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Space Software for the adventurer in all of us - 3D star maps, multiple sky views, and more
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Power Tools to Explore our
Neighborhood of Stars
Imagine for a moment you've bought yourself a nice, used star ship. "This could be good," you say to yourself. But then the guy showed you everything except the navigational controls, and now you're stuck in the Solar System, afraid to get lost amongst all those countless stars.
Whether or not this is likely to happen to you, wouldn't you like to know what your own stellar neighborhood looks like? "Stars in the NeighborHood™" keeps track of your position in this part of the galaxy, and shows you, in 3D, where home is located, so you're never likely to become lost. But this 3D software from Tharsis Highlands does much more than that. Imagine being able to add color-coded tags to each star system as you visit them. Then, later, you can easily call up all the stars you've visited.
What if you discover something interesting about a new star? With this software, you can add your own notes to the star's record, for future retrieval. And what if you're traveling from Capella to Epsilon Tauri in the Hyades cluster, and want to know how far you have to travel? Distance calculation is as easy as point and click.
More than a Star Ship Navigational Tool
Most of us are stuck on planet Earth. But "Stars in the Hood™" gives you a chance to see what those alien constellations look like. With its "Sky Map" feature, you can click in the direction of Orion, and see the constellation much as we've seen it for thousands of years. Then, if you first select one of more than 10,000 stars included in this software, check "Alien Skies™" view, and then click Orion, you'll see a similar, yet noticeably different constellation.
And there's more to the "Sky Map" feature. You don't have to guess which stars might be close. That's impossible to tell visually, in any event. Another simple click turns on the "Distance" viewing mode, and suddenly you can see which stars are close, and which are very, very far away.
Several Ways to
look at the Stars Near Earth
- Scalable 3D View — to zoom in on a star system, or to zoom out and take in an entire neighborhood.
- Dual 3D Views — one for close-ups, and one for pegging your location in this part of the galaxy, all the while keeping a fix on Sol (our own sun).
- Hide or display stars by type — useful especially when the view becomes too thick with stars.
- Four Sky Map view modes — natural, extra-bright, color-coded by range, and sized by distance.
- Seven custom color tags — each can be applied to individual stars at your discretion, and each color can be given a custom label.
- Database of stars — searchable by, type, location, tags (custom and planetary), catalog names and numbers, and more.
Packed with Details about each Star
Thousands of astronomical journal articles have been consulted to include a rich body of data about each star, including,
- Multiple star identities (Flamsteed-Bayer, Henry Draper Star Catalog, Yale Bright Star Catalog, Gliese Catalog of Nearby Stars, Smithsonian Astronomical Observatory Catalog, Durchmusterung Star Catalogs, Aitken Double Star Catalog, Wolf Catalog, Ross Catalog, and the Merge Star Database)
- Cluster membership ID.
- Visual magnitude. In the Sky Map "Alien Skies" views, Absolute Magnitude is used to portray the new apparent brightnesses of the stars displayed.
- Spectral and Luminosity Classification.
- Range of Variability, and period (if regular).
- Orbital period and eccentricity.
- Plus notes on unusual qualities of the star or the space surrounding the system. For example, a few stars are noted as intruders, and not actual members of their star system. Another star system resides behind a "small" cloud of dust and gas. While some others are noted as being "uranium" stars, having unusually high concentrations of the heavy metal.
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