Questions tagged [visualization]
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Transformation of Covariance Matrix from EME2000 to LLA
I am a little bit confused regarding the transformation of a covariance between EME2000 and the LLA-representation of a state (lat,lon,alt). Let's say I have a timeseries of spacecraft states, ...
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Which 3D space simulation/visualization software (free or commercial) can I use as a post processor of data calculated with Fortran?
I'm designing a space interplanetary mission (Design of low-energy trajectories to Near Earth Objects) by using Fortran.
Basically I'm working with the Circular Restricted 3 Body Problem (CR3BP), ...
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Is this JWST Halo orbit plot fouled up somehow?
After looking at this plot and many others I've come to the conclusion that this plot does not represent current JWST halo orbit. If the plot is supposed to be of JWST halo... it disagrees with many ...
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Why doesn't a full/gibbous moon high in the sky ever seem to look orange? Shouldn't it? [closed]
The question Why does the Moon appear gray when passing between the Sun and the Earth? shows the famous "Moon photobombs Earth" image of the moon in front of the Earth taken from the EPIC ...
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Why are we not seeing probability curves for space junk collision prediction?
Since many specific space junk collision risks have been assessed, why haven't we combined the data and graphed it? The trendlines could be very instructive. Like mapping climate change, the curve ...
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Is there a name for views of orbital paths that ignore some motions versus those that don't?
Orbital paths of satellites around the Earth are usually shown as conic sections, as are paths of planets around the Sun. In truth, of course, the Earth's satellites are also orbiting the Sun, and the ...
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Are there Starlink train-finding websites?
In Astronomy SE Line of lights moving in a straight line, with a few following is the canonical close as duplicate target for questions about the likely seeing of recently deployed Starlinks that move ...
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Why does the sky of Mars appear blue in this video of pictures sent back by the Chinese rover?
Is there any explanation for the blue sky of Mars shown in this video of photos transmitted by the Chinese rover?
Zhurong Rover is driving on Mars sending back new images (Chinese Tianwen-1 mission) -...
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Why would Mars' sky appear blue at dawn and dusk, but red during the middle of the day (reverse of Earth)?
After reading the really interesting question and discussion Terrestrial Exoplanet Skies – I've Built a Visual Sky Chart. Is it Accurate? I was reminded that in this video at ...
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Would Jupiter look big?
This question keeps coming to me as I daydream about space.
Suppose, hypothetically, I traveled to Jupiter (or any other relatively large object compared to earth) but had no knowledge of its size or ...
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Why does Gravity Simulator's rendering of TESS' orbit look like a pretzel? How can I unpretzefy it?
Below is a screen shot from the amazing Gravity Simulator driven by our own @HappyKoala. If you haven't seen it recently go check it out now, then come back in 30 minutes and read the rest of my ...
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Is this plot of deep space trajectories correct? Did most launch retrograde from Earth? Why do some change direction between planets?
This answer contains some nice plots of deep space spacecraft trajectories. Noticing that Voyage 2's heliocentric velocity dropped substantially just before 1990 I wanted to see why. Wikipedia's ...
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Trying to understand if or how operating a rover on Mars from Earth could work
If you used something like google maps to create a 360° Topographical map of an area on Mars could you use it to create a virtual simulated reality similarly to how you would manipulate google maps ...
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Earth’s Orbit speed and apparent motion question
Earth travels around the Sun at 67,000 mph. Hypothetically if it was possible to be in Space in a ship or Space walk and be at a complete stop and stationary outside of Earth’s orbit and not affected ...
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Is there any way that real stars would move like they do in the classic Windows 3.x screensaver if traveling through space at extreme speed?
In old versions of Windows, such as 3.1, there was this screensaver called "Starfield". It looked like this:
However, in movies and TV series, it usually looks like ...
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3D modelling of satellites around the earth
I want to find and see "GPS satellites in view" for different orbits missions. For example I want to see the observable GPS satellites for a specific satellite in GEO, for this purpose I need a ...
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Why does Earth not appear to be at the focus of TESS' elliptical orbit in this video?
An excellent review of all of the considerations and work that has gone into designing TESS' orbit can be read in the ArXiv preprint A High Earth, Lunar Resonant Orbit for Lower Cost Space Science ...
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Is the night sky on Earth different from the night sky on the moon or Mars?
If colonists or space-tourists spend time on the Moon or on Mars long enough to have a chance to take a good look at the nighttime sky, will they be able to see stars and the Milky Way?
Will they ...
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What kind of Visual Sensors are employed aboard Rockets?
Cameras are the most common form of visual sensors and I usually see one strapped on the side of the stages as well as inside the separation module to show the separation of the rocket stages. What ...
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Relation between GOCE gravity model and Earth shape
There are a couple of viral videos claiming that "NASA shows that Earth is shaped like potato". The source of such videos is 3D visualization of data collected by GOCE satellite (full animation, video ...
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Trying to understand the two "holes" in this alt/az plot of the ISS
I'm plotting the position of satellites in the sky using Skyfield. If I project the .altaz() data on to a rectangle (in a similar fashion to the way ground track ...
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What is the extra moving and disappearing line in the animation in the BulgariaSat-1 webcast?
In the SpaceX BulgariaSat-1 Launch Webcast there is a 3D animation of the orbits/trajectories of the first and second stage showing most of the Earth. There is a blue line that starts out over Florida,...
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How can I visualize orbits given Earth-centered, inertial (ECI) coordinates?
I'm using the SGP4 algorithm which outputs Earth-centered, inertial (ECI) satellite coordinates.
I found some software to visualize orbits, but they all request input as Keplerian elements.
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Is GMAT still available? Where? How? (NASA's General Mission Analysis Tool)
In this comment below the question Visualization of non-Keplerian orbits for solar sails, NASA's open source General Mission Analysis Tool is suggested. Sounds great!
My google search found this blog ...
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