[Opensource] Stellarium and Celestia

[Roland Gesthuizen]

hahahaha that is a brilliant and fun idea Cameron. I will get Daniel to add
the Death Star and Deep Space 9 into the image we are building.

Regards Roland

On 11/02/07, Cameron Bell <bell.cameron.p at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
>
> Celestia is best for a virtual tour of the solar system, especially when
> you get the hang of adding the addons. The kids love it when we leave
> the solar system and swing around a distant star to find the Death Star
> from Star Wars in orbit!  ;)
>
> Cameron
>
> Roland Gesthuizen wrote:
> > Stellarium and Celestia are two very cool (and very free) open source
> > astronomy software packages. I had some fun using these to help track
> > the recent comet over Melbourne. We are adding them to our common
> > network image. With one you can spin time forward and back as you look
> > around the heavens (try locking onto the moon then crank up the time)
> > , with the other you can wizz around space at Warp speed looking at a
> > swag of celestial objects (try the guided tour).
> >
> > Here is a good review with some screen grabs.
> >      http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/astronomy_software
> >
> > Engage
> >
> > Regards Roland
> >
> > --
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

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the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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