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there was an old software that i used back in early 2000-2005. Red shift 3. it was this massive plantery astronomy whatever magic that would do stars and eclips

there was an old software that i used back in early 2000-2005. Red shift 3. it was this massive plantery astronomy whatever magic that would do stars and eclipses and recordings or animated eclipses and what not. i wonder if anyone is similar to that in the FOSS software world. i tried stellarium i think its a star map, thats it.i could be wrong but i compare all these current softwares with red shift 3 in my mind and most if not all fall short. edit:http://archaic.maris.com/content/index520f.html http://archaic.maris.com/content/index520f.html this looks like the software i was talking about https://lowendmac.com/2001/astronomy-software-redshift-3-0-for-mac/ https://lowendmac.com/2001/astronomy-software-redshift-3-0-f... it says for MAC but i've used it on my windows 98/2000 back in the day

bscphil 5y ago
Sounds sort of like Celestia, but I'm not 100% sure from your description what the program was like.
- pmayrgundter 5y ago
  I loved Celestia so much I've been working on rewriting it for the web for some years http://celestiary.github.io http://celestiary.github.io
  - jazzyjackson 5y ago
    wow, really slick, I'll have to check out your code, I've been wanting to try out generating sky maps. Only problem I ran into is rotating on touchscreen quickly got bent out of shape, not rotating the same way as I dragged the screen. Could it be a gimbal lock issue?
    - pmayrgundter 5y ago
      Thanks! Gimbal lock.. yeah, I got it after playing for a bit. Bummer. Been meaning to try this out: https://github.com/yomotsu/camera-controls https://github.com/yomotsu/camera-controls. Fun!
  - dotancohen 5y ago
    Very nice. However, it seems to be showing a nearly-full moon for today (March 6), when in fact the moon is nearly-new. EDIT: Another issue, if you're interested. When speeding up time, it can be seen that the moon spins far too rapidly. It should be tidally locked to Earth (more or less).
    - pmayrgundter 5y ago
      Thanks! Yeah.. it's not quite there.. my orbital elements are all there but i haven't set everything running from the Epoch. I could do some tweaks to make it more realistic, but figure I'll put in a good sprint on it sometime and just do the orbits right.
- 2Gkashmiri 5y ago
  http://archaic.maris.com/content/index520f.html http://archaic.maris.com/content/index520f.html
  - the-dude 5y ago
    640x480 screenshots, wow.
InCityDreams 5y ago
Similar 'old' software, I really enjoy and it runs as portable (on Windows): home planet https://www.fourmilab.ch/homeplanet/ https://www.fourmilab.ch/homeplanet/ It's so old it talks about "downloading on dial-up connections", though the hiomepage is up to date (and full of gems)

bscphil 5y ago

Sounds sort of like Celestia, but I'm not 100% sure from your description what the program was like.

pmayrgundter 5y ago
I loved Celestia so much I've been working on rewriting it for the web for some years http://celestiary.github.io http://celestiary.github.io
- jazzyjackson 5y ago
  wow, really slick, I'll have to check out your code, I've been wanting to try out generating sky maps. Only problem I ran into is rotating on touchscreen quickly got bent out of shape, not rotating the same way as I dragged the screen. Could it be a gimbal lock issue?
  - pmayrgundter 5y ago
    Thanks! Gimbal lock.. yeah, I got it after playing for a bit. Bummer. Been meaning to try this out: https://github.com/yomotsu/camera-controls https://github.com/yomotsu/camera-controls. Fun!
- dotancohen 5y ago
  Very nice. However, it seems to be showing a nearly-full moon for today (March 6), when in fact the moon is nearly-new. EDIT: Another issue, if you're interested. When speeding up time, it can be seen that the moon spins far too rapidly. It should be tidally locked to Earth (more or less).
  - pmayrgundter 5y ago
    Thanks! Yeah.. it's not quite there.. my orbital elements are all there but i haven't set everything running from the Epoch. I could do some tweaks to make it more realistic, but figure I'll put in a good sprint on it sometime and just do the orbits right.
2Gkashmiri 5y ago
http://archaic.maris.com/content/index520f.html http://archaic.maris.com/content/index520f.html
- the-dude 5y ago
  640x480 screenshots, wow.

InCityDreams 5y ago

Similar 'old' software, I really enjoy and it runs as portable (on Windows): home planet https://www.fourmilab.ch/homeplanet/ https://www.fourmilab.ch/homeplanet/ It's so old it talks about "downloading on dial-up connections", though the hiomepage is up to date (and full of gems)