hahahaha that is a brilliant and fun idea Cameron. I will get Daniel to add the Death Star and Deep Space 9 into the image we are building.<br><br>Regards Roland<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/02/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Cameron Bell</b> <<a href="mailto:bell.cameron.p@edumail.vic.gov.au">bell.cameron.p@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Celestia is best for a virtual tour of the solar system, especially when<br>you get the hang of adding the addons. The kids love it when we leave<br>the solar system and swing around a distant star to find the Death Star<br>
from Star Wars in orbit! ;)<br><br>Cameron<br><br>Roland Gesthuizen wrote:<br>> Stellarium and Celestia are two very cool (and very free) open source<br>> astronomy software packages. I had some fun using these to help track
<br>> the recent comet over Melbourne. We are adding them to our common<br>> network image. With one you can spin time forward and back as you look<br>> around the heavens (try locking onto the moon then crank up the time)
<br>> , with the other you can wizz around space at Warp speed looking at a<br>> swag of celestial objects (try the guided tour).<br>><br>> Here is a good review with some screen grabs.<br>> <a href="http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/astronomy_software">
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