Learning from my web app 23 visits at a time

Re:Learning from my web app 23 visits at a time by juanre on Wednesday October 05, 2011 @06:05AM (#3074976)

Thank you for the suggestion. I've thought about setting up an agreement with a print shop, where I can send the PDF or PS to them and they do the printing and sending. But before going that route I wanted to figure out if anybody would want a personalized star chart to start with. Looks like I need to look seriously into it.

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Re:Learning from my web app 23 visits at a time by narag on Wednesday October 05, 2011 @07:02AM (#3075107)

Check http://blogalia.com/

There are some professional astronomers blogging over there, doing divulgation. They might be interested. At the very least, they will link the site.

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Re:Learning from my web app 23 visits at a time by vrruiz on Wednesday October 05, 2011 @12:09PM (#3076229)

Thanks for the mention! (I'm the founder of Blogalia :)

IMHO, greaterskies.com is interesting as a project, but:

- I don't think anyone will pay for simple visual star charts: there are free sites, free desktop programs and free tablet/mobile apps out there.

- If not for visual, but deep sky: there is 3Atlas from José R. Torres (9, 11 and 13 mag sky atlas): http://www.uv.es/jrtorres/tools.html Available for free in PDF.

- The marketing problem: find your tribe! There are some forums, like cloudynights.com (or http://www.asociacionhubble.org/portal/index.php/foro in Spanish), but this are mostly for dedicated observers.

My 2 cents.

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Re:Learning from my web app 23 visits at a time by pragmatic on Wednesday October 05, 2011 @11:11AM (#3075955)

Let me buy a nice large star chart on quality paper with fulfillment via Amazon.

Yes customization is good, but just the star chart itself would be a cool present for a kid.

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