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It's pretty cool that they have a web client too https://stellarium-web.org/ https://stellarium-web.org/ I'm surprised at how much stuff there are above me if

It's pretty cool that they have a web client too https://stellarium-web.org/ https://stellarium-web.org/ I'm surprised at how much stuff there are above me if not for all the light polution

sbierwagen 4y ago
>I'm surprised at how much stuff there are above me I mean, it is the... entire visible universe. More than 100 billion stars in our galaxy. Maybe 200 billion galaxies in the visible universe. If you could see into infrared, you could see stuff 34 billion light years away: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEERS-93316 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEERS-93316
chromatin 4y ago
Our forebearers had a totally different experience when viewing the night sky to be sure
jeffparsons 4y ago
When I enter my correct location into the web interface, it thinks the sun has just set. It's actually the middle of the day here. I've tried slight variations of my current location in case it was just getting mixed up with other similarly named places elsewhere in the world. No luck. OTOH I already have the Android version on my phone and that has always worked just fine. Strange...
- adastra22 4y ago
  Maybe UTC vs. local time?
- pbhjpbhj 4y ago
  This seems like a reasonable choice though (same happens to me), they show you tonight's sky ... otherwise during the day they'd always show a star map with no stars. What would you want them to show during the day, on a star mapping website?
  - paledot 4y ago
    At risk of sounding inane, the stars are still in the sky in the daytime. A star map showing what you would see during a solar eclipse is not an unreasonable choice either.
    - pbhjpbhj 4y ago
      It's not stupid to show the stars over head right now, but the utility of showing stars as they appear next time you'll be able to see them seems clearly greater.
- helb 4y ago
  You can switch to current time (clock icon, then clock with arrow icon) and turn off the atmosphere (cloud icon) to see what's above you during daytime. The android app does the same for me, it shows a message with something like "it's daytime in X, fast forward time" and moves to the evening.
defrost 4y ago
For reference, the light pollution map .. and comparing Europe [1] with my backyard [2] [1] https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=3.78&lat=36.9075&lon=35.5169 https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=3.78&lat=36.9075&lo... [2] https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=7.81&lat=-24.5749&lon=116.7021 https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=7.81&lat=-24.5749&l... Now, if only we can rid ourselves of those bloody streaks from low orbit constellation satellites.
mceachen 4y ago
Wow, when did they add so many delightful high-resolution photos? Try zooming into the Moon, Mars, Saturn, or the Horsehead Nebula on a big monitor. It's gorgeous.
EdwardDiego 4y ago
I'm in the Southern Hemisphere and even in my nearest "large" city, you can still see the Milky Way on a clear night. Not in all its glory, mind, but you can see it, and Crux Australis, such a definitive Southern Hemisphere constellation that it appears on five national flags. Although it can be hard to see Epsilon Crucis in a city, as it's a bit dimmer than the four main stars. But then I travelled to far more densely populated Northern Hemisphere countries, and wow, I see what light pollution is, I really wanted to see Orion right side up, but wasn't able to get far enough away from populated areas when the sky was clear. Another benefit of living on a sparsely populated island I guess, not sure if it offsets all of the downsides (island "tax" is real, small economy makes it hard to challenge incumbents who dominate a market, we get very few concerts from the top bands, often left off maps), but it did make appreciate what we have in terms of the night sky. I'm a real big fan of dark sky reserves, it's a fantastic idea. [0] [0]: https://www.darksky.org/our-work/conservation/idsp/reserves/ https://www.darksky.org/our-work/conservation/idsp/reserves/
- alias_neo 4y ago
  I'm from England, where we don't see many of the stars and when we were university students (over a decade ago now), my wife and I were in Switzerland, up a "hill" near Caux Palace; it was the first and only time I've seen the milky way and the only time I'd ever seen the night sky that way; without light pollution. I hope to do it again, somewhere, some day because it's an incredible experiencev to just lie on the grass in complete darkness like I've never known at home and let you eyes adjust to just show full the night sky is.
  - anonymous_sorry 4y ago
    Best plan to do it soon. The view will soon be littered with satellites. https://earthsky.org/space/satellites-versus-stars-night-sky-kessler-syndrome/ https://earthsky.org/space/satellites-versus-stars-night-sky...
    - sbierwagen 4y ago
      >Satellites shine by reflecting the sun’s light. For this reason, they’re usually only visible during the beginning of night and as morning approaches, when the sun’s rays can still reach them high above Earth. But at latitudes such as 50 degrees north and south, locals will see satellites all night long near the summer solstice, and near sunrise and sunset on the equinoxes. The sky will be clean during winter, once you get an hour away from sunset.
prox 4y ago
In the game Elite Dangerous, the galaxy contains 400 billion stars modeled by a Stellar Forge program. Since it’s launch about 7 years ago, less than 0.5% has been discovered, despite thousands of ships “in the black”.
- Yoric 4y ago
  They had the same problem with Elite Frontier, back in the days :) That was impressive for a game that fit on a single floppy disk. Well, there was a second floppy disk, but it only contained the midi version of the music, never quite understood what for.
aptitude_moo 4y ago
The web version is a bit of a different project. Make sure to try the desktop version!
daitangio 4y ago
On Polinesia island, in the night it is incredible! Give it a try if you can

