Pictures from Celestia

[john71]

Real clouds versus 256k procedural clouds:

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[john71]

Sagittarius A*:

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[bh]

Hi John71

Re clouds...

AFAIK Celestia only displays clouds as a flat plane (image)

I guess you could apply multiple clouds planes - as the Juipiter clouds add on?

I've used the NASA fair clouds image and added a drop shadow in PS

Crude, I know, but these turned out to be the best clouds on my rig.

I've tried VT clouds and they don't come close - plus I can set them to move to give a more dynamic viewing experience.

Just saying...

[john71]

Hi John71

Re clouds...

AFAIK Celestia only displays clouds as a flat plane (image)

I guess you could apply multiple clouds planes - as the Juipiter clouds add on?

Hi bh!

Yes, that's a very good idea!

I think the 256k and 512k procedural cloud layers should be much lower than the usual clouds.

Unfortunately 8k non-VT textures are useless from the height of 50 km.

The problem with 256k and 512k cloud layers is that we should see them as 3D objects, even from 50 km.

Added after 6 hours 16 minutes:
False 3D clouds, two layers, 128k and 256k (video mp4 HEVC):

Thanks bh for the idea!!!!

clouds.7z

[bh]

They look really nice!

[john71]

Thanx. The only problem is Celestia can occupy 12GB RAM, when I use 256k cloud textures!!!!

[bh]

STS92 - Discovery

[SpaceExplorer]

Cassini spacecraft, Saturn and Titan (April 2011). Time when the great storm occurred on Saturn.

Screenshot taken in Celestia Mobile.

[Dalibor]

what can be done with a few images

[john71]

Mars station (fictional):

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[bh]

Of all the places you can visit, I always come here...

[Gurren Lagann]

Don't be shy, Epsilon!

[SevenSpheres]

Gallery of "classic" exoplanets, discovered before 1998.
First row: PSR B1257+12 b, c & d, 51 Pegasi b, 70 Virginis Ab, 47 Ursae Majoris b, 16 Cygni Bb
Second row: 55 Cancri Ab, Tau Boötis Ab, Upsilon Andromedae Ab, Rho Coronae Borealis b

Textures by me, cubicApoc, Gurren Lagann, TheLostProbe, MrSpace43, Steve Bowers, and trappistplanets.

[Astronauta]

a sunset in my addon of a fictional system "Star 1"

[DaveBowman2001]

Stephan's Quintet

Zoomed out to include NGC 7331 (upper right)

[SevenSpheres]

This old image could use an update...

All known and potential exoplanets within 10 light-years (except Alpha Centauri Ab).
Top row, confirmed planets: Proxima Cen d, Proxima Cen b, Lalande 21185 b, Lalande 21185 c
Bottom row, unconfirmed planets: Proxima Cen c, Wolf 359 c, Wolf 359 b, Lalande 21185 d

Textures by me, fyr02, Daly, Trolligi, and cubicApoc. They can all be downloaded in my Nearby Exoplanets thread.

[john71]

b Centauri (AB)b:

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[MrSpace43]

So Björn Jónsson had just finished his high resolution Voyager 1 Jupiter map which uses images from late February 1979, and of course I was excited since I'm a sucker for Voyager 1 Jupiter. I put the texture to good use in Celestia, so here's some Voyager 1 Jupiter images I took last night:

[MrSpace43]

My interpretation of PSR B1620-26 b:

The addon for this planet is exclusive to the Celestia Discord server.

[john71]

Pluto 64k upscaled texture:

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