In the course of my NaNoWriMo research, I came across this free package, and I've been having a lot of fun with it. There are several similar things, I believe, but basically it allows you to take a guided tour of the universe, zooming in and out, watching eclipses and daybreaks on any planet or body you care to mention. It's open source, so there's stuff being added to it all the time - I downloaded an add-on to give me more of the moons of Saturn, for obvious reasons.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
One for you stargazers: Celestia
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
In the course of my NaNoWriMo research, I came across this free package, and I've been having a lot of fun with it. There are several similar things, I believe, but basically it allows you to take a guided tour of the universe, zooming in and out, watching eclipses and daybreaks on any planet or body you care to mention. It's open source, so there's stuff being added to it all the time - I downloaded an add-on to give me more of the moons of Saturn, for obvious reasons.
In the course of my NaNoWriMo research, I came across this free package, and I've been having a lot of fun with it. There are several similar things, I believe, but basically it allows you to take a guided tour of the universe, zooming in and out, watching eclipses and daybreaks on any planet or body you care to mention. It's open source, so there's stuff being added to it all the time - I downloaded an add-on to give me more of the moons of Saturn, for obvious reasons.
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Kewl!
Shame waugsqueke ducked out of the room - he'd've really appreciated this one.
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