Comments on: Why are the stars moving? https://habitablezone.com/2019/01/25/why-are-the-stars-moving/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:03:37 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2019/01/25/why-are-the-stars-moving/#comment-42943 RL Fri, 25 Jan 2019 22:42:11 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=75717#comment-42943 <a href="https://youtu.be/B9r9tKX5olY" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/B9r9tKX5olY</a> The link is for a tutorial for doing it in blender. I also found a tutorial a while back on doing a fake nebula fly through: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB8_QKQ4eKQ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB8_QKQ4eKQ</a> You do have to create information where you have none, of course- does it 'mislead' people in astronomy animations? Only those so profoundly ignorant that they don't understand what they are seeing... but they are pretty much beyond reaching anyways... whats the benefit of catering to such people? https://youtu.be/B9r9tKX5olY

The link is for a tutorial for doing it in blender. I also found a tutorial a while back on doing a fake nebula fly through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB8_QKQ4eKQ

You do have to create information where you have none, of course- does it ‘mislead’ people in astronomy animations? Only those so profoundly ignorant that they don’t understand what they are seeing… but they are pretty much beyond reaching anyways… whats the benefit of catering to such people?

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2019/01/25/why-are-the-stars-moving/#comment-42941 ER Fri, 25 Jan 2019 19:17:28 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=75717#comment-42941 Many years ago, I read a science fiction story about a guy killing time in a seedy small town movie theater who sees a cheap, amateurish film of a medieval battle. But the protagonist knows enough about both ancient history and film making that he knows that what he is watching is not a cinematographic production, but bad video of a very real event. He deduces that the film must have been made by a time traveler with only amateurish filmmaker's skills, but who has managed to get something on film that simply could not have been shot on a film set or studio--even by an expert cinematographer. Its the real thing! The costumes, crowds, the blood and gore, are not stock Hollywood conventions, they are real. The story revolves about how the film viewer tracks down the director of the film. Ynfortunately, I don't recall much more about the story, but perhaps one of you may remember the name or author. Many years ago, I read a science fiction story about a guy killing time in a seedy small town movie theater who sees a cheap, amateurish film of a medieval battle. But the protagonist knows enough about both ancient history and film making that he knows that what he is watching is not a cinematographic production, but bad video of a very real event. He deduces that the film must have been made by a time traveler with only amateurish filmmaker’s skills, but who has managed to get something on film that simply could not have been shot on a film set or studio–even by an expert cinematographer. Its the real thing! The costumes, crowds, the blood and gore, are not stock Hollywood conventions, they are real. The story revolves about how the film viewer tracks down the director of the film. Ynfortunately, I don’t recall much more about the story, but perhaps one of you may remember the name or author.

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