2008-11-18

Interactive Constellation

Recognise this constellation?


Probably not. Or perhaps it reminds you of one, but looks wrong? Chances are, if it does remind you of one, you might be thinking of Leo.

That's a screenshot of the rather nifty interactive map of Leo by Krystian Majewski. Using that application you can drag your point of view around and see how Leo would look from other points in space. Neat.

If you like that you might also like his interactive map of the nearest 32 stars.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

A great way of demonstrating parallax and how constellations would look completely different from different perspectives.