Interactive Star Chart

[Dave Mitsky]

I recently became aware of another nifty interactive star chart site.

Dave Mitsky

[Maksutov]

I recently became aware of another nifty interactive star chart site.

Dave Mitsky

Very nice, Dave! It had no problem finding and getting info on my favorite star, Antares.

[publiusr]

I'm going to try my favorite star:
http://www.bautforum.com/archive/index.php/t-20128.html

What I'm getting:

http://server1.sky-map.org/starview?...ect_id=1066765

They are putting it out 230 some odd parsecs out. I thought there might have been some error with Hipparchos IIRC.
A .29 ly close approach bears watching--even if it is 800,000 years in the future...

[eburacum45]

HD 12208 is a giant star 235 parsecs away; it almost certainly won't get here in 800,000 years. If it is coming towards us at such a fantastic rate the path couldn't be predicted accurately enough to be sure of a 0.29 light year miss.

But I suspect the speed is wrong; this star might be a binary, and the motion detected could be just the movement of one component. Or the Hipparchos distance might be wrong for the same reason or a different reason, or both.

[eburacum45]

That is a fantastic site, by the way. I like the way it gives a load of references for each star.

[cyber3d]

have you guys tried StarChartGL? Awesome program. It works great on my laptop. http://www.starchartgl.cjb.net/

Check it out.

Victor