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To: martin_fierro
Celestia is a fascinating program. Gonna take me awhile to play with it. ;-)

Been too busy zooming all over the place with it, so far.

21 posted on 01/07/2004 7:32:38 PM PST by TomServo ("She wouldn't have me on a silver platter." "How about on an air mattress slathered with butter?")
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To: TomServo
Try this:

Use the "L" command (repeatedly) to accelerate planet movement to 1000x.

Then, using the "Solar System Navigator", and while the planets are spinning around, pick another moon to travel to (say, Europa at Jupiter).

It's cool to watch the moon whip around with its mother planet in the background.
22 posted on 01/07/2004 7:39:17 PM PST by martin_fierro (Any musical with a PBY-5 Catalina in it can't be all bad.)
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To: TomServo
One of the first things a person realizes playing with Celestia is just how excruciatingly slow lightspeed is.
26 posted on 01/07/2004 7:52:15 PM PST by sigSEGV
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