Second Life Forums Archive - Silly Question: Does SL have constellations?

Merry Calliope

The 13th Rabbit

Join date: 24 Mar 2005

Posts: 89

12-12-2006 23:10

I ask because the night sky looks quite pretty in a clear sim. I'm hovering above cloud level in some brand-spanking-new estate right now and the stars look very lovely. Some even twinkle a little. Is the night sky in SL constant or is it randomly generated? Could it have constellations if we 'discovered' them and named them?

Just odd things I ponder after working a day of holiday retail. ^_^;

Sunspot Pixie

dread heliotrope

Join date: 15 Jun 2006

Posts: 493

12-12-2006 23:34

I was thinking about constellations when I was visiting a friend up in her treehouse last summer. I wanted to see if we could determine if the stars are fixed. We never got around to actually trying to check and see though.

I think creating SL constellations would be a really fun thing to do. I can see "The Hippo", "The Linden Tree", and so forth, for starters

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Merry Calliope

The 13th Rabbit

Join date: 24 Mar 2005

Posts: 89

12-13-2006 00:22

I'm not sure I'd know how to check to see if they were fixed. I suppose I could see if there was a way to fix my camera and take screenshots to compare. Just eyeing it though...it looks the same to me!

Ishtara Rothschild

Do not expose to sunlight

Join date: 21 Apr 2006

Posts: 569

12-13-2006 00:27

That leads to a lot of interesting thoughts. For example... do we have zodiac signs as well? I'm Sagittarius with ascendant in Taurus and moon in Libra, I have Pluto in transit in conjuction with my sun, my SL avatar is Pisces with ascendant Aries, and... naw. This is getting way too complicated

and I'm not superstitious anyway. I think the big question is: are there other grids, somewhere behind the Watermelon Cloud, past the Furryhead Nebula? Perhaps we will venture out there someday.

Merry Calliope

The 13th Rabbit

Join date: 24 Mar 2005

Posts: 89

12-13-2006 00:42

*establishes an SL SETI project*

We will find intelligent life beyond the known grid, I just know it to be so!

Cid Jacobs

Theoretical Meteorologist

Join date: 18 Jul 2004

Posts: 4,304

12-13-2006 01:09

From: Merry Calliope

I ask because the night sky looks quite pretty in a clear sim. I'm hovering above cloud level in some brand-spanking-new estate right now and the stars look very lovely. Some even twinkle a little. Is the night sky in SL constant or is it randomly generated? Could it have constellations if we 'discovered' them and named them?

Just odd things I ponder after working a day of holiday retail. ^_^;

The starscape for SL is rendered client side and changes every time you teleport, no ones view of the SL stars is the same.

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Broccoli Curry

I am my alt's alt's alt.

Join date: 13 Jun 2006

Posts: 1,660

12-13-2006 03:22

From: Merry Calliope

*establishes an SL SETI project*

We will find intelligent life beyond the known grid, I just know it to be so!

I haven't seen a lot of intelligent life ON the known grid...

Broccoli

FD Spark

Prim & Texture Doodler

Join date: 30 Oct 2006

Posts: 4,697

12-13-2006 03:30

I don't know but I wish we did. I got up to over 77000 meters today I was hoping to orbit Second Life and find outer space but I didn't see much up there. And it took way to long to get down.

Merry Calliope

The 13th Rabbit

Join date: 24 Mar 2005

Posts: 89

12-13-2006 12:06

From: Broccoli Curry

I haven't seen a lot of intelligent life ON the known grid...

Broccoli

Just as the real world, alas. ^o^

Something Something

Something Estates

Join date: 26 Sep 2006

Posts: 121

12-13-2006 14:52

The stars in SL don't rise and set. In RL they do, apart from circumpolar stars like the North Star.

Also, the stars in SL are closer than the Moon. The Moon passes behind them as it traverses the sky.

The days are four hours long and the seasons, if I recall, are ten days long.

All in all, the astronomy of SL is as peculiar as its physics.

Maggie McArdle

FIOS hates puppies

Join date: 8 May 2006

Posts: 2,855

12-13-2006 15:30

yes there are
saw the big dippert and the beggin newb last night

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There's, uh, probably a lot of things you didn't know about lindens. Another, another interesting, uh, lindenism, uh, there are only three jobs available to a linden. The first is making shoes at night while, you know, while the old cobbler sleeps.You can bake cookies in a tree. But the third job, some call it, uh, "the show" or "the big dance," it's the profession that every linden aspires to.

Strife Onizuka

Moonchild

Join date: 3 Mar 2004

Posts: 5,887

12-13-2006 16:05

Just an FYI...

