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no, I didn't just spend 35 bucks on NBOS' AstroSynthesis to make entire star sectors for my scifi project, why would you think that
(like, Universe Sandbox is great for individual systems but not for big-ass star maps spanning lightyears)
first impression of my Shiny New Toy is "this seems to be exactly what I was hoping for"
okay this is easier than I expected
not perfect mind you, but that's nbd (and I might be able to add custom content? but that's for later)
either way I should have a preliminary 3D map of the relevant corner of space in time for writing this story in November. yay!
will have to redo it properly once I'm more familiar with AstroSynthesis, but so far it is exactly what I was looking for
also I like that I can import CSVs with star data, which is great when I eventually have to make a map of human-settled space (ie. our corner of the Milky Way), bc I do not want to input all those stars by hand (and the existing 20ly map is a tad small, heh)
no, I didn't just spend 35 bucks on NBOS' AstroSynthesis to make entire star sectors for my scifi project, why would you think that
(like, Universe Sandbox is great for individual systems but not for big-ass star maps spanning lightyears)
first impression of my Shiny New Toy is "this seems to be exactly what I was hoping for"
a map of the brightest stars in the Pleiades open cluster, adapted from a SpaceEngine screenshot. please be aware that space is 3-dimensional and thus APPARENT relative distances and positions on this map do NOT correspond to ACTUAL relative distances or positions. you can figure those out on your own with SIMBAD data and this calculator here. this image is public domain by my explicit authorization, because I did all that work so why should anyone else have to?
stellar charting is soothing for me, idk why? manual data entry and cross-referencing is just pretty zen in my book, and there’s nothing better than the sky to hold my interest.
I also have a handy local stars chart here, with a Sol-centric radius of 10 parsecs.