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I've just been looking at various websites about Martian transits of Deimos and Phobos observed by most of the Mars Landers and orbiters over the years, and didn't realise Phobos appears so 'large' in the sky.
This inspired me to check out a transit of Phobos observed by Opportunity in March 2004, and got a pretty decent Celestia result - here's the screenshot.
Transit of Phobos from Opportunity landing site 8 March 2004


and the Cel//url link cel://SyncOrbit/Sol:Mars/2004-03-08T01: ... rc=0&ver=3



According to Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_of_Phobos_from_Mars, many photos of the eclipse shadow have been taken and they give an example from Mars Global Surveyor of a eclipse shadow cast by Phobos on 26 Aug 1999 at 04:00:33 UTC at 10.9°N 49.2°W .
However getting a screenshot of this eclipse shadow has so far eluded me

Celestia does not render shadows from bodies that use meshes.

Here's a little something I've been working on...hopefully it will be released soon...a small system in the multiple star complex of Zeta Cancri, aka Tegmine.


-M-

On the outskirts of M4

Hi Terrier,

Your awesome pics prompted me to look for other similar events. Here are a few:







Here are their links (Celestia version 1.60):

cel://Follow/Sol:Saturn/2010-05-06T18:45:55.60931?x=ALgzBLIZlEg&y=AOSEJ60geyY&z=AIhSlMtAIVk&ow=0.93312&ox=0.184242&oy=-0.306943&oz=0.0335904&fov=0.100805&ts=10&ltd=0&p=0&rf=40339&lm=40964&tsrc=0&ver=3

cel://Follow/Sol:Saturn/2010-05-06T18:55:57.83980?x=ALgLMh6SpUg&y=AGQTAFXIdCY&z=AISptIhLGFk&ow=0.932786&ox=0.184092&oy=-0.308019&oz=0.03384&select=Sol:Saturn&fov=0.19&ts=20&ltd=0&p=0&rf=40339&lm=40964&tsrc=0&ver=3

cel://SyncOrbit/Sol:Mars/2000-05-19T05:27:36.33591?x=jzGk7J5CFA&y=6DafJbx1AQ&z=5Oa+aXjgCw&ow=-0.134&ox=-0.869089&oy=-0.220387&oz=0.422087&track=Sol&select=Sol:Mars&fov=0.587088&ts=1&ltd=0&p=0&rf=302471&lm=49156&tsrc=0&ver=3

Celestia is an endless source of wonder! Enjoy!

A few more pics of Saturn. Convergence happening this week.

cel://Follow/Sol:Saturn/2010-06-07T06:33:08.85974?x=ADoCjYah4Tc&y=ANpKmusCVy0&z=ADweu0rvo2E&ow=0.606816&ox=0.308132&oy=0.00226877&oz=0.732682&select=Sol:Saturn&fov=0.0817421&ts=10&ltd=0&p=0&rf=40339&lm=32772&tsrc=0&ver=3


cel://Follow/Sol:Saturn/2010-06-07T06:34:24.80393?x=AMiLALjc2jc&y=AJZtzpoMBi0&z=AKA7Rdw8zWE&ow=0.606826&ox=0.307096&oy=0.00144729&oz=0.733111&select=Sol:Saturn:Titan&fov=0.0501826&ts=4&ltd=0&p=0&rf=40339&lm=32772&tsrc=0&ver=3

Enjoy!

Here's VikingJPL's double transit of Mars' moons from the beginning of Deimos' transit (and not tracking the Sun):
cel://SyncOrbit/Sol:Mars/2000-05-19T05:26:53.30203?x=jjGk7J5CFA&y=5zafJbx1AQ&z=4Oa+aXjgCw&ow=-0.133931&ox=-0.869214&oy=-0.220414&oz=0.421839&select=Sol:Mars&fov=0.756463&ts=1&ltd=0&p=0&rf=302471&lm=49156&tsrc=0&ver=3

but to the naked eye, it's going to look more like this:
cel://SyncOrbit/Sol:Mars/2000-05-19T05:26:56.06005?x=jDGk7J5CFA&y=5DafJbx1AQ&z=3ua+aXjgCw&ow=-0.133931&ox=-0.869214&oy=-0.220414&oz=0.421839&select=Sol:Mars&fov=30.8442&ts=1&ltd=0&p=0&rf=302471&lm=49152&tsrc=0&ver=3

Watch it for a couple of minutes...

The colour on my old Betelgeuse add-on for Orion's Arm was unrealistically red, so I've remade it



There is a bit of a nebula in place around the star too, representing the considerable mass of ejected material this star is throwing off constantly.

Here's a Youtube video showing the irregular shape of this massive star changing over time (unfortunately the nebula isn't animated)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZg1bNG-DS0

eburacum45, that is way cool

Tim

That is pretty awesome!

It looks like there's actually things in the windows. Is it this way for all the windows or just those in the botany lab?

this is just a full scale 16k test of the Dione Normal map i am working on

the first one is the normalmap ONLY then the second is with the texture

there is still a lot of work that needs done .So it will be a while

Hungry4info wrote:That is pretty awesome!

It looks like there's actually things in the windows. Is it this way for all the windows or just those in the botany lab?

Just the botanical section. It's a full 3D section complete with trees and paths.

Return of the spaceman.

A new addon in the works. Star Trek III spacedock.







A view from the botanical section of the Enterprise..


A few other vessels in dock.


Also, there are a handful of shuttles orbiting within the dock but unfortunately do not show up in the screen shots very well.

Reiko,

Your work is INCREDIBLE! I particular like your July 11 post, where the tiny astronaut gives a sense of scale to the mighty Enterprise.

Fantastic stuff!

Seconded. This is amazing o_o.

I'm downloading immediately after you make it available if you choose to do that.

Thank you but keep in mind I'm importing these wonderful models into Celestia, I'm not the creator of them.

Inside the Enterprise...






Is no finished but is getting there.


EDIT: I shall be uploading the Spacedock to the motherload soon if anybody is interested.

Reiko wrote:Inside the Enterprise...

!!!
Wow