SkyORB
computes sun, moon and majors planets and theirs majors satellites
rise and set times, positions from any place in the world, and from
any planet (like Mars), renders local sky using HYG Database in
real time and constellation charts and stars names, nebulas, comets
and asteroids from IAU
Minor Planet Center database.
Very fast, you can change view direction in real-time even with
18,000 stars rendered at once. A 3D realtime rendering view from
space with the majors planets. Solar/lunar eclipses, solstices and
equinoxes days can be computed, and a sun clock is also available.
A large database, user editable in XML format, of one thousand
of places on Earth, Moon and Mars. For example, see the sky seen
above the Spirit and Opportunity rovers.
SkyORB is designed to run on Realtech
VR's full featured cross-platform 3D engine called V3X.
The engine supports MMX/PPro software rendering, OpenGL, Pentium
III SSE and Athlon.
|