More Screenshots for Celestia's website
Posted: 14.04.2020, 23:53
Hi,
I was wondering if we could get more screenshots in https://celestia.space/gallery.html. The current gallery looks really nice, but Celestia can potentially show many more different types of objects:
Comets
Currently, the screenshot gallery doesn't include comets. Here is one shot of Earth with Halley's Comet in the background. I think Celestia's comets tend to the look the best when they're in the background.
cel://Follow/Sol:Earth/1986-03-06T14:09:13.83592? ... 0&rf=3446679&lm=0&tsrc=0&ver=3
Stars
The screenshot gallery has pictures of star fields, but none of stars up close. We could use any star for this, but I chose Proxima, partly because it's famous and partly because there aren't that many red colors in the gallery. I've offset the star, because the Rule of Thirds makes things look aesthetic.
cel://Follow/Proxima Cen/2019-02-01T01:38:40.9504 ... 0&rf=2398103&lm=0&tsrc=0&ver=3
Actually, SevenSpheres has a prettier version with a better texture and orange star flares.
Exoplanets
Once again, the screenshot gallery has no pictures of exoplanets. We could use any exoplanet for this, I just chose HD 189733 b as an example. The screenshots could be customized as much as you want, for example by adding flares to the parent stars, or by using a fancier texture or atmosphere for the planet.
cel://Follow/GJ 4130 A:HD 189733 Ab/2019-02-01T01 ... 0&rf=2135959&lm=0&tsrc=0&ver=3
Globular clusters
The screenshot gallery has no pictures of globular clusters. We could use any globular, but I think a famous one like Omega Centauri is a good idea. Like Proxima, I've offset the globular for aesthetic purposes.
cel://Follow/NGC 5139/2019-02-01T01:59:43.74257?x ... f=3446679&lm=8192&tsrc=0&ver=3
Planetary nebulae
The screenshot gallery has some fictional nebulae, but no real ones, and no planetary nebulae either. I don't like the idea of using a billboard, that seems kind of "cheap" since you could just put any image on a billboard and it would be "picture-perfect". But others, like jll's Minkowski 2-9 add-on, seem to be good for the job:
cel://Follow/Minkowski 2-9/2019-02-01T02:00:28.11 ... f=3446679&lm=8192&tsrc=0&ver=3
Of course, all of the screnshots in the Screenshot Gallery are pretty high-resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels), so they should be taken by someone with a monitor in those dimensions.
What do you all think?
I was wondering if we could get more screenshots in https://celestia.space/gallery.html. The current gallery looks really nice, but Celestia can potentially show many more different types of objects:
Comets
Currently, the screenshot gallery doesn't include comets. Here is one shot of Earth with Halley's Comet in the background. I think Celestia's comets tend to the look the best when they're in the background.
cel://Follow/Sol:Earth/1986-03-06T14:09:13.83592? ... 0&rf=3446679&lm=0&tsrc=0&ver=3
Stars
The screenshot gallery has pictures of star fields, but none of stars up close. We could use any star for this, but I chose Proxima, partly because it's famous and partly because there aren't that many red colors in the gallery. I've offset the star, because the Rule of Thirds makes things look aesthetic.
cel://Follow/Proxima Cen/2019-02-01T01:38:40.9504 ... 0&rf=2398103&lm=0&tsrc=0&ver=3
Exoplanets
Once again, the screenshot gallery has no pictures of exoplanets. We could use any exoplanet for this, I just chose HD 189733 b as an example. The screenshots could be customized as much as you want, for example by adding flares to the parent stars, or by using a fancier texture or atmosphere for the planet.
cel://Follow/GJ 4130 A:HD 189733 Ab/2019-02-01T01 ... 0&rf=2135959&lm=0&tsrc=0&ver=3
Globular clusters
The screenshot gallery has no pictures of globular clusters. We could use any globular, but I think a famous one like Omega Centauri is a good idea. Like Proxima, I've offset the globular for aesthetic purposes.
cel://Follow/NGC 5139/2019-02-01T01:59:43.74257?x ... f=3446679&lm=8192&tsrc=0&ver=3
Planetary nebulae
The screenshot gallery has some fictional nebulae, but no real ones, and no planetary nebulae either. I don't like the idea of using a billboard, that seems kind of "cheap" since you could just put any image on a billboard and it would be "picture-perfect". But others, like jll's Minkowski 2-9 add-on, seem to be good for the job:
cel://Follow/Minkowski 2-9/2019-02-01T02:00:28.11 ... f=3446679&lm=8192&tsrc=0&ver=3
Of course, all of the screnshots in the Screenshot Gallery are pretty high-resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels), so they should be taken by someone with a monitor in those dimensions.
What do you all think?
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