2006-03-08

astrometric standards data, visualizations

I moved SDSS and USNO-B1.0 astrometric standards information onto the disks of astrometry.net today, in order to get our tweak stuff up and running for our alpha release.

I made two visualizations in my spare time, this slideshow zoom (PDF) out from M51 to the whole celestial sphere to demonstrate the enormity of the SDSS dataset. I also made this animated GIF (below) of just the celestial sphere itself. In both visualizations, the over-plotted stars are from the Bright Star Catalog.

Posted by at

3 comments:

  1. Kurt08 March, 2006 17:03

    I backed up that animated GIF on a floppy for you.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Hogg08 March, 2006 20:30

    Kurt, I have been keeping all your comments to my blog backed up on the back of an NYU interdepartmental envelope in the second drawer of my desk.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Frankkumon10 March, 2006 00:03

    How can I save that spinning universe as desktop wallpaper?

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)