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Robert Smith - 29 Nov 2006 22:21 GMT

Does anyone know if PC software exists that can show the
starscape as seen from the vantage point of another star,
such as Tau Ceti, Capella, even Alpha Centauri, to name a
few candidates, located within 100 LY of Sol? The display
should include the known names of stars and Messier
objects.

I'm a budding SF author who wants his characters to
comment validly on the local sky, in particular to locate
Sol correctly.

Thanks for your attention.

--Robert Smith
rlsj@nc.rr.com

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Bob Officer - 29 Nov 2006 22:45 GMT

>Does anyone know if PC software exists that can show the
>starscape as seen from the vantage point of another star,
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>
>Thanks for your attention.

Celestia works...

There is some program I found a while back that also allows authors
to create star and graph the distances and lays them out in a 3d
array. I understand it was written for and then released to PD by the
person that wrote the "churnar" novels or something like that.

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Odysseus - 30 Nov 2006 07:22 GMT

> Does anyone know if PC software exists that can show the
> starscape as seen from the vantage point of another star,
> such as Tau Ceti, Capella, even Alpha Centauri, to name a
> few candidates, located within 100 LY of Sol? The display
> should include the known names of stars and Messier
> objects.

Sure; most full-featured planetarium programs do that, maybe even some
of the freeware/shareware ones.

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Painius - 30 Nov 2006 17:22 GMT

>> Does anyone know if PC software exists that can show the
>> starscape as seen from the vantage point of another star,
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> Sure; most full-featured planetarium programs do that, maybe even some
> of the freeware/shareware ones.

I tried this with my Starry Night and went soaring
to Rigil Kentaurus (Alpha Centauri) about 4 ly away.
The Sun was in Cassiopeia. And when i flew back
to the Sun, Earth was (is) in Taurus.

Sorry, new toy. <g>

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