If you want to send out some fictional space explorers, you might as well describe the real universe.
Celesta software is supposed to allow you to see the view from all over the solar system, plus any of over 100,000 stars. The software is free.
A friend just sent me this link. I haven't used it myself yet, but I plan to this weekend.
[This message has been edited by Doc Brown (edited August 05, 2003).]
Posted by EricJamesStone (Member # 1681) on :
Thanks for that info, Doc.
This seems like a good place to mention another great astronomy resource, CalSky: http://www.calsky.com/
I used it for finding out the dates and locations of solar eclipses in the 22nd century for a story.
Posted by Jules (Member # 1658) on :
Doc - thanks! I've been searching for just such a 3D star map for years :-)
Posted by Nexus Capacitor (Member # 1694) on :
Ummmm.... WOW! This is great! I can't wait to get home and start messing with it! Thanks Doc.
Posted by Infyrno on :
This is amazing! I've always wanted one of these and I've only had it a day and I have already used it in figuring something out with one of my stories! This thing is awesome. Thank you sir. I owe you.
"Don Joe then found some sort of chat room that shared his interest for the color periwinkle where he now spends most of his time"