Posts by Aristarkhos

by Aristarkhos
07.10.2002, 18:48
Forum: Celestia Users
Topic: Quaoar, anyone?
Replies: 18
Views: 12584

Damned quick, thanks!

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
by Aristarkhos
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.
by Aristarkhos
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...
by Aristarkhos
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...
by Aristarkhos
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.

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