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Old 20-11-2011, 03:45 PM
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Lunar Eclipse in Stellarrium!

In Stellarium, click on the "Time & and Date Setting" in the side bar menue. Then change the date to 2011-12-11. Change the time to 1-7-00. Now zoom the FOV to about 14 and you will be able to watch the eclipse come and go by altering the minutes forward or back.

Now I don't care if it clouds over next month!!

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Old 20-11-2011, 04:15 PM
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Wow, thanks Mike, I never even thought to try that....leads me to ponder: if you change your location in Stellarium to somewhere along the path of totality of the next solar eclipse, would it display....? Must try tonight when I have a minute.
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Old 20-11-2011, 04:21 PM
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Now don't go running amuk there Trevor! We may be dabbling in things best left alone.

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Old 20-11-2011, 04:27 PM
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Now don't go running amuk there Trevor! We may be dabbling in things best left alone.

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heyyyy....if we fast forward it, will we get to the bit where the Sun goes red giant...?
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Old 20-11-2011, 06:23 PM
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Maybe we can go to 2036 and see if Apophis ends the world.
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Old 20-11-2011, 08:00 PM
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Wow, thanks Mike, I never even thought to try that....leads me to ponder: if you change your location in Stellarium to somewhere along the path of totality of the next solar eclipse, would it display....? Must try tonight when I have a minute.
I did that for here (Sydney) and a few places around Cairns and Cooktown. Here gets most of the eclipse, but not enough.
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Old 21-11-2011, 07:36 AM
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Wow, thanks Mike, I never even thought to try that....leads me to ponder: if you change your location in Stellarium to somewhere along the path of totality of the next solar eclipse, would it display....? Must try tonight when I have a minute.
Yes it will display exactly as it will or has happened as viewed from that site. In fact there are a number of scripts around displaying astronomical phenomena that do just that.

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Old 21-11-2011, 07:43 AM
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Maybe we can go to 2036 and see if Apophis ends the world.
That woud be interesting. If you can find a rogue asteroid on a collision path with Earth or another solar body. It would be interesting to show it happening on Stellarium.

Must go back a few years and move to Jupiter and watch Shoemaker-Levy coming in.

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Old 21-11-2011, 04:12 PM
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I often do this for upcomming events, it helps me get my head around time zones and dates..

ya know when an american site says its june 6 but you think its an aussie site, you get all ready for june 6 then check stellarium and relise its jun 7 instead!.

its good.

Venus transit is there as well as other events like solar eclipse and the smiley face of 2008

or 21/12/2020 where jupiter and saturn are around 1/10th of a degree away from each other.
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The simulation of Jupiter's rotation (specifically, the Great Red Spot) is completely wrong for me in Stellarium - anyone else experience this? The location of the moons and everything else are spot on, though.

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or 21/12/2020 where jupiter and saturn are around 1/10th of a degree away from each other.
Wow... I'm definitely looking forward to that!
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Old 24-11-2011, 05:22 PM
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The simulation of Jupiter's rotation (specifically, the Great Red Spot) is completely wrong for me in Stellarium - anyone else experience this? The location of the moons and everything else are spot on, though.
CdC lets you specify the longitude of the GRS by getting the data from Jupos.

Any similar plans Barry?
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