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I agree it's not scientific, but it's very nice! I'd like to see it in motion. Can it be downloaded?

I can't wait to download this addon system!! Hurry up!

fsgregs wrote:Fridger and Runar:

I love Runar's Sun texture but also wish the yellows were more toned down, particularly at a distance. I am loading the add-on into all of my high school's Celestia computers

Frank, does this mean you'll be updating your educational activities with the new sun texture?

What is Chris's username?

I'd be very happy to volunteer to help administer the boards. This is the same bb software I use on another forum that I run, so I'm very familiar with how to administer it.

...and when I go to the Help menu and select About Celestia, it says this is version 1.3.2. Is something wrong with my download? The .exe that I downloaded says 1.4.0.

So, is Chris even around here any more? Is he aware of the problem?

But don't you get it? The bear is coming after the photographer!!

Pierebean wrote:is that normal that we cannot distinguish the different arms(orion one or perseus one) in our galaxy?

Huh? Forgive my ignorance (for it is vast!), but are you suggesting that the Milky Way has two arms? How would we know that?

So who has control over that?

This board uses the same phpbb software that I use on another board that I own. On my other board, I allow guests to read, but not to post. I think shatters should turn off guest posting.

I just read the news today about NASA selecting the IBEX explorer to take images of the outer boundary of the solar system. Does anyone know the velocity this spacecraft will achieve and how long it will take for it to reach the outer boundary? I'm hoping I'll still be alive to learn of its findings!!

Thanks, Bob. That's precisely what I'm asking.

You control which is shown by typing "r" (show textures in the next lower resolution folder) or "R" (show textures in the next higher resolution folder). Thanks very much, Selden. So can I assume that if I mistakenly placed a texture for a planet in the hires folder, with no corresponding textures ...

I understand that the hires, medres, and lores subfolders in the textures folder contain Hi, Medium, and Low resolution textures respectively. But, how does Celestia use the files in these three folders? Does the program go to the lores folder when you're viewing position is beyond a certain distanc...

Activity 6 doesnt work here either...I have the newest version of Celestia, and I have put all the files in to right place, but they dont appear in Celestia. Any help in this? The educational activities won't work correctly with Celestia version 1.4.0 without making a modification. You must use Cel...

Can you describe this cel?

How do you capture an animation in Celestia (v 1.3.2) to use in another program? What format is captured? Thanks.

andersa wrote:The science community required a lot better, and thus had to develop their own formats and software. GIF came in the 1980's, but was hardly sufficient for science imaging. Maybe PNG would do well today...

Would you mind explaining PNG? Is that a format somewhat like JPG?

I'm looking at the GeForce FX5200XT AGP 8X graphics card with 128MB DDR video memory running on Windows XP Media Center Edition. Is this a good card for Celestia or should I go for a higher-end card? Any recommendations?

Thanks!