POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.animations : Orrery WIP : Re: Orrery WIP Server Time
10 Mar 2026 09:34:36 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Orrery WIP  
From: Clarence1898
Date: 5 Mar 2026 22:25:00
Message: <web.69aa489dcba6101e8db55336e0accf30@news.povray.org>
"m@b" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> "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

Very nice.  I particularly like the way you morphed the planets into the orrery.
Impressive.


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