Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
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Ooo ... stars!

Tags: science
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ysabetwordsmith

Wow!

ysabetwordsmith

July 25 2008, 16:53:13 UTC 12 years ago

"Favorite thing in Celestia: from the starting point of our solar system, focus on a known constellation, framing it in the screen so that it appears the way that you remember seeing it when you look up in the sky. Then zoom forward towards it and watch the stars shift in three dimensions, completely obliterating the constellation as you think of it."

Oooo ... cool! That could be really useful for SF writing.
wylde_writer

Re: Wow!

wylde_writer

July 26 2008, 19:11:42 UTC 12 years ago Edited:  July 26 2008, 19:12:23 UTC

I've used that too, and it is - however, what I *really* want is a program that will take my star maps (of my sf universe, which I've plotted in 2D for certain subsectors) and convert THAT into a stellarium representation, so I can then surf the night skies of my galaxy far far away.

Hm. Come to think of it, there *is* a fantasy astro-plotting program from www.profantasy.com. But its more like looking at a 3D map tank than the constellations from a planetary POV. Interesting, though.

Thanks for the reminder about this kind of sfw - maybe I'll get some just on general principles. My older version is on a long-dead puter.