Is there any place available on the internet which could tell me the position of various objects in the celestial sphere?
Is there either a website that provides the locations of, or forumulas to determine the locations of, any objects in space? Most notably, stars, planets, intriguing phenomenons such as nebulae, and artificial satellites like the space station.
I don't know what I would do with the information, since I don't have a telescope, but the idea of knowing exactly where certain objects are in relation to myself seems interesting. Basically, I'm astronomically disinclined as a result of my unknowing of the position of many celestial objects.
Thank you all in advance!
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For example:
http://www38.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=jupiter
http://www38.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=arcturus
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In Google Earth you have Google Sky. Check out the video below.
Google Space
http://www.google.com/space/
Covers all of the space sites for Google.
Google Sky
http://www.google.com/sky/
Google Sky provides information on the celestial skies.
Google Moon
http://www.google.com/moon/
Google Moon provides information on the moon.
Google Mars
http://www.google.com/mars/
Google Mars provides information on the planet Mars.
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http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/webclient/
a nice one made with Silverlight Technology
you need to install Silverlight first
http://silverlight.net/GetStarted/
its on the left where i says Silverlight runtime
believe me its worth a shot
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http://www.astroviewer.com/manual-interactive-night-sky-map.html
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Particularly:
Distant Suns ( www.distantsuns.com ). They have both a free, limited version (that does everything I have needed) as well as an affordable, fully enhanced version. It also has a calendar to show how objects are moving and upcoming events of note as well as interesting facts to learn.
Also, you might try:
Hallo North Sky
Solarium
Cartes du Ciel
Hope you find a solution that meets your needs from one of my suggestions.
Sincerely,
ArchSteve
www.distantsuns.com
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http://skyatlas.rgbstore.com/
For objects in the solar system, orbital elements (mathematical formulae) and ephemeris tables (coordinates for specific dates/times) are available:
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/
Heavens-above.com provides predicted satellite flyover times and apparent magnitudes as well as an all-sky map based on your latitude and longitude:
http://heavens-above.com/
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If you're interested in locating things in the sky, you might like this:
http://www.stellarium.org/
It's not a web app, but downloadable open source software.
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Stellarium is a software project that allows people to use their home computer as a virtual planetarium. It calculates the positions of the Sun and Moon, planets and stars, and draws how the sky would look to an observer depending on their location and the time. It can also draw the constellations and simulate astronomical phenomena such as meteor showers, and
solar or lunar eclipses.
Stellarium may be used as an educational tool for teaching about the night sky, as an observational aid for amateur astronomers wishing to plan a night’s observing, or simply as a curiosity (it’s fun!). Because of the high quality of the graphics that Stellarium produces, it is used in some real planetarium projector products. Some amateur astronomy groups use it to create sky maps for describing regions of the sky in articles for newsletters and magazines.
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I discovered Wolfram Alpha only a few minutes ago by accident during an unrelated pursuit of knowledge. I was so excited by the site that I immediately came here to mention it.
You all have some wonderful links, I'll sort through them and choose a best answer as soon as I get the chance.