The Celestia Thread

[TMac3000]

Since my reappearance, I have also been screwing around a bit with Celestia.

This is Circumspace all grown up:thumbup: I this thing.

Some of my favorite places to visit are

The Pleiades. Imagine looking up at night and seeing half a dozen blue stars as bright as Venus in one piece of sky:huh: Not to mention one (Alcyone) that's way brighter than the full Moon!

Mizar. I wasn't aware this was a double system until recently. I knew about Alcore, but that's an optical double--sort of. It's less than a light year from the system.

Deneb. Just for the sheer distance

So, fellow Celestia fans, what are your favorite stellar vistas?

 

[Urwumpe]

So, fellow Celestia fans, what are your favorite stellar vistas?

I quite enjoyed Albireo. :thumbup:

 

[Ripley]

...This is Circumspace all grown up...

Circumspace! Such old memories...KlassM software, Mark A. Haney...
Skyglobe was the first "scientific" software that hooked me, many years ago.

 

[TMac3000]

I quite enjoyed Albireo. :thumbup:

I'll check that one out. Thanks!

 

[Keatah]

I have skyglobe operational via dosbox. Awesome stuff.

Is celestia a dead project?

 

[TMac3000]

Is celestia a dead project?

That's what I've heard--but it's still downloadable, and still awesome:thumbup:

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I quite enjoyed Albireo. :thumbup:

What is of interest there? I checked, and saw only a few first magnitude stars. Other than the fact that it's certainly bigger than the orbit of Mercury, and probably Venus, what should I take note of?

 

[Urwumpe]

What is of interest there? I checked, and saw only a few first magnitude stars. Other than the fact that it's certainly bigger than the orbit of Mercury, and probably Venus, what should I take note of?

Cute trinary star system actually.

 

[SolarLiner]

Well personally I haven't opened up Celestia in years. In fact ,i never opened Celestia after downloading Space Engine.

 

[Matias Saibene]

Views of comet Borrelly.

:tiphat:

 

[Matias Saibene]

The NGC 6584 cluster is beautiful.