Farseer — universe explorer

About Farseer — universe explorer

Universe explorer in the browser: real science where we

In the maker’s words

I've been hacking on a universe simulator, modeled on the path that the amazing SpaceEngine worked out over a decade ago, but without its Windows platform restriction. It takes real scientific data where we have it and augments it with procedural generation. So you can fly to e.g. the Whirlpool Galaxy, see a real image of it, but then fly into a 3d model that's created based on the image characteristics and visit individual stars etc within it. Same with nebula and other celestial objects. I used to work at a small planetarium during undergrad, and we didn't have the funds to buy the fancy planetarium software. I dreamed of using something like this during shows to share the scale of the cosmos with visitors. I've added a dome projection mode, but I haven't yet had the opportunity to test it out in a real planetarium yet. If anyone has access, let me know if it works! There's also a sort…

Where people found it

• Hacker NewsShow HN: farseer.space – fly anywhere in the universe in your browser11 points2 comments25 days ago