Celestia 160-ed download

Allow files to overwrite, if asked. Once all downloads and installs have been completed, read the " Quick-Summary. If you are a teacher, open and read the Letter to Users and Educators for detailed instructions on how to use CelestiaED in a school or classroom.

You will find it in the main program directory. It will tell you in detail how to operate every aspect and keystroke of this amazing program. For questions, comments or further inquiries, contact Frank Gregorio at: fsgregs comcast.

Private rooms Is to maneuver in the section Couples and to opt for any of the couples. Top of this page Home SiteMap Contact us. Page last updated: Oct 6, Frank Gregorio. Contains a general outline of our Educational Activities and how to install and use them at home or in a classroom. Please download and read this first! Frank Gregorio Vincent Giangiulio.

A Customized Windows version of Celestia 1. This must be installed into the Celestia-ED folder and used with all educational activities on a Windows computer XP - The World of Celestia.

A spectacular introductory showcase journey through Celestia space. Explore over 50 separate destinations. A detailed educational tour of the size and wonders of our Universe from Earth to beyond the Milky Way with stops at planets, moons, stars, nebula, black holes and galaxies.

Activity 3 - Inner Solar System. A comprehensive journey through the inner Solar System, with stops at the Sun, the inner planets, their moons and selected spacecraft.

Activity 4 - Outer Solar System. A comprehensive journey through the outer Solar System, with stops at the asteroids, the outer planets, their moons, comets and selected spacecraft. When you start to type "Intro", that will appear in the tab completion field, because it is the textual Name that was defined in the STC catalog file. This means that the star is "Selected". If this does not happen, there may be some mistakes in the STC file you made, or you might have put it in the wrong folder.

Look at it very carefully. Capitals matter. Quotes " matter. Don't add spaces in the middle of the command words. Now type a " G " to GoTo that star. Celestia should turn and go flying to it. You should see a brightly glowing star just like our Sun, with sunspots but no planets. Exit from Celestia. It defines the planet named "b" orbiting around the star "HIP ". You could change the file so the planet orbits any star you want, of course.

Construct whole planetary systems, nebulae, galaxies or fictional objects. Celestia provides a unique opportunity to interactively demonstrate your creations. Virtual Textures can be used to display extremely high-resolution textures or close-up features on planetary surfaces. Celestia only loads the tiles it needs to display, increasing performance. Available only for Celestia 1. The date … August 17, Notice how big the eclipse shadow is. It will be visible from Oregon to South Carolina.

Where will you be on that date? It is an amazing sight. It is May 4, You are facing the Sunny side of the Moon with your back to the Sun and Earth behind you. Notice the dark, almost invisible sphere of Earth, about to move across the face of the Sun.

To send the Celestia 1A there, click To Mars. Click once here, or on figure Notice how crisp the air looks.

No smog … very thin! As you watch it set, Venus, Mercury and the Sun will set behind the hills. The stars will come out, blazing in the thin cold air of a Mars night. It is an old impact site that was hit by a giant asteroid long ago. After forming, Gusev crater flooded, possibly with a big deep lake of water. Celestia has marked Gusev crater with a locations label. To see it, click here.

Then zoom in for a close look. How easy it is to imagine water flowing into or out of the crater through that channel. To locate it, click here. Opportunity has also found conclusive evidence proving that this plain was once covered with a shallow sea of salty liquid water. In fact, there is sedimentary rock present sedimentary rock forms mostly under water. To see the site, click here. Picture the shallow sea covering that flat dark area long ago. To see the cap, click here. Fly over it at an altitude of about 80 km.

One of the most impressive is Olympus Mons, a giant volcano that is 24 km high over 14 miles , which is over twice as high as Mt. Everest on Earth. To visit the mountain, click here to reposition the Celestia 1A above the planet. Use your Zoom keys to examine its enormous canyon walls. To command your ship to hover at one end of the canyon, click once here.

When you click the link below, your ship will transport to the future. It will be tracking the SS Carl Sagan, a massive, internationally funded spacecraft over meters long, carrying a crew of six Astronauts from Earth to Mars on a voyage of 8 months. It is named after Dr. Carl Sagan, a famed Astronomer and Professor at Cornell University who devoted his life to educating the public about space in general, and Mars in particular.

It is five days out from its rendezvous with Mars. That was quick. Can you make it out in the distance? To see that station, click here. It too is big 70 meters in diameter or about ft , and was sent to Mars orbit by an earlier launch. Your ship has landed on Phobos, the larger of the two moons, as it orbits Mars. What a view! Enjoy it for a bit. Contact : vince. Contact : fsgregs comcast.

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