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by blaeks 1563 days ago
Question: Is there a possibility in Stellarium to place thyself on for example Pluto/Jupiter, some comet, or some nearby star (inside Milky Way or outside) - and look at the Milky Way center/another random star/area of space + have trajectories drawn when I "pres play on time" engine?

Using those perspectives - with all of the trajectories drawn, alongside with the preset universal/local/celestial coordinates, luminosity, maps... huge time-spans... is - informative for us who want/plan and work on slingshot maneuvers through space&time - it gives a spacial perspective for the game ^_^

Anyone remember "Red Shift 3"?

If (when) WW3 kicks into gear - I will most certainly spin-up a virtual win98 box and revive the 20 years old pleasure engraved in my teeth and synapses. Ah man - even the memory of those explorations and detailed reads on any particular object/area warms my broken heart.

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I wrote some scripts that let you tour the solar system on an hourly loop:

https://github.com/jasonincanada/stellarium-scripts

cool story bro