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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Starpler on November 10, 2014, 12:42:56 pm
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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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Dont know if it's my rig being ancient again but I gave up waiting for it to load
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Pretty awesome, although it isn't nearly as great as Space Engine is
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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 (http://www.shatters.net/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 (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/01dic.png)) 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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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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Meh. The linked map has neither the asteroid belt, nor Pluto. :no: :p
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It's kind of hard to link the asteroid belt, if you're being realistic.
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Meh. The linked map has neither the asteroid belt, nor Pluto. :no: :p
Neither are planets. :p
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(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O08-iuMPxxc/UKNWAcTkgKI/AAAAAAAANoU/aP9BsC01yCc/s1600/Start+calling+pluto+an+asteroid+and+it+starts+acting+like+one.jpg)
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Dumbest billboard I've ever seen, and I've seen some pretty dumb billboards. (Looking at you, Utah).
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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****.
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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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Or maybe we should make the term "planet" more inclusive! #YesAllWanderers
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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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Quite a beautiful star map.
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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