I'm Seeing Stars

[amykhar]

Well, Kiki and I are. Planets too.

I found this:

Stellarium

and installed it on my macbook. (There are Windows and Linux versions too)

I then went to Google Maps and got the longitude and latitude for my house.

I entered that in Stellarium (I edited the config file instead of using their awkward control)

Now, it shows the night sky as seen from my house in real time. I can also display constellations, constellation art and other stuff.

Kiki and I went out last night and found a few things. I would love to take it out into the country and get away from the light pollution.

I also got a starmap for my iphone, but stellarium is easier and more intuitive.

Amy

[thinkerlady[$]]

Thanks Amy. I am going to add this to my website for my students to use. It looks like fun.

[mjfrombuffalo[$]]

I saw the thread title and was coming here to say "Relax Amy, it's just your screen saver."