Astronomy software question

I wondered if anyone could help with this-

What I'd like to be able to do is get a view from my observing position of
the night sky, as you would get in any of the astronomy programs such as
Starry Night, but then I want to be able to "fly" my viewpoint anywhere in
the Solar System to view the setup from different angles etc.

Is there anything out there that can do this?

Thanks,
- Michael

* MichaelJP :

What I'd like to be able to do is get a view from my observing position of
the night sky, as you would get in any of the astronomy programs such as
Starry Night, but then I want to be able to "fly" my viewpoint anywhere in
the Solar System to view the setup from different angles etc.

Is there anything out there that can do this?

Orbiter URL:http://www.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/~martins/orbit/orbit.html is a
Microsoft Windows based spaceflight simulator that has a "planetarium mode"
of sorts. You might find that interesting.

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I wondered if anyone could help with this-

What I'd like to be able to do is get a view from my observing position of
the night sky, as you would get in any of the astronomy programs such as
Starry Night, but then I want to be able to "fly" my viewpoint anywhere in
the Solar System to view the setup from different angles etc.

Is there anything out there that can do this?

Redshift will do it.

Robin

"MichaelJP" wrote in message
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I wondered if anyone could help with this-

What I'd like to be able to do is get a view from my observing position of
the night sky, as you would get in any of the astronomy programs such as
Starry Night, but then I want to be able to "fly" my viewpoint anywhere in
the Solar System to view the setup from different angles etc.

Some versions of Starry Night do allow this.

DaveL


Is there anything out there that can do this?

Thanks,
- Michael

MichaelJP wrote:
Is there anything out there that can do this?

Guide. (http://www.planetpluto.com)

Best,
Stephen

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I wondered if anyone could help with this-

What I'd like to be able to do is get a view from my observing position of
the night sky, as you would get in any of the astronomy programs such as
Starry Night, but then I want to be able to "fly" my viewpoint anywhere in
the Solar System to view the setup from different angles etc.

Is there anything out there that can do this?

Guide 8 (www.projectpluto.com) will do this and also allow you to ride
Pioneer past Jupiter and Saturn :-)
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I Stephen,

Stephen Tonkin wrote:

MichaelJP wrote:

Is there anything out there that can do this?

Guide. (http://www.planetpluto.com)

The URL should be: http://www.projectpluto.com

Are you sure about "flying" to other locations in the solar system? I'm
not an expert on all of Guide's capabilities but this just doesn't sound
like the sort of thing you can do with it.

Clear skies,
Greg

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Greg Crinklaw wrote:
Stephen Tonkin wrote:
Guide. (http://www.planetpluto.com)

The URL should be: http://www.projectpluto.com

AAARRRRGH! Thanks for the correction. I should not post when I've just
got home from a 4-hour finance meeting!

Are you sure about "flying" to other locations in the solar system?

Yes. You can set your location to another planet (or natural satellite
thereof) or the Sun quite simply: Settings - Location - [select from
list at the top of the dialogue box]


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Stephen

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Stephen Tonkin wrote:
Yes. You can set your location to another planet (or natural satellite
thereof) or the Sun quite simply: Settings - Location - [select from
list at the top of the dialogue box]

Yes, you can do that with Guide and many programs, including Starry
Night. But I believe the poster was asking for something mo the
ability to simulate "flying" from one location to another.

Clear skies,
Greg

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Greg Crinklaw wrote:
But I believe the poster was asking for something mo the ability to
simulate "flying" from one location to another.

Then I understood his request differently. The "fly" was in quotes, and
he mentioned different viewpoints, which I took to be the "important"
part of his request -- Guide permits these different viewpoints.

Best,
Stephen

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