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The Universe Within 12.5 Light Years

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266 points algorithmista | 6 comments | 05 Sep 25 22:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.335s | source | bottom
1. AtlasBarfed ◴[05 Sep 25 22:55 UTC] No.45144652[source]▶
I swear there used to be a 3d map that you could navigate, rotate zoom in zoom out of local space, but I can't find it anymore.

Does anyone else remember that or am I imagining it? I think it was like 10 years ago

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2. d-moon ◴[05 Sep 25 22:58 UTC] No.45144675[source]▶
are you thinking about 100,000 stars? https://stars.chromeexperiments.com
3. stebalien ◴[05 Sep 25 23:30 UTC] No.45144948[source]▶
Stellarium? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellarium_(software)
4. LargoLasskhyfv ◴[06 Sep 25 00:18 UTC] No.45145272[source]▶
https://www.reddit.com/r/askastronomy/comments/1bhklhd/what_...

https://chview.nova.org/solcom/index.html

edit: crossreference with https://gruze.org/galaxymap/map_2020/

5. bbor ◴[06 Sep 25 00:46 UTC] No.45145465[source]▶
There are attempts, but they all suck IMHO :( Someday I'll get around to doing this in Three.js for real, if no one beats me to it. It's shocking that we have a million 3D sites to visualize LEO satellites and plenty to visualize the solar system, but our stellar (much less galactic!) neighborhood is all super outdated stuff only.

I guess the sad reality is that these tools aren't that useful for anything but diagramming the odd interstellar rock.

6. wizardforhire ◴[06 Sep 25 01:05 UTC] No.45145601[source]▶
Celestia https://celestiaproject.space/