Janus's latest activity

As I might not have time tomorrow, this is for those who do celebrate it.

This made me think of I-94, the freeway that crosses North Dakota. It runs pretty much straight East-West. I been on it a good number...

Let's take the effect of gravity in consideration for a moment. Yes, gravity will cause a red-shift, but this requires moving from a...

Prior to then I made a few trips to Canada ( from the US) with nothing more than a driver's license. (and the the 70's even without...

After playing around a bit with making star maps, I found another video which introduced me to another trick that can be done using...

After a bit of experimentation, I was able to make of full animation in the stereoscopic format. The 3D effect in this is more...

A new twist made possible by these maps being made as a 3d-model. Blender also has the ability to produce stereoscopic images in a...

I have done that, Since the Vizier site does allow you us that as a constraint. I had to create separate CSV files for each class, and...

As per your request: Getting the text to look proper for the second part took some finagling. The first part was pretty straight-...

Since moving just a few light years would not make much of a difference, I decided to make this animation. It starts from 5 ly out and...

That would be a bit beyond this particular application's ability. First off, you'd need accurate values for all the orbital elements of...

A couple more examples. The first incorporates proper motion data to show how Ursa Major would change over time. I included other...

Technically I could be done, though some adjustments would likely be needed to be made. For Alpha C, you should just be able to move the...

Blender just recently dropped a new version, 4.5(with 5.0 on the horizon), and within it was a new feature for which I immediately...

And this happens magically? As someone who works as support staff in education, I can tell you that the work put in at graduation and...