Space Engine mentions (123)

• ESASky

  Https://spaceengine.org/ , though it’s partially fictional if I recall correctly. - Source: Hacker News / 2 days ago

• I'm trying to make a basic political borders map of a galaxy that's not the milky way

  I mean, there are plenty of good deep sky images out there. Try looking at the New General Catalogue (NGC) objects for something that strikes your fancy. Alternatively, you could cruise around in Space Engine and bookmark an interesting galaxy to get screenshots from multiple angles, which is what I usually do. (SE is available on Steam for a reasonable price.). Source: 11 months ago

• Asteroid's Near Miss of Earth Undetected for 2 Days

  Computer says yes: https://gravitysimulator.org/ https://spaceengine.org/ Once the mass, velocity, heading of an object is known it becomes easier to track and fine tune parameters meaning time of intersect with earth can be calculated which gives orientation of planet and entry attitude. An exact street addres | sub metre grid reference is a big ask, but the "line of breakup" arcing across a narrow slice of the... - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• Infinite Photorealistic Worlds Using Procedural Generation

  Space Engine[1] is another popular one [1] https://spaceengine.org/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 1 year ago

• Galaxy/Universe Creator/Generator

  This is a bit of a tall order. There are none that I know of; most folks I know who do galaxy maps either make them by hand with their digital paint tools of choice, or utilize the procedurally-generated ones from Space Engine. Up until recently SE had a free (old) version available on the site; you should still be able to find a mirror of it somewhere but I don't know of one personally. Otherwise, SE is available... Source: about 1 year ago

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