Navigate the galaxy with Gaia Sky

Gaia Sky is what the developer calls a "real-time, 3D, astronomy
visualization" package, which normally means you get to fly around like
you're in Star Trek, but with real-world deep-space images to make it
more "educational". The project is based around the European Space
Agency's Gaia mission to chart around one billion stars of our galaxy.
Gaia Sky is open-source and Java-based, with downloads available for
Windows, Linux and Mac. We grabbed the Windows build and it installed
without issue. On launch the program displays its graphics settings. We
could choose to run Gaia Sky full-screen, in a fixed-size or...
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Eduardo
Sorocaba SP Brasil
www.alt119.net

"Barriga cheia, companhia desfeita."
(Portugal)

On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 1:20:10 PM UTC-7, JEMM wrote:
Gaia Sky is what the developer calls a "real-time, 3D, astronomy
visualization" package, which normally means you get to fly around like
you're in Star Trek, but with real-world deep-space images to make it
more "educational". The project is based around the European Space
Agency's Gaia mission to chart around one billion stars of our galaxy.
Gaia Sky is open-source and Java-based, with downloads available for
Windows, Linux and Mac. We grabbed the Windows build and it installed
without issue. On launch the program displays its graphics settings. We
could choose to run Gaia Sky full-screen, in a fixed-size or...
[Continue Reading]

http://feeds.betanews.com/~r/bn/~3/C2UebngwL6s/

--
Eduardo
Sorocaba SP Brasil
www.alt119.net

"Barriga cheia, companhia desfeita."
(Portugal)

Looks like, made for kids!