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Thought I'd give an update from my last post. The first book is doing amazingly well (even hit #1 in the UK for military sci-fi this spring). Couldn't be happier. Now, I'm wrapping up the second book in the series. Here's a book trailer for it.... and again, I used Celestia for the key shots. Would ...

You're not the only one using Celestia for sci-fi literature. :) I've done it for at least two short-stories I've written myself, one of which I plan to upload to my site for viewing. :) It's more science fantasy really, and I know the vast majority of people smarter than laymen hate that genre. :(...

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I used to do video editing in the 90's. Back then an editing system would run about $30K.

I did this whole thing (including buying editing software, a couple stock photos and music) for less than $80.00.

Oh, how times have changed.

In 2011 I began work on a military scifi novel. As part of the research, I needed to figure out how the planets/asteroids would be positioned on a very specific date. Hunting around, I found Celestia. Holy cow that proved to be an amazing resource. I used it at great length to do mapping, flight tim...

I haven't worked with the add-on feature, but will give it a go.

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Quick question (new to Celestia). I looked through the add-ons, but didn't see one for asteroid 6178 1986 DA. Can anyone tell me if this has been created? It's kind of an obscure one, but I'm on a writing project and am looking for data on where this asteroid will be located on a specific date. Any ...