riddler 0 #1 January 12, 2003 Starry Night Backyard, version 4 - late Christmas present - and for the last few days (when I'm not at Mustard's AFF class for a coaching prerequisite), I find myself glued to this thing. It has more cool features than I've seen in just about any software program. Mostly, I've been viewing Earth from the surface of Saturn (getting ready for my upcoming trip ) Not trying to pitch this, but if you can get your hands on it (however you may aquire software ), it's pretty darn cool.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grega 0 #2 January 13, 2003 Post some Pictures of how does it look like. Earth from Saturn, that is "George just lucky i guess!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouDiamond 1 #3 January 13, 2003 Quote Post some Pictures of how does it look like. Earth from Saturn, that is Why not just ask him to post some pics of Ur Anus while your at it? "It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grega 0 #4 January 13, 2003 I doubt it's in Starry Night Backyard, version 4 already. Maybe it'll be in version 5 "George just lucky i guess!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pds 0 #5 January 13, 2003 although this wont show you us from there, it lets you see there from here in all kindsa ways. supacool http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,57171,00.htmlnamaste, motherfucker. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig 0 #6 January 13, 2003 I'm pretty sure Earth would look like a bluish star, if any color at all, about half the brightness of the brightest star you can see. I have some 10x50 binoculars and you can just barely make out the rings of Saturn. Edit: Brightest star you can go outside and see NOT including the Sun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grega 0 #7 January 13, 2003 Where do you live? i can barely see the saturn moons (from 200 feet AGL). "George just lucky i guess!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig 0 #8 January 13, 2003 In the US. All that in my other post was considering the objects were above the horizon and able to be viewed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grega 0 #9 January 13, 2003 Well yes i assumed the objects were above the horizon , but what i ment is i can't see saturn rings from 200 AGL with my 10x50 binoculars. If i'd live at let's say 6000 AGL the view would most certanly be different... "George just lucky i guess!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #10 January 13, 2003 Couple of low-res screen shots. It looks much better on-screen. One is North America from a satellite - I've been watching the continents drift lazily by - kind of like looking from the space-shuttle or something. The satellite database is kind of small - I think they only have like a hundred or something, but you can follow them in the real sky. The other is Earth from Saturn - the bright dot in Saturn's rings is the sun, and the Earth has a red pointer next to it - it's right next to the sun. You can zoom in to Earth, but then it just looks like the satellite image. Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #11 January 13, 2003 JPL's Solar System Simulator is also tres kewl for seeing positioning data for most objects. What's really neato is the comparison between S3 virtual shots versus actual photos - frightfully accurate, and it's "free", too (meaning it was funded with your tax dollars). "The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
