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Tip: how to watch Armageddon happen on Earth !

Posted: 07.06.2003, 23:05
by adyga
lock up with Earth,
set FOV to 17.0"
set Distance to 0.758 au
enjoy !! :twisted: :D

Posted: 07.06.2003, 23:28
by jrobert
Did that, what's supposed to happen?

Posted: 08.06.2003, 00:01
by JackHiggins
Didn't you hear? There's a huge asteroid about to hit in 3 minutes, but it's cloudy here so i'll have to watch it on my computer... :wink:

Posted: 08.06.2003, 01:53
by adyga
:D jrobert, set the FOV exactly as I said: 0 0 ' 17.0" NOT 17.0 0' 0"
good luck ! :twisted:

Posted: 08.06.2003, 08:13
by ElPelado
i did it also, and i dont see anything...
can you explain what have you seen?? because it seems that only you see this "effect"...

Posted: 08.06.2003, 10:36
by adyga
I tried that today, and the effect is gone 8O , I swear to God that I saw the Earth shaking and jerking !!
ohh, maybe because I was drunk at that day :oops: :twisted: :D

Posted: 08.06.2003, 13:21
by JackHiggins
I tried that today, and the effect is gone , I swear to God that I saw the Earth shaking and jerking !!
ohh, maybe because I was drunk at that day

That happens to any object when you go really far away & zoom in really close... Dunno why but everything just gets jerky like that for some reason- maybe it's because of the huge distances involved...?

Posted: 08.06.2003, 13:25
by ElPelado
That happens to any object when you go really far away & zoom in really close... Dunno why but everything just gets jerky like that for some reason- maybe it's because of the huge distances involved...?


It also happens when traking an object at a very low FOV.