Comments on: Do You Want Some 3D Astronomy Software?

By: pedro

pedro — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:31:10 +0000

yeah well it seems pretty cool im kinda interested in the stars

By: Monkey

Monkey — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:45:38 +0000

I prefer the open source Celestia software. Its cool because you can zoom around galaxies, as well as load custom models like star trek and star wars ships.

Here’s the link: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/

Try it out!

By: kevin15man

kevin15man — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:45:38 +0000

man universe sandbox is fun you can mess with the gravity of the plants like earth and make black holes and watch every thing get sucked up.

By: MmEarth

MmEarth — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:00:36 +0000

As a Fan Google earth and Live earth I would have to say this would be a cool program. I could think of some pretty fun things to do mostly involving destruction lol

By: MmEarth

MmEarth — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:59:16 +0000

As a Fan Google earth and Live earth I would have to say this would be a cool program. I could think of some pretty fun things to do mostly involving destruction lol

By: iowafan4life

iowafan4life — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:07:42 +0000

if this is a repeat sorry my i didn’t get any identification if i posted or not. but anyways i had some of this type of software called starry. it was fun until my windows 98 machine went down. all i have is a mac and i dont want to buy new software. macs rule.

By: iowafan4life

iowafan4life — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:02:41 +0000

i had one called starry, but it is on my old computer that will not boot up and i dont have the software anymore but when i had it, it was fun to mess with

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:31:50 +0000

For those running a XP/Vista box, there is really neat application from Microsoft Research called World Wide Telescope. It allows you to select a area of the nighttime sky and then zoom in to see what that area looks like through the telescope. You can get from:

http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/

Note: It’s a little graphic intensive so your system need to have a fast processor (dual core, or 2Ghz or faster single core) and a good graphics card (128MB or higher). Also, you need to have a fast internet connection.

By: newtothemacworld

newtothemacworld — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:05:21 +0000

Hey i think its great that you allow different people like bwana here to make videos on chris.pirillo.com

By: Victor

Victor — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:23:39 +0000

It, looks like a great app to learn and play, but you must have a lot of free time to spend on this!!

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:58:20 +0000

I love using SkyChart on my Palm Centro cell phone. When I see something in the sky at night with the kids and they ask what it is I pull up SkyChart and check to see what it is. My other favorite site is Heavens Above. You can plug in your location and it will tell you what time bright solar reflections will be bouncing off of satellites. My favorite story about this is a guy was outside with his kids and he told them he knew one of the astronauts on the Space Shuttle. Of course the kids didn't believe him so he pretended to call on his cell phone. He knew exactly when an Iridium flare would be happening. So he told his "astronaut friend" to "flash the high beams on the Shuttle". Then they both looked up in the sky and saw a flash. Coolest Dad in the world that day!

By: Queco Jones

Queco Jones — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:55:24 +0000

What would really get me excited would be something like this for the iPhone/iPod touch…

By: doknownothing

doknownothing — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:36:51 +0000

Well, i dont really like Universe Sandbox. It’s my opinion.

I like Celestia, to fly through the universe and discover planets, stars, moons and all that stuff. Just google it.

doknownothing

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