Celestia in Sky and Telescope
Celestia in Sky and Telescope
There is an article in December issue of Sky & Telescope about Celestia.
---Paul
My Gallery of Celestial Phenomena:
http://www.celestiaproject.net/gallery/view_al ... e=Calculus
My Gallery of Celestial Phenomena:
http://www.celestiaproject.net/gallery/view_al ... e=Calculus
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Guest
I got the issue
I just discovered Celestia thanks to the article in Sky & Telescope. It's a rather glowing review, though too much time is spent complaining about how Celestia doesn't really fly on an aged laptop. Expect more newbies like me!
MD
MD
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Guest
Celestia in Sky and Tel
I got my issue yesterday, and after reading the article, I thought "humm, might be worth a try". Well, the article *vastly* underrated this piece of software. I am still going "oh WOW" when I find something new. I was a long-time DANCE OF THE PLANETS user, and its nice to know that the "feel" of that program has been recaptured with Celestia (its DANCE on STEROIDS!). It still has the look of a work in progress, but WHAT A WORK IN PROGRESS! 
. I guess this one's going to be put on our new computer at Hyde Observatory, as it should look great on our video projector.
David W. Knisely KA0CZC@navix.net
Prairie Astronomy Club: http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org
Hyde Memorial Observatory: http://www.hydeobservatory.info/
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. I guess this one's going to be put on our new computer at Hyde Observatory, as it should look great on our video projector.
David W. Knisely KA0CZC@navix.net
Prairie Astronomy Club: http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org
Hyde Memorial Observatory: http://www.hydeobservatory.info/
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* Attend the 10th Annual NEBRASKA STAR PARTY *
* July 27-Aug. 1st, 2003, Merritt Reservoir *
* http://www.NebraskaStarParty.org *
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Guest
David's right,
I rescanned the S&T article, and the author really takes the product to the woodshed for not working consistently and flawlessly across Windows (desktop and notebook), Mac, and Unix. It also sounds like driver compatibility and aging OS issues stymied him with the Unix version. (The Windows version on the desktop did get a clean bill of health, though).
The thing is, he spent so much time on multi-platform installation issues that the software itself gets pretty cursory coverage. If I were the editor on that review (and I happen to be one by trade), I would have sent that thing back for major rewrite.
Still, the article was enough to get me here. And now I'm hooked.
MD
I rescanned the S&T article, and the author really takes the product to the woodshed for not working consistently and flawlessly across Windows (desktop and notebook), Mac, and Unix. It also sounds like driver compatibility and aging OS issues stymied him with the Unix version. (The Windows version on the desktop did get a clean bill of health, though).
The thing is, he spent so much time on multi-platform installation issues that the software itself gets pretty cursory coverage. If I were the editor on that review (and I happen to be one by trade), I would have sent that thing back for major rewrite.
Still, the article was enough to get me here. And now I'm hooked.
MD