How far is it to Mars?
http://www.distancetomars.com Probably won't work on a tablet/phone, but it's pretty cool. Dan -- Daniel Holmes, danielh@holmesonics.com "Laugh while you can, monkey boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin
I'm gonna need a bigger screen. On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com>wrote:
Probably won't work on a tablet/phone, but it's pretty cool.
Why are the stars moving? On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com>wrote:
Probably won't work on a tablet/phone, but it's pretty cool.
You aren't looking at it on a computer, are you? Dan -- Sent from my iPhone. Please pardon any mispelings or errors. On Apr 4, 2013, at 12:45 PM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Why are the stars moving?
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com>wrote:
Probably won't work on a tablet/phone, but it's pretty cool.
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Stars aren't moving for me, except when it's moving to show the distance to mars. Basically it's showing the scale--Earth is 100 pixels wide, and it shows in pixels how far it is to Mars at it's closest... Dan On Apr 4, 2013, at 12:55 PM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Yep, 24" screen.
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com>wrote:
You aren't looking at it on a computer, are you?
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The stars shouldn't move at all, even when panning to Mars. I'm chalking it up to artistic license, just to impart a sense of movement. You could slew to Pluto and the stars still shouldn't move. OK, a few pixels for some of the closest, maybe. Maybe they are asteroids, lol. On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com>wrote:
Stars aren't moving for me, except when it's moving to show the distance to mars.
Basically it's showing the scale--Earth is 100 pixels wide, and it shows in pixels how far it is to Mars at it's closest...
Oh, I see what you mean...Those aren't stars though...it's space dust and the Vogon invasion fleet. Dan On Apr 4, 2013, at 1:02 PM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
The stars shouldn't move at all, even when panning to Mars. I'm chalking it up to artistic license, just to impart a sense of movement.
You could slew to Pluto and the stars still shouldn't move. OK, a few pixels for some of the closest, maybe.
Maybe they are asteroids, lol.
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com>wrote:
Stars aren't moving for me, except when it's moving to show the distance to mars.
Basically it's showing the scale--Earth is 100 pixels wide, and it shows in pixels how far it is to Mars at it's closest...
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Kinda cool actually. ________________________________ From: Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com> To: Utah-astronomy Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2013 12:31 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] How far is it to Mars? http://www.distancetomars.com Probably won't work on a tablet/phone, but it's pretty cool. Dan -- Daniel Holmes, danielh@holmesonics.com "Laugh while you can, monkey boy!" -- Lord John Whorfin _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
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