100,000 Stars Experiment

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_-Caleb-_
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100,000 Stars Experiment

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Hola!
100,000 Stars is an interactive visualization of the stellar neighborhood created for the Google Chrome web browser. It shows the location of 119,617 nearby stars derived from multiple sources, including the 1989 Hipparcos mission. Zooming in reveals 87 individually identified stars and our solar system. The galaxy view is an artist's rendition based on NGC 1232, a spiral galaxy like the Milky Way.
http://stars.chromeexperiments.com

Enjoy!!
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Impressive! :)
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Thanks :)
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This is really impressive. Thx for sharing :D
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WOW! Thanks Caleb! :cool::cool:
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