Comments on: A 3D star chart. https://habitablezone.com/2017/01/17/a-3d-star-chart/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hank https://habitablezone.com/2017/01/17/a-3d-star-chart/#comment-38045 hank Wed, 18 Jan 2017 23:18:32 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=61278#comment-38045 Yeah, I know. I'm just showing my age. I don't want to know how to code it up, I want to see the finished map. I guess I wasn't the first to think about sailing this sea. Yeah, I know. I’m just showing my age.

I don’t want to know how to code it up, I want to see the finished map.

I guess I wasn’t the first to think about sailing this sea.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2017/01/17/a-3d-star-chart/#comment-38043 RL Wed, 18 Jan 2017 22:30:57 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=61278#comment-38043 I keep meaning to do this, I have the book this example is referring to <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C3u2Gkdgxfw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3u2Gkdgxfw I haven't done much scripting in blender, but in this example he imports hipparcos data and renders it in 3D.... It is possible that by using the Blender Game engine you might be able to make it so you could 'walk' through the star field and explore it... but I have no experience with the game engine.... blender has so many features that its hard to find time to learn them all.... I keep meaning to do this, I have the book this example is referring to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3u2Gkdgxfw

I haven’t done much scripting in blender, but in this example he imports hipparcos data and renders it in 3D….

It is possible that by using the Blender Game engine you might be able to make it so you could ‘walk’ through the star field and explore it… but I have no experience with the game engine…. blender has so many features that its hard to find time to learn them all….

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