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Re:Stellarium 0.19 by adityapurwa on Thursday March 28, 2019 @01:45PM (#19514649)
I remembered when I was in junior high school, I used to play with this software and also Celestia. I even created my own sky culture just out of curiosity and because I love looking up at stars at night. It feels beautiful that we can change the time, travel back and noticed that its the same stars people had been seeing since ancient times.

Celestia also helped me understand how alone and isolated is our planet. I would move the focus to mars, then sun, then nearby stars, then my personal favorite Alcyone, then out of the galaxy. It showed me how vast the universe is.

Stellarium helped me see the stars from earth. Celestia helped me see the earth from the stars.

Amazing software that make my childhood feels wonderful.

Thank You!

Re:Stellarium 0.19 by Raphmedia on Thursday March 28, 2019 @05:17PM (#19516720)
I'm curious, what makes Alcyone your favorite?
Re:Stellarium 0.19 by adityapurwa on Thursday March 28, 2019 @11:22PM (#19518885)
I think its because I remembered reading about Alcyone being a star that our solar system orbits. It was called the great sun I think?

Also if you opened Stellarium and looked at the Pleiades where Alcyone resides, you could see blue-ish formation and it looks beautiful for me.