POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.animations : Orrery WIP : Re: Orrery WIP Server Time
10 Mar 2026 09:35:58 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Orrery WIP  
From: m@b
Date: 5 Mar 2026 21:15:00
Message: <web.69aa3855cba6101e1463fe62d568493a@news.povray.org>
"Clarence1898" <dle### [at] comcastnet> wrote:
> This is a project I started over 20 years ago by modeling an orrery.  Then had
> to figure out a scene to put it in.  This is what I finally came up with.  Turn
> looping on in your player.  I would get stuck on it, or real life interrupted,
> put aside for a few years then repeat.  I'm not very happy with the clouds the
> camera flies through, not enough turbulence.  There is also some flickering I
> haven't been able to get rid of.  The camera has a couple of abrupt moves I need
> to smooth out.  I do plan to add more objects to the scene.  Any comments or
> suggestions would be welcome.

Very nice. I did an orrery some time ago:
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyqQolOK_qI>

I remember one of the first scenes I animated was a lighthouse (using Polyray)
way back when :-)

m@b


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