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Knight165 · 01-29-2016, 06:10 PM

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	Ha yeah, most movies about space are horribly inaccurate. And I'll have to check out the Kerbal thing.

Kerbel Space Program is good fun.
(just one more rocket build!!!)

Try Take on Mars as well...(one of the writers from PC Gamer re-enacted The Martian in the game....

)

M.K.
Knight165

Knight165 · 01-29-2016, 06:11 PM

I'll try and get some pics of my Scope up.

It's a bit old...but a really nice viewing scope.

M.K.
Knight165

BurghFan · 01-29-2016, 06:28 PM

Here's a fun little program that I got from an Astronomy Picture of the Day called Super Planet Crash.

http://www.stefanom.org/spc/

Basically your given a system consisting of a star and an Earth-like planet in a close orbit and you can add additional bodies (Earth, Super-Earth, ice giant, gas giant, brown dwarf, dwarf star) up to 12 bodies and the simulation runs for 500 years or until an object hits against the barrier set at 2 astronomical units (AU). Unfortunately the parameters are rather limited in that the simulation will end if any object hits the barrier and the set 2 AU barrier makes it a rather compact system (2 AU is about the radius of Mars' orbit around the Sun).

I spent some time trying to find a more sandbox type planetary system simulator where I could really mess with parameters, but was unsuccessful. The best I could find was this.

http://mgvez.github.io/jsorrery/

In the 'Scenario' menu you can pick if Jupiter was 1000x its mass and watch what happens

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PVarck31 · 01-29-2016, 06:35 PM

That Super Planet Crash is pretty cool.

I am so excited for No Man's Sky. Obviously not a realistic space sim, but being able to explore vast space and different planets sounds like something I could play for hours on end.

PVarck31 · 01-29-2016, 07:04 PM

Curiosity takes a selfie from Mars.

PVarck31 · 01-29-2016, 10:06 PM

This is pretty cool. http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/heritage/

AshamanCarnage · 01-29-2016, 10:21 PM

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	This is pretty cool. http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/heritage/

Pretty cool is quite the understatement, most of those are amazing.

TripleCrown9 · 01-29-2016, 10:27 PM

I absolutely, 100% refuse to believe that we're the only living beings.

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BurghFan #BurghProud OVR: 34 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 10,083 Blog Entries: 2	Re: The Astronomy and Physics thread. And things of the like. Here's a fun little program that I got from an Astronomy Picture of the Day called Super Planet Crash. http://www.stefanom.org/spc/ Basically your given a system consisting of a star and an Earth-like planet in a close orbit and you can add additional bodies (Earth, Super-Earth, ice giant, gas giant, brown dwarf, dwarf star) up to 12 bodies and the simulation runs for 500 years or until an object hits against the barrier set at 2 astronomical units (AU). Unfortunately the parameters are rather limited in that the simulation will end if any object hits the barrier and the set 2 AU barrier makes it a rather compact system (2 AU is about the radius of Mars' orbit around the Sun). I spent some time trying to find a more sandbox type planetary system simulator where I could really mess with parameters, but was unsuccessful. The best I could find was this. http://mgvez.github.io/jsorrery/ In the 'Scenario' menu you can pick if Jupiter was 1000x its mass and watch what happens Spoiler Bye bye Mars __________________ Moderator Steelers: IX, X, XIII, XIV, XL, XLIII Penguins:1990/91, 1991/92, 2008/09, 20015/16, 2016/17 Pirates:1909, 1925, 1960, 1971, 1979 Panthers (FB): 1915, 1916, 1918, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1976 Panthers (MBB): 1927/28, 1929/30

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PVarck31 Moderator/Writer OVR: 46 Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Guard The Land Posts: 16,977 Blog Entries: 10	Re: The Astronomy and Physics thread. And things of the like. That Super Planet Crash is pretty cool. I am so excited for No Man's Sky. Obviously not a realistic space sim, but being able to explore vast space and different planets sounds like something I could play for hours on end.

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