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Old 03-11-2012, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by avandonk View Post
Alex Stellarium works just as well and it is free. So does Starry Night Pro.

Bert
Thanks, Bert.

The sky projection is important and in order for the image to be rectilinear, I think the sky needs to be in gnomonic projection (called "Perspective" in Stellarium). However, such projection considerably deforms the aspect of the sky for large field angles, and the image centre needs to be carefully chosen in Stellarium.

What sky projection did you use for the Star Atlas Pro and Stellarium maps?

Alex
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