bragging: celestia picture of the hour

[krisztian]

just a little bit of bragging if you don't mind. i just finished a new little feature on my blog, a random image made with celestia, changing by the hour. this is done with an amazon ec2 instance generating a bunch of images at a time using a lua script. the instance is summoned to life automatically whenever the site is running out of files. i guess i wasted way too much time on it, but hey

the rest of the content is pretty controversial, so reader's discretion is advised. anyway, if you want to see it, check https://www.krisztianpinter.name

[Lafuente_Astronomy]

ust a little bit of bragging if you don't mind. i just finished a new little feature on my blog, a random image made with celestia, changing by the hour. this is done with an amazon ec2 instance generating a bunch of images at a time using a lua script. the instance is summoned to life automatically whenever the site is running out of files. i guess i wasted way too much time on it, but hey

the rest of the content is pretty controversial, so reader's discretion is advised. anyway, if you want to see it, check https://www.krisztianpinter.name

That looks good. How many images have you used for that feature though? Because if there are fewer images, there'll be more hourly repeats of the same image

[krisztian]

How many images have you used

i create new images as they get used up. the generator virtual machine is started every 3-4 days, as needed. the lua script iterates through 100 random objects and takes screenshots. eventually you will see the same body, but from a different angle at a different time.

[SpaceFanatic64]

picture of the hour, unidentified cosmic turd

That was unnecessarily rude.

[SevenSpheres]

picture of the hour, unidentified cosmic turd

That was unnecessarily rude.

Probably another troll/spammer.

krisztian, I'd suggest using Celestia Origin; it's a big improvement over Celestia's default models and textures.

[Lafuente_Astronomy]

Post deleted. I was the one who approved it, since it was seemingly related to the topic at hand. My bad. But then again, "Cosmic turd" does sound accurate, if without the rudeness

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i create new images as they get used up. the generator virtual machine is started every 3-4 days, as needed. the lua script iterates through 100 random objects and takes screenshots. eventually you will see the same body, but from a different angle at a different time.

That's interesting. Perhaps the official Celestia Website could use such a thing but you must ask Alexell first

[krisztian]

unidentified cosmic turd

false. it is identified.

I'd suggest using Celestia Origin

i'll check that out, but no promises. at a glance, i see some minor problems. for example, it classifies planet 9 a regular "planet", but i'm not keen on showing hypothetical objects.

[LukeCEL]

That's interesting. Perhaps the official Celestia Website could use such a thing but you must ask Alexell first

Bit off topic, but I think Celestia website's screenshot gallery needs to include pictures of more types of objects.

Here are some URLs:

cel://Follow/Proxima Cen/2019-02-01T01:38:40.9504 ... 0&rf=2398103&lm=0&tsrc=0&ver=3 - view of Proxima Centauri
cel://Follow/NGC 5139/2019-02-01T01:59:43.74257?x ... f=3446679&lm=8192&tsrc=0&ver=3 - view of Omega Centauri, with Milky Way in the background
cel://Follow/Sol:Earth/1986-03-06T14:09:13.83592? ... 0&rf=3446679&lm=0&tsrc=0&ver=3 - close-up of Earth with Comet Halley in the background