It's pretty cool that they have a web client too https://stellarium-web.org/ https://stellarium-web.org/ I'm surprised at how much stuff there are above me if not for all the light polution

sbierwagen 4y ago

>I'm surprised at how much stuff there are above me I mean, it is the... entire visible universe. More than 100 billion stars in our galaxy. Maybe 200 billion galaxies in the visible universe. If you could see into infrared, you could see stuff 34 billion light years away: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEERS-93316 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEERS-93316

chromatin 4y ago

Our forebearers had a totally different experience when viewing the night sky to be sure

jeffparsons 4y ago

When I enter my correct location into the web interface, it thinks the sun has just set. It's actually the middle of the day here. I've tried slight variations of my current location in case it was just getting mixed up with other similarly named places elsewhere in the world. No luck. OTOH I already have the Android version on my phone and that has always worked just fine. Strange...

adastra22 4y ago
Maybe UTC vs. local time?
pbhjpbhj 4y ago
This seems like a reasonable choice though (same happens to me), they show you tonight's sky ... otherwise during the day they'd always show a star map with no stars. What would you want them to show during the day, on a star mapping website?
- paledot 4y ago
  At risk of sounding inane, the stars are still in the sky in the daytime. A star map showing what you would see during a solar eclipse is not an unreasonable choice either.
  - pbhjpbhj 4y ago
    It's not stupid to show the stars over head right now, but the utility of showing stars as they appear next time you'll be able to see them seems clearly greater.
helb 4y ago
You can switch to current time (clock icon, then clock with arrow icon) and turn off the atmosphere (cloud icon) to see what's above you during daytime. The android app does the same for me, it shows a message with something like "it's daytime in X, fast forward time" and moves to the evening.

defrost 4y ago

For reference, the light pollution map .. and comparing Europe [1] with my backyard [2] [1] https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=3.78&lat=36.9075&lon=35.5169 https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=3.78&lat=36.9075&lo... [2] https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=7.81&lat=-24.5749&lon=116.7021 https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=7.81&lat=-24.5749&l... Now, if only we can rid ourselves of those bloody streaks from low orbit constellation satellites.

mceachen 4y ago

Wow, when did they add so many delightful high-resolution photos? Try zooming into the Moon, Mars, Saturn, or the Horsehead Nebula on a big monitor. It's gorgeous.

EdwardDiego 4y ago

I'm in the Southern Hemisphere and even in my nearest "large" city, you can still see the Milky Way on a clear night. Not in all its glory, mind, but you can see it, and Crux Australis, such a definitive Southern Hemisphere constellation that it appears on five national flags. Although it can be hard to see Epsilon Crucis in a city, as it's a bit dimmer than the four main stars. But then I travelled to far more densely populated Northern Hemisphere countries, and wow, I see what light pollution is, I really wanted to see Orion right side up, but wasn't able to get far enough away from populated areas when the sky was clear. Another benefit of living on a sparsely populated island I guess, not sure if it offsets all of the downsides (island "tax" is real, small economy makes it hard to challenge incumbents who dominate a market, we get very few concerts from the top bands, often left off maps), but it did make appreciate what we have in terms of the night sky. I'm a real big fan of dark sky reserves, it's a fantastic idea. [0] [0]: https://www.darksky.org/our-work/conservation/idsp/reserves/ https://www.darksky.org/our-work/conservation/idsp/reserves/

alias_neo 4y ago
I'm from England, where we don't see many of the stars and when we were university students (over a decade ago now), my wife and I were in Switzerland, up a "hill" near Caux Palace; it was the first and only time I've seen the milky way and the only time I'd ever seen the night sky that way; without light pollution. I hope to do it again, somewhere, some day because it's an incredible experiencev to just lie on the grass in complete darkness like I've never known at home and let you eyes adjust to just show full the night sky is.
- anonymous_sorry 4y ago
  Best plan to do it soon. The view will soon be littered with satellites. https://earthsky.org/space/satellites-versus-stars-night-sky-kessler-syndrome/ https://earthsky.org/space/satellites-versus-stars-night-sky...
  - sbierwagen 4y ago
    >Satellites shine by reflecting the sun’s light. For this reason, they’re usually only visible during the beginning of night and as morning approaches, when the sun’s rays can still reach them high above Earth. But at latitudes such as 50 degrees north and south, locals will see satellites all night long near the summer solstice, and near sunrise and sunset on the equinoxes. The sky will be clean during winter, once you get an hour away from sunset.

prox 4y ago

In the game Elite Dangerous, the galaxy contains 400 billion stars modeled by a Stellar Forge program. Since it’s launch about 7 years ago, less than 0.5% has been discovered, despite thousands of ships “in the black”.

Yoric 4y ago
They had the same problem with Elite Frontier, back in the days :) That was impressive for a game that fit on a single floppy disk. Well, there was a second floppy disk, but it only contained the midi version of the music, never quite understood what for.

aptitude_moo 4y ago

The web version is a bit of a different project. Make sure to try the desktop version!

daitangio 4y ago

On Polinesia island, in the night it is incredible! Give it a try if you can