POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.text.scene-files : Star catalogue : Re: Star catalogue Server Time
4 Feb 2026 11:45:53 EST (-0500)
  Re: Star catalogue  
From: Mr
Date: 3 Feb 2026 04:20:00
Message: <web.6981bd3e38a84fef16086ed06830a892@news.povray.org>
yesbird wrote:
> On 08/12/2025 02:45, Maetes wrote:
> > If anyone wants to try their hand at creating a real starry sky with simulated
> > stars, I've trimmed the HYG star catalogue (120,000 entries) a bit and turned it
> > into a Povray array. ...
>
> Hi, Maetes.
>
> Thank you for sharing this data. Really, I am looking for good
> data source for my present Virtual planetary project:
> https://yesbird.online/planetarium/
>
> I am expected that it should be informative and compact enough,
> also includes deep sky objects like nebulas and galaxies, but
> assume that it will be not for professional use, but mostly addressed
> to schoolchildren and students just for fun.
>
> Could you suggest such a data source ?
> --
> YB

This works insanely great on my phone :-) ! (as usual I had to open it there
because your site is blocked from my corporate proxy :-/ )


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