If anyone has ever wondered about where things are in space, or how big it is this is a good starting point:
http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/
Colin
Scale of the universe
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Re: Scale of the universe
Colin_hutcheson wrote:If anyone has ever wondered about where things are in space, or how big it is
Celestia is also a good place.
Current Setup:
Windows 7 64 bit. Celestia 1.6.0.
AMD Athlon Processor, 1.6 Ghz, 3 Gb RAM
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Windows 7 64 bit. Celestia 1.6.0.
AMD Athlon Processor, 1.6 Ghz, 3 Gb RAM
ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
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I agree! Celestia is the best way to fully realize our universe in terms of depth! I spent most of my life, beginning at age 4, watching the starry sky. Over the years, all the books, schooling, and practical observing can only go so far in allowing a person to fully understand what it's like out there. Celestia is the best experience, next to actually going out among the stars!
If you spend all your life gazing at a distant forest, but never get to walk over to it, you'll never get the feel of what it's like over there, no matter how many books you might read about that forest. Only going there, even if simulated in a 3D program, gives your mind the full sensation and depth! Hope that helps.
If you spend all your life gazing at a distant forest, but never get to walk over to it, you'll never get the feel of what it's like over there, no matter how many books you might read about that forest. Only going there, even if simulated in a 3D program, gives your mind the full sensation and depth! Hope that helps.
LordFerret:
I totally share your excitement over the size of the universe. In fact, that topic is the primary topic in the first Celestia Educational Activity. Activity 1&2, the Universe, discusses both the size of the universe and its age. It uses Celestia to take you on a tour of the immensity of space, from Earth to far beyond the Milky Way. You can find the educational activities at the Motherlode education page, located at: http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/catalog/educational.php
If you've never taken an educational journey, I urge you to do so. Activity 1 is the ideal starting point.
Regards
Frank G
I totally share your excitement over the size of the universe. In fact, that topic is the primary topic in the first Celestia Educational Activity. Activity 1&2, the Universe, discusses both the size of the universe and its age. It uses Celestia to take you on a tour of the immensity of space, from Earth to far beyond the Milky Way. You can find the educational activities at the Motherlode education page, located at: http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/catalog/educational.php
If you've never taken an educational journey, I urge you to do so. Activity 1 is the ideal starting point.
Regards
Frank G
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I will have to take a look at it. I also have a young nephew whom I will share it with (quite the budding astronomer). Hello everybody, I am a newcomer and just looked at this post about dimensions and population of the Universe.
I spent about 2 hours this afternoon with Activity 1 of Celestia ED. As already mentioned by fsgregs I completely agree about the fact that there is no better way to answer the questions by travelling in the craft Celestia One and taking the time to look around, take notes and so on. The link of Colin is interesting but I think that nothing compares to Celestia. In fact I know some professional astronomers of the Observatory of Strasbourg that work also in Chili for the VLT, those guys told me that they use Celestia to find quicky some objects.
Have a good day, it's already dark here in France.
galaxyal
I spent about 2 hours this afternoon with Activity 1 of Celestia ED. As already mentioned by fsgregs I completely agree about the fact that there is no better way to answer the questions by travelling in the craft Celestia One and taking the time to look around, take notes and so on. The link of Colin is interesting but I think that nothing compares to Celestia. In fact I know some professional astronomers of the Observatory of Strasbourg that work also in Chili for the VLT, those guys told me that they use Celestia to find quicky some objects.
Have a good day, it's already dark here in France.
galaxyal
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Welcome, GALAXYAL!
Celestia is amazing. If there were computers with Celestia back in the 1950's and 1960's, it sure would have enhanced my astronomical viewing beyond belief. The old Skalnate-Pleso atlas, and a crude planisphere seemed to work for me, but Celestia would have been phonomenal!
Celestia works great on my newer XP computer, works very slow on an older 98 machine, and I'm still trying to figure out how to run it on my old Commodore 64
Celestia is amazing. If there were computers with Celestia back in the 1950's and 1960's, it sure would have enhanced my astronomical viewing beyond belief. The old Skalnate-Pleso atlas, and a crude planisphere seemed to work for me, but Celestia would have been phonomenal!
Celestia works great on my newer XP computer, works very slow on an older 98 machine, and I'm still trying to figure out how to run it on my old Commodore 64