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Offline Starpler

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a new 3D star map
on: November 10, 2014, 12:42:56 pm
i found yesturday a greatful 3D star map
check this out ;)

http://stars.chromeexperiments.com/

i'm sure that all who love space like me will enjoy that
 

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Re: a new 3D star map
Reply #1 on: November 10, 2014, 12:59:00 pm
Dont know if it's my rig being ancient again but I gave up waiting for it to load
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Offline deathfun

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Re: a new 3D star map
Reply #2 on: November 10, 2014, 02:27:20 pm
Pretty awesome, although it isn't nearly as great as Space Engine is
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Re: a new 3D star map
Reply #3 on: November 10, 2014, 02:43:22 pm
Quote from: headdie on November 10, 2014, 12:59:00 pm
Dont know if it's my rig being ancient again but I gave up waiting for it to load
Yeah, probably your system.  Loaded right away for me. :p

I think I've seen this site before.  The labeling is nice, but if you can do without that, you can install Celestia for a more lightweight, internet-free version.  On a slightly-related note: would anyone be interested in a program that can generate actual 2D star charts (e.g. to print out, kinda like this) from an arbitrary point in the mapped Milky Way?  Because I have a .csv with like 45k stars, their position, spectral class, and absolute magnitude that'd be pretty easy to parse.  Only hangup would be generating a .svg for the star chart, but I'm sure I could figure it out.
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Offline watsisname

Re: a new 3D star map
Reply #4 on: November 10, 2014, 06:26:15 pm
Also in Celestia or Space Engine you can add a larger star catalog file with one or even two million (actually existing) stars.  100,000 is for pansies.
And I couldn't even guess how many procedural stars are in Space Engine.  Probably in the sextillions.
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Re: a new 3D star map
Reply #5 on: November 19, 2014, 08:11:49 pm
Meh. The linked map has neither the asteroid belt, nor Pluto.  :no: :p
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Offline Cyborg17

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Re: a new 3D star map
Reply #6 on: November 19, 2014, 09:08:35 pm
It's kind of hard to link the asteroid belt, if you're being realistic.
 

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Re: a new 3D star map
Reply #7 on: November 19, 2014, 09:53:04 pm
Quote from: Sandwich on November 19, 2014, 08:11:49 pm
Meh. The linked map has neither the asteroid belt, nor Pluto.  :no: :p

Neither are planets. :p
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Re: a new 3D star map
Reply #8 on: November 20, 2014, 02:14:02 pm
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

Offline watsisname

Re: a new 3D star map
Reply #9 on: November 20, 2014, 07:34:02 pm
Dumbest billboard I've ever seen, and I've seen some pretty dumb billboards.  (Looking at you, Utah).
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Offline An4ximandros

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Re: a new 3D star map
Reply #10 on: November 20, 2014, 08:09:28 pm
Can we please get rid of the term Planet already? Most of the Multi-Elemental-Spheroids that make up the cosmos do not orbit the Earth! And they are not stars either, the whole thing is such a cluster****.
 

Offline Sololop

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Re: a new 3D star map
Reply #11 on: November 25, 2014, 06:26:45 pm
Especially now that scientists are blurring the line between Asteroid and Comet. (I am not well educated anymore on Space so that was news to me)
 

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Re: a new 3D star map
Reply #12 on: November 26, 2014, 01:49:24 am
Or maybe we should make the term "planet" more inclusive!  #YesAllWanderers
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Offline Phantom Hoover

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Re: a new 3D star map
Reply #13 on: November 26, 2014, 06:28:33 am
I've seen this thing before, honestly it's a bit disappointing. There are too many really obvious discontinuities in the rendering for it to feel like a good picture of the real universe.
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Re: a new 3D star map
Reply #14 on: December 07, 2014, 10:15:26 pm
Quite a beautiful star map.
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Re: a new 3D star map
Reply #15 on: December 08, 2014, 11:53:22 am
Quote from: Kopachris on November 26, 2014, 01:49:24 am
Or maybe we should make the term "planet" more inclusive!  #YesAllWanderers

Not exactly on topic, but today's APOD is fitting:

http://vimeo.com/108650530
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