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Stellarium is a free GPL software which renders realistic skies in real time with OpenGL. It is available for Linux/Unix, Windows and macOS. With Stellarium, you really see what you can see with your eyes, binoculars or a small telescope.
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Locate the Lagrange Points #1111

Open ultrapre opened 4 years ago

ultrapre commented 4 years ago

An easy way to locate the few Lagrange Points' position in Stellarium?

I heard the Kordylewski Cloud is at L4 & L5, and get interested in them.

gzotti commented 4 years ago

I also "heard that". Can we just plot a dot 60° from the Moon, in the average distance of the moon? These things are so elusive that no dependable model seems to be available anywhere.

FlorinAndrei commented 3 years ago

This would be a really nice feature to have.

meatsauce007 commented 3 years ago

This feature would be fantastic.

gzotti commented 3 years ago

Don't say metoo. Can any of you two send some recent (post-2000) work on the topic which could indicate its relevance? Digital images that clearly shows these clouds, and not a 1970s photo plate copied and scanned to death?

FlorinAndrei commented 3 years ago

It could also be the other way 'round: since most people have no simple way to find and track these objects, because popular apps don't have them, you'd expect a dearth of images on amateur astronomy sites.

axd1967 commented 3 years ago

As a workaround, one could use the angle measurement tool in combination with ecliptic and/or moon orbit display (even if it cannot be attached to the Moon) ?

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alex-w commented 2 years ago

This is a good task for the community to participate in the contribution into Stellarium. Who wants to help us?

tofilwiktor commented 1 year ago

@alex-w I see this issue is still open, can I work on it?

gzotti commented 1 year ago

Sure, go ahead! :-)

snumlautoken commented 1 year ago

@tofilwiktor Still planning on working on this? Otherwise I would like to give it a go.