Exoplanet textures of Science on a Sphere by NOAA in Celestia
Posted: 10.02.2022, 06:37
Hi celestians, this new post is to import to Celestia some exoplanet textures that appear in the webpage Science on a Sphere (NOAA)
STEPS:
1. Install the exoplanets addon by Sirius Alpha in Celestia
2. Copy the next folder called kepler and paste inside of Celestia/Extras folder (each folder content media files and folders have a lot of data)
3. Inside each planet folder appear a file called 4096.* (4k rectangular texture) Example:
4. Create textures/medres folders in each folder and move inside each 4096.* file, example:
5. Create with notepad the *.SSC file in each folder (i will create all codes to ssc files during next days here too)
Some codes to create SSC files:
code to kepler10b.ssc
code to kepler37b.ssc
code to kepler47c.ssc
Examples:
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STEPS:
1. Install the exoplanets addon by Sirius Alpha in Celestia
2. Copy the next folder called kepler and paste inside of Celestia/Extras folder (each folder content media files and folders have a lot of data)
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ftp://public.sos.noaa.gov/astronomy/kepler/
3. Inside each planet folder appear a file called 4096.* (4k rectangular texture) Example:
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celestia/extras/kepler/earthlike/4096.jpg
celestia/extras/kepler/kepler09b/4096.png
celestia/extras/kepler/kepler10b/4096.jpg
celestia/extras/kepler/kepler22b/4096.jpg
celestia/extras/kepler/kepler37b/4096.jpg
celestia/extras/kepler/kepler47c/4096.jpg
4. Create textures/medres folders in each folder and move inside each 4096.* file, example:
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celestia/extras/kepler/earthlike/textures/medres/4096.jpg
celestia/extras/kepler/kepler09b/textures/medres/4096.png
celestia/extras/kepler/kepler10b/textures/medres/4096.jpg
celestia/extras/kepler/kepler22b/textures/medres/4096.jpg
celestia/extras/kepler/kepler37b/textures/medres/4096.jpg
celestia/extras/kepler/kepler47c/textures/medres/4096.jpg
5. Create with notepad the *.SSC file in each folder (i will create all codes to ssc files during next days here too)
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celestia/extras/kepler/earthlike/earthlike.ssc
celestia/extras/kepler/kepler09b/kepler09b.ssc
celestia/extras/kepler/kepler10b/kepler10b.ssc
celestia/extras/kepler/kepler22b/kepler22b.ssc
celestia/extras/kepler/kepler37b/kepler37b.ssc
celestia/extras/kepler/kepler47c/kepler47c.ssc
Some codes to create SSC files:
code to kepler10b.ssc
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Modify "b" "Kepler-10"
{
Texture "4096.jpg"
NightTexture "4096.jpg"
UniformRotation
{
Inclination 89.421978
AscendingNode 282.724262
MeridianAngle 90
}
}
code to kepler37b.ssc
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Modify "b" "Kepler-37"
{
Texture "4096.jpg"
}
code to kepler47c.ssc
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Modify "c" "Kepler-47"
{
Texture "4096.jpg"
}
Examples:
General Digital Media Conditions Permalink to General Digital Media Conditions:
In general, digital media created by NOAA is not copyrighted
Digital media created by NOAA can be used for educational or informational purposes, including photo collections, textbooks, public exhibits and Internet web pages
Some digital media may contain a Copyright Notice or other distribution restrictions as defined by the originator of the digital media. It the responsibility of the user to identify the digital media creator and to obtain permission before making use of this material
Please acknowledge NOAA as the source of any used digital media, if not otherwise noted
NOAA materials, digital media or otherwise, may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NOAA or by any NOAA employee of a commercial product, service or activity, or used in any other manner that might mislead the public