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<div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by daishi:<br>Is there a good graphical representation of the milky way with discovered stars/planets/asteroids in it? I looked a little but didn't really find anything that was of interest. </div>
</blockquote>How about Celestia if you want to fly around the universe? Or Stellarium if you wish to remain earthbound?<br><br>I would actually like to see Google and Celestia team up and make GoogleUniverse. Imagine being able to cruise the universe with Celestia using up to the moment data! -- View image here: http://episteme.meincmagazine.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_cool.gif --<br><br>[EDIT]<br>Celestia does have stars with planets in its data, so you can go to those stars and see the planet. They are generic representations, but a cool thing to do is get about 1km above the surface, widen the angle of view, and see what the night sky looks like in those systems.
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<div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by daishi:<br>Is there a good graphical representation of the milky way with discovered stars/planets/asteroids in it? I looked a little but didn't really find anything that was of interest. </div>
</blockquote>How about Celestia if you want to fly around the universe? Or Stellarium if you wish to remain earthbound?<br><br>I would actually like to see Google and Celestia team up and make GoogleUniverse. Imagine being able to cruise the universe with Celestia using up to the moment data! -- View image here: http://episteme.meincmagazine.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_cool.gif --<br><br>[EDIT]<br>Celestia does have stars with planets in its data, so you can go to those stars and see the planet. They are generic representations, but a cool thing to do is get about 1km above the surface, widen the angle of view, and see what the night sky looks like in those systems.