Google Earth Sky mode allllmost does the trick...unfortunately it seems to default to hiding drawn placemarks, lines, and labels until you've zoomed in quite close. Maybe this behavior can be set differently?
See attached; open in the Google Earth app, go to Sky mode, then double-click on "It's a 明星!" ($150? Somebody feel free to fork the thread into a discussion of funding for humanities....I'll just insert a "sigh" here.) -Greg On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Quinn Dombrowski <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone know if Berkeley has a site license, departmental license, or > some other way to access software for producing astronomical maps, either > free or at a discount? I'm working with a graduate student in history > (who's writing on celestial signs and political rhetoric in early China) > who needs to: > > 1) see how the sky looked at different moments in the past, including the > location of planets > > 2) produce charts, and label the charts, with Chinese constellations, > names of stars, and names of planets > > 3) draw lines from one place in the sky to another, ideally with a 360 > degree field of view, to show the paths authors imagined in celestial > journey poetry. > > He knows of one piece of software, Starry Night Pro, that can do all this, > but the $150 price tag is steeper than he'd like. Does this sound like > something that could be done with any other software already available on > campus? > > Thanks, > Quinn > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The following was automatically added to this message by the list server: > > To learn more about Micronet, including how to subscribe to or unsubscribe > from its mailing list and how to find out about upcoming meetings, please > visit the Micronet Web site: > > http://micronet.berkeley.edu > > Messages you send to this mailing list are public and world-viewable, and > the list's archives can be browsed and searched on the Internet. This > means these messages can be viewed by (among others) your bosses, > prospective employers, and people who have known you in the past. > >
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