Explore the 3D universe! For beginning question: If you don't know how fast your computer is, look at @griffpatch_tutor's projects. CONTROLS: Arrows to move around the sky Space to travel in the direction you're pointed in SELECTION CONTROLS: Click on a star to select it. T to track the current selection- shift-T to turn tracking on and off G to go to the current selection Space to travel towards a point (if it's a star that's tracked, you travel towards the star) 6 to travel away from the point. D to set distance from the current selection (all distances in light-years) C to center the current selection (not track it) F to find a star (searching described below) SEARCHING: You may enter in any one of these formats: -A name, like "Sirius" or "Cor Caroli" -A Bayer designation, like "Alpha Virginis" or "Epsilon Sagittarii" -A constellation, like "orion" or "pegasus" -A Greek letter, like "alpha" or "theta" -A combination of the above, like "Alpha Canis Major" or "Orion Beta" -The index of the star in the list "Names- Designation"- note that this is technical. Sol=1, Sirius=2, Canopus=3, etc. (see Notes and Credits) Please note that you may get multiple results for any of these queries except for the final, technical one. EXPLANATION OF FIELDS: Name at top: Star's name, followed by its designation. Apparent magnitude: How bright it looks. Smaller numbers are brighter. Distance: Distance from current location, in light-years. Galactic latitude/longitude: Galactic coordinates, measured from current location.
PLEASE ♥️ AND ⭐️! (And follow if you really like it!) Similar to this: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/69936772/ To everyone who complimented me in a comment: Thanks! *****My 8 best projects: https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/809574/ ***** This is currently number 3. Inspired by Celestia http://www.celestiamotherlode.net Stars are arranged in brightness based on http://www.astrostudio.org/500brightest.html If you wish to enter a star's number, add 1 to the number provided there. Star colors are actual colors from Hipparcos http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/db-perl/W3Browse/w3table.pl?tablehead=name%3Dhipparcos&Action=More+Options All RA and Dec from lists is B1950. Sorry for people who want that. Stars only get so big before they stop growing. This is due to Scratch's size restrictions- it's too laggy to overcome this by constantly switching costume.
