutlich ein Dokument (einen bedruckten Zettel oder ein PDF)...

Jetzt nehmen Sie ein Sternkartenprogramm Ihrer Wahl und suchen den Stern in "äquatorialen Koordinaten". Oder Sie fragen bei der Firma, die Ihnen die Sternenurkunde verkauft hat, nach einem Photo mit...

In earlier publications (still from the 1970s!) α Per (Mirfak) was also called Algenib. But indeed, nowadays γ Peg should be found with this query.

IAU did not care for star names before 2014 or so, therefore the original name lists came from 20th-century literature, but yes, using the IAU list as base reference is...

Both are "Gienah"=Wing. * HIP102488 should better be called "Aljanah" or "Gienah Cygni" * HIP59803 could also be renamed for clarity: "Gienah Ghurab"

Guess: 1883 is the first year where timezones are used? Before that, you may jump to local mean solar time which depends on your longitude.