Hube wrote:
> 
> If I wanted to create an imaginary solar system,
> and I had all of the info about rotations and
> angles and all the stuff you'd need to know for
> such a thing. Could I create it with povray? Could
> I set it up to give me the view from a certain
> point on a certain world in the system? for
> instance. Tour standing on Saturn, looking up at
> the sky. Is it dark or light, can you see the
> rings, which of the moons are out tonight and what
> phase are they in. Would any of this be possible?
> 
> Hube

 It certainly is possible in fact it has been done many times. The only thing
you need to be careful about if the scale of the solor system. The program
has an epsilon value that will limit great distances and make some of the
outer planets dissapear. The way to avoid this is by scaling your solar
system down and it should pose no problem to you.

Browse through the i.r.t.c. and you should find many examples of peoples
work with star systems. http://irtc.org

-- 
Ken Tyler

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