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1. tintor · 1790727927 · focus · HN ↗

   Celestia did all of this and more. 10+ years ago.

   <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;celestiaproject.space&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;celestiaproject.space&#x2F;

   1. bbor · 1790741316 · focus · HN ↗

      Surely we can make room for cool stuff like this without implying that they&#x27;re stealing or oblivious? The audiences are completely oblivious, and this one combines a stuff in a unique way (and I&#x27;ve seen&#x2F;loved these kind of sites ever since finding out satellites are in freefall).

      Not to mention that it&#x27;s been in beta since at least 2016, seems mostly defunct, and the download page looks like this: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sourceforge.net&#x2F;projects&#x2F;celestia&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sourceforge.net&#x2F;projects&#x2F;celestia&#x2F; Also, AFAICT, it didn&#x27;t cover satellites at all.

      1. defrost · 1790741831 · focus · HN ↗

         &gt; and the download page looks like this: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sourceforge.net&#x2F;projects&#x2F;celestia&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sourceforge.net&#x2F;projects&#x2F;celestia&#x2F;

         The page that states &quot;Please do not download Celestia from this repository. This repository has been abandoned, and the new source and website are here and here, respectively.&quot; for the past four years ?

         Try: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;celestiaproject.space&#x2F;download.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;celestiaproject.space&#x2F;download.html and <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;CelestiaProject&#x2F;Celestia" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;CelestiaProject&#x2F;Celestia for version 1.6.4

         Both Celestia and Stellarium have &quot;open data&quot; file formats that come &quot;standard&quot; with downloads and &quot;extra&quot; from community forums - ie all manner of real and SciFi movie&#x2F;novel objects can be added with name, bitmaps, orbits, etc.

         1. bbor · 1790807553 · focus · HN ↗

            I mean, that’s linked from the celestia page linked above. If that’s the wrong link, then I can say with 100% certainty that the project is dead, no matter when the last code was pushed.

            Re:”it could have similar features if you mod it enough”, sure.

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