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@LordFerret: nice, but actually not what i am looking for. @julesstoop: based on the first picture, this is what i get: Industrial_Revolution_-_I_HDR_mod.jpg but comparing the whole picture to mine, i think mine is darker, so we can assume that the shutter speed is shorter, allowing a darker moon wi...

How about giving the location (lat/long) of this image, and then using Celestia to place the moon into position? You could then match the FOV to the lens used, and you'd have stars in the image as well. :?: when looking up the moons' position in celestia at the time and location the picture was tak...

v2.1:


- rotated moon 40° clockwise
- reduced yelowish/orangy hue from 20% to 15%
- larger halo

ok, here is the 2nd version of the picture.


- it now fits exactly 14 times horizontally
- brighter than first one
- has a yellowish/orangy hue

looks still too artificial to me. maybe the halo could be brighter/larger, and the color more desaturated?

ok, i understand.

- so, if i took this picture with a 55-250mm zoom lens set to 135mm (what is 216mm on a 35mm camera), the moon should be larger?
- the phase of the moon should be near to full moon?
- and brighter of course!

i shot this picture of a chemical plant this week: Industrial_Revolution_-_I_HDR.jpg since there was no moon shining in this night, i added one with the help of photoshop. now i wonder if it looks realistic, i mean... - the dimension compared to the moons level over the horizon - the color - the bri...

ElChristou wrote:Am I the only one who test DW's HDR version? ok we are not numerous under osX but feedback IS important...

you would get more feedback with a windows build i think. i don't know anybody that is using osX.

What do you mean? Of course, VY CMa is in Celestia. But stars can have MANY different names. Celestia uses the HIPARCOS catalog (as you might know). Hence you must search for the HIP equivalent of VY CMa, which is HIP 35793 (didn't you know this by heart? ;-) ) or it's HD number HD 58061 or it's SA...

can't find this star in celestia, but it is the biggest known star in our galaxy with probably 2100 solar radii. will it be added some day? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Sun_and_VY_Canis_Majoris.svg/800px-Sun_and_VY_Canis_Majoris.svg.png here is a link to the wikipedia art...

this one is really impressive, but has not much to do with celestia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYgEwXWilUc

i have automag turned off, since i have a quite powerfull graphics card i want to see as many stars as possible

Otherwise, does there exist an open source game engine with which Celestia could be coded with?

For example, the Quake 3 engine source code is public, why not build Celestia with it?

PS: If anyone, by some insane reason, would want to take a closer look, the can - with working ssc - can be grabbed here: http://www.celestialmatters.org/cm/hosts/home_rthorvald/public/fishcan.zip ... Another glorious Add-On from the CM... - rthorvald :mrgreen: what, for free? you must be kidding ;)

I'm in vacation right now, so i have a lot of time ;) if you want, you can take these as thumbnails: http://www.files.evolverindustries.com/images/celestia/jeynerk/Bramia-and-Incan.jpg http://www.files.evolverindustries.com/images/celestia/jeynerk/Dartica.jpg http://www.files.evolverindustries.com/i...

beautiful pictures!

Johaen wrote:

t00fri wrote:OK, why do overexpose the galaxies so much?

Because it looks cool!

I oftentimes do the same.

yes, it also looks cool to me. i like it. although i would prefer a rendering of the smc for example like this: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Small ... _cloud.jpg

t00fri wrote:your galaxies seem way too bright. Did you download a galaxy add-on from the Motherlode?

Bye Fridger

no, only a star database.
the brightnes of the galaxies can also be adjusted with SHIFT+( and SHITF+)

the total lunar eclipse from the 3th of march this year in progress, seen from the earth. on the right side also NGC 3423 can be seen (colors where enhanced with photoshop in this picture) http://www.files.evolverindustries.com/images/celestia/moon_ngc3423_th.jpg in the bottom left Sirius A, in the ...

how do i install the files you provided in the zip?

Hey Calculus,
why is your M31 colored and mine not? Is this because of your own mesh file, or do i have a too old graphics card (TNT1)?