Questions tagged [star-maps]
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Does anybody know of a top down map of andromeda in the style of existing (artistic) milky way maps?
I'm looking to make a digital model of the local group of galaxies and I can't find a good representation of the Andromeda galaxy from a top-down view.
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Is there such a thing as a map that shows the current (not observed) positions of celestial objects?
As I understand it, maps of the sky and three-dimensional maps of the universe all show the observed positions of celestial objects.
Are there any maps that show our best guess at their current ...
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How to plot star map using galactic coordinates and MS Excel graphs?
For some time, I have tried to draw a star map for my story. Primarily for myself to understand the relative positions of stars, plot interstellar travels, and find home (and colony) stars of alien ...
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Search good image for observable sky as seen from earth
I am searching for a good image that explains the field of view as seen from a certain latitude. Example: an observer standing on earth has limited view due to the horizon. Furthermore, he sees all ...
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Is there a library/API like Leaflet available for Starmaps?
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I am working (recreationally) on R package that allows for users to create custom, print quality, map art that is commonly found on many drop shipping sites. Seeing that there are ...
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Classifying stars using GEDR3
Is there a way to take the Gaia Early Data Release 3 dataset and calculate a likely star size (radius and mass) (units not relevant), and emission spectra (hydrogen, helium) or light color? Please ...
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Are Right Ascension and Declination from an "inside" perspective?
When reading up on celestial globes it talks about handedness and that many celestial globes are reversed so that the constellations appear as they do from earth.
I'm trying to arrange some bright ...
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Star charts showing distances instead of apparent magnitudes?
I am curious as to what star charts would look like, if instead of scaling the size of dots by apparent magnitude, the size of dots were scaled by actual distance from earth.
It would be nice to ...
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Software to create star maps with custom asterism lines?
I would like to be able to create star maps and charts, but define my own sets of “constellation” lines.
I imagine I would need to provide an input file containing pairs of stars which would be ...
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Child-friendly freely available web-based tool to generate skymap
I am intending to develop a free web-based tool where kids can plot a 2D skymap based on terrestrial coordinates and local time. I am aware of the fact that multiple sites provide already accurate sky ...
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What are the various ways we can quickly generate custom star charts to find moving asteroids or comets in binoculars and telescopes?
Where can I find the positions of the planets, stars, moons, artificial satellites, etc. and visualize them? is an amazing resource and @user21 has set it up with a community wiki answer for all of us ...
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looking for a plugin or API for Moon-phases and sky-map
I want to create a website that contains star maps and moon phases like mapiful and thatverynight but couldn't find any helpful APIs or plugins.
Can anyone help?
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By type, how far out do we have good star maps?
First off, these questions asked by others seem related, but each asks a slightly different question and neither have very good answers:
How well have we mapped our local neighborhood of stars?
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How well have we mapped our local neighborhood of stars?
Do we have a reasonable idea of how well we've mapped our local neighborhood of stars? That is, about what fraction we know about vs. what fraction are unseen (too dim, too much dust, not enough ...
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In the Cambridge Star Atlas 2000.0, two of the horizon line labels are flipped on one side of the page. Typo, or is there a reason?
I recently acquired the Cambridge Star Atlas 2000.0, and noticed something odd when taking it out observing. On the north side of the month-to-month star charts, the Mercator latitude indicators at ...
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