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Distance Measurement
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Distance Measurement
Is there a kind of ruler in Celestia to measure distances in Light Years?
Thanks.
Thanks.
The sun has one kind of glory, while the moon and stars each have another kind. And even the stars differ from each other in their glory. (1 Corinthians 15:41)
Re: Distance Measurement
I made some graticules a long time ago which can give you some idea of the scale of things, but I don't think they can be used for measuring things very accurately. See http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/~seb/celest ... cules.html
Celestia will display the distance between any two stars in its GUI if you GoTo one of them and then Select the other one. Once you're at a star, the StarBrowser menu shows the distances to as many as 500 other stars. You can sort that display by selecting its column headings.
Celestia will display the distance between any two stars in its GUI if you GoTo one of them and then Select the other one. Once you're at a star, the StarBrowser menu shows the distances to as many as 500 other stars. You can sort that display by selecting its column headings.
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Re: Distance Measurement
selden wrote:I made some graticules a long time ago which can give you some idea of the scale of things, but I don't think they can be used for measuring things very accurately. See http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/~seb/celest ... cules.html
Celestia will display the distance between any two stars in its GUI if you GoTo one of them and then Select the other one. Once you're at a star, the StarBrowser menu shows the distances to as many as 500 other stars. You can sort that display by selecting its column headings.
OK. Thanks a lot.
The sun has one kind of glory, while the moon and stars each have another kind. And even the stars differ from each other in their glory. (1 Corinthians 15:41)