I've found those Jupiter rings from John's site :
http://johnscelestiapage.no-ip.com/filemgmt/index.php
Are they realistic ? I think they are way exagerated. Any opinion ? Where are the most realistic rings for Jupiter ?
Jupiter's rings
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Jupiter's rings
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Re: Jupiter's rings
I think one of the best was of Praesepe??s in http://www.la.guarida-com/Celestia
It seems very accurate for me.
It seems very accurate for me.
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hi two days ago i updated the rings to be the correct size
but as for there transparency ?
I still want to be able to see them but only very faintly
i do tend to go for an artistic look rather than being 100% correct
but as for there transparency ?
I still want to be able to see them but only very faintly
i do tend to go for an artistic look rather than being 100% correct
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Pardon the intrusion from the Brain-Dead, but aren't Jupiter's Rings
(The REAL Rings!) depicted more accurately by the following image?
I got these rings after a very painstaking search of a myriad of scientific
web sites, and after questioning someone I trust implicitly in such matters,
(Grant Hutchison).
Are you telling me that Jupiter now has Saturn-Like rings?
I learned in my travels that Jupiter's rings are very tenuous, and very
difficult to see under the best circumstances. Am I wrong here?
Thanks, Ol' Brain-Dead
(The REAL Rings!) depicted more accurately by the following image?
I got these rings after a very painstaking search of a myriad of scientific
web sites, and after questioning someone I trust implicitly in such matters,
(Grant Hutchison).
Are you telling me that Jupiter now has Saturn-Like rings?
I learned in my travels that Jupiter's rings are very tenuous, and very
difficult to see under the best circumstances. Am I wrong here?
Thanks, Ol' Brain-Dead
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The Braindead One is correct, those rings are far more like the real Jupiter rings. In fact, a good layout of the rings can be found here
But to the naked eye, they are pretty much homogenous in appearance; indeed, they are almost entirely invisible, except when backlit by the sun.
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But to the naked eye, they are pretty much homogenous in appearance; indeed, they are almost entirely invisible, except when backlit by the sun.
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the link that dollan gave is what i used for the size
but i go for an artistic look rather than a 100% correct
and no these arn't saturn like they are very wispy and thin
but to each there own
but i go for an artistic look rather than a 100% correct
and no these arn't saturn like they are very wispy and thin
but to each there own
Yeah, they look fine for an artistic endeavor. I didn't mean to criticize, by the way, sorry if it sounded like it. And considering that I still haven't been able to figure out how to make the things yet (all of my attempts have been failures most miserable), I can only say that these rings look great!
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Dollan wrote:And considering that I still haven't been able to figure out how to make the things yet (all of my attempts have been failures most miserable), I can only say that these rings look great!
Well, if you like, I can e-mail you a copy of the Jupiter realistic rings. Just
say the word...
Personally, I want my Celestia experience to show me as much of the
realistic universe as I can get. That's just me though. I've also found
that most of the real things in the universe are far stranger than
fiction anyway.
I also didn't mean to criticize John's work. I had just assumed that he was
another of those rocket scientists who was now telling me that Jupiter had
Saturn-like rings.
You already know that I'm Brain-Dead, so just consider the source.
Take care, Bob
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Jupiter's Rings
What about, the Sulfur plasma torus formed by Io?
could that be rendered?
could that be rendered?