Project "Celestia Origin", release dated December 30, 2017

Post #141by **Art Blos** » 11.03.2018, 17:46

Added 2K-night texture of Io.

LukeCEL · Post #142by **LukeCEL** » 13.03.2018, 01:28

Art Blos wrote:I'm glad that you do not mind. If you have stars for other galaxies, let me know.

Mm. I actually tried to populate the Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy like the other galaxies. However, the galaxy is ellipsoidal, which makes calculating the distance more of a hassle. I'm putting that on hold for right now and might try other galaxies like Leo A...

Post #143by **Art Blos** » 13.03.2018, 06:39

LukeCEL wrote:Mm. I actually tried to populate the Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy like the other galaxies. However, the galaxy is ellipsoidal, which makes calculating the distance more of a hassle. I'm putting that on hold for right now and might try other galaxies like Leo A...

If you can do this until the middle of April, it would be great. :smile:

Spaceman · Post #144by **Spaceman** » 13.03.2018, 10:43

That project looks great. Thank you very much for your time. I hope I'll give it a try very soon. :smile:

By the way, I noticed that you've placed real stars in various galaxies, which is very neat. I remember I had made an addon that adds fictional stars in Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy. I just wonder if this galaxy is in your to-do list. If yes, you can use my addon if you wish. Populating it with real star would be great. :biggrin:

Post #145by **Art Blos** » 13.03.2018, 11:42

Spaceman wrote:That project looks great. Thank you very much for your time. I hope I'll give it a try very soon.
By the way, I noticed that you've placed real stars in various galaxies, which is very neat. I remember I had made an addon that adds fictional stars in Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy. I just wonder if this galaxy is in your to-do list. If yes, you can use my addon if you wish. Populating it with real star would be great.

Hello! I know about your addon for a long time. However, I do not add it because the stars are fictitious. We have no fictional objects (except Russell's Teapot :biggrin:

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Spaceman · Post #146by **Spaceman** » 13.03.2018, 13:11

I know. I just wonder if you're going to add real stars in this galaxy. By the way, are there any catalogues with actual information about real stars in this galaxy? Just curious. :think:

Post #147by **Art Blos** » 13.03.2018, 13:51

Spaceman wrote:I know. I just wonder if you're going to add real stars in this galaxy. By the way, are there any catalogues with actual information about real stars in this galaxy? Just curious.

We ourselves can not. Hope only for LukeCEL. :smoke:

And if only these stars are in the SIMBAD database.

Spaceman · Post #148by **Spaceman** » 13.03.2018, 14:54

Oh, I get it. Thank you very much. Keep your awesome work :smile:

Joe · Post #149by **Joe** » 14.03.2018, 03:08

Added 1601 real stars of the Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy.

Great work! Where can I get add-on? Or do I have to wait for your next batch of release?

Post #150by **Art Blos** » 14.03.2018, 07:46

Joe wrote:Great work! Where can I get add-on? Or do I have to wait for your next batch of release?

I took the stars from here.

LukeCEL · Post #151by **LukeCEL** » 14.03.2018, 15:45

I tried to add stars to the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy (Sagittarius dSph) but it didn't turn out well. This galaxy is scattered, and it's not very well defined. So when I tried to plot the stars, it ended up looking like this:

Added after 58 seconds:
P. S. Art Blos, how do I add pictures in-line like you do?

Post #152by **Art Blos** » 14.03.2018, 16:34

LukeCEL wrote:P. S. Art Blos, how do I add pictures in-line like you do?

After attaching the picture to the post, appears to the left the button "Insert to message text".

Post #153by **Art Blos** » 14.03.2018, 16:43

Added asteroid 7672 Hawking.

Post #154by **Art Blos** » 14.03.2018, 19:05

Added 3369 real stars of the Fornax Dwarf Galaxy.

toutatis · Post #155by **toutatis** » 14.03.2018, 20:48

https://pp.userapi.com/c840436/v840436230/6ad23/F5vBy8l09Tk.jpg

Post #156by **Art Blos** » 20.03.2018, 19:23

Added 3K-texture for Ceres in enhanced colors.

Joe · Post #157by **Joe** » 21.03.2018, 01:26

Added 3K-texture for Ceres in enhanced colors

A similar question I asked a few days ago, where can I download the "added 3K-texture" files?

Post #158by **Art Blos** » 21.03.2018, 05:27

Joe wrote:A similar question I asked a few days ago, where can I download the "added 3K-texture" files?

The source here. But we at first edited this map.

John Van Vliet · Post #159by **John Van Vliet** » 21.03.2018, 19:04

and why a 3000 px image ???

graphics cards work most efficiently with images that are a " power of two "

as to the image ??
i am guessing this one "PIA19977" from 2015
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA19977.jpg

FarGetaNik · Post #160by **FarGetaNik** » 21.03.2018, 21:26

John, is there really a good reason to only use power-of-2 textures? I've never had any problems or performance issues with non-power-of-2 textures. Sometimes the source material is in a different size and rescaling it either negatively effects image quality or file size.