There's some more information, including an artist's imagining of Quaoar, at the Hubble website at
at http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pr/2002/17
Posts by Aristarkhos
- 07.10.2002, 18:48
- Forum: Celestia Users
- Topic: Quaoar, anyone?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12584
- 02.10.2002, 20:07
- Forum: Celestia Users
- Topic: Feature request: star motions
- Replies: 42
- Views: 30289
Proper Motions
Count me as someone else who would be interested in seeing proper motions for a subset of stars - whatever is easy to add.
- 27.09.2002, 16:48
- Forum: Celestia Users
- Topic: Mac Version Questions
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3467
Mac Version Questions
Thanks for your reponses, HankR, they are very helpful. On topic 2., yes, I know the Mac version is the work of one developer and is behind the Windows version. Just wondered if that was something he was considering. On topic 1., are the screenshots on the download page showing a tools and help menu...
- 27.09.2002, 11:50
- Forum: Celestia Users
- Topic: Mac Version Questions
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3467
Mac Version Questions
1. I just downloaded Celestia for OS X last night, and there's no tools, or help menu, or [Application]/Preferences menu. Should this surprise me? I can't even get the list of keyboard commands anywhere except by running it on my Windows machine. 2. Has the Mac developer considered adding support fo...
- 27.09.2002, 11:35
- Forum: Celestia Users
- Topic: OT - Giza Pyramids and Orion's Belt?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7763
Archaeoastronomy
For good information on genuine archaeoastronomy, you might want to try Hastro-L . The consensus reached here is correct: the whole pyramids/Orion thing belongs in the same dustbin with Velikovsky's idea that Venus was a comet that shifted the earth's axis and caused the parting of the Red Sea.