The grid is flat.
The sun is infinite in distance & size.
Days are 4 hours, nights are 2 hours.
How the astral geometry works is anyones guess.
But there is a wobble in the orbit of the sun.

To top things off, I believe the stars are randomly generated.

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- Cyril Connolly

Without the political will to find common ground, the continual friction of tactic and counter tactic, only creates suspicion and hatred and vengeance, and perpetuates the cycle of violence.
- James Nachtwey

Madame Maracas

Not who you think I am...

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12-13-2006 16:41

Well I noticed that even when afflicted with the "no Linden water" bug, I can see the moon reflected on the surface of non-viewable water!

And of course one can see the sun/moon reflected on linden water when under shade/cover too, always amuses me!

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Cid Jacobs

Theoretical Meteorologist

Join date: 18 Jul 2004

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12-13-2006 23:58

From: Strife Onizuka

Just an FYI...

The grid is flat.
The sun is infinite in distance & size.
Days are 4 hours, nights are 2 hours.
How the astral geometry works is anyones guess.
But there is a wobble in the orbit of the sun.

To top things off, I believe the stars are randomly generated.

The grid is flat.
The sun is infinite in distance, size and mass.
Days are 4 hours long, 3 hours of sunlight, 1 hour of darkness.
Astral geometry in SL is probably something similar to Stargen's random rendering program.
The wobble in the sun places the grid in an offset geocentic system where the grid is offset 25% of the sun's orbit from the center.

To top things off, I believe the stars are randomly generated as well.

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Silly Question: Does SL have constellations?
Merry Calliope The 13th Rabbit Join date: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 89	12-12-2006 23:10 I ask because the night sky looks quite pretty in a clear sim. I'm hovering above cloud level in some brand-spanking-new estate right now and the stars look very lovely. Some even twinkle a little. Is the night sky in SL constant or is it randomly generated? Could it have constellations if we 'discovered' them and named them? Just odd things I ponder after working a day of holiday retail. ^_^;
Sunspot Pixie dread heliotrope Join date: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 493	12-12-2006 23:34 I was thinking about constellations when I was visiting a friend up in her treehouse last summer. I wanted to see if we could determine if the stars are fixed. We never got around to actually trying to check and see though. I think creating SL constellations would be a really fun thing to do. I can see "The Hippo", "The Linden Tree", and so forth, for starters _____________________ If we eat our soup in the rain, we'll never run out...
Merry Calliope The 13th Rabbit Join date: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 89	12-13-2006 00:22 I'm not sure I'd know how to check to see if they were fixed. I suppose I could see if there was a way to fix my camera and take screenshots to compare. Just eyeing it though...it looks the same to me!
Ishtara Rothschild Do not expose to sunlight Join date: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 569	12-13-2006 00:27 That leads to a lot of interesting thoughts. For example... do we have zodiac signs as well? I'm Sagittarius with ascendant in Taurus and moon in Libra, I have Pluto in transit in conjuction with my sun, my SL avatar is Pisces with ascendant Aries, and... naw. This is getting way too complicated and I'm not superstitious anyway. I think the big question is: are there other grids, somewhere behind the Watermelon Cloud, past the Furryhead Nebula? Perhaps we will venture out there someday.
Merry Calliope The 13th Rabbit Join date: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 89	12-13-2006 00:42 establishes an SL SETI project We will find intelligent life beyond the known grid, I just know it to be so!
Cid Jacobs Theoretical Meteorologist Join date: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 4,304	12-13-2006 01:09 From: Merry Calliope I ask because the night sky looks quite pretty in a clear sim. I'm hovering above cloud level in some brand-spanking-new estate right now and the stars look very lovely. Some even twinkle a little. Is the night sky in SL constant or is it randomly generated? Could it have constellations if we 'discovered' them and named them? Just odd things I ponder after working a day of holiday retail. ^_^; The starscape for SL is rendered client side and changes every time you teleport, no ones view of the SL stars is the same. _____________________
Broccoli Curry I am my alt's alt's alt. Join date: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 1,660	12-13-2006 03:22 From: Merry Calliope establishes an SL SETI project We will find intelligent life beyond the known grid, I just know it to be so! I haven't seen a lot of intelligent life ON the known grid... Broccoli
FD Spark Prim & Texture Doodler Join date: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 4,697	12-13-2006 03:30 I don't know but I wish we did. I got up to over 77000 meters today I was hoping to orbit Second Life and find outer space but I didn't see much up there. And it took way to long to get down.
Merry Calliope The 13th Rabbit Join date: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 89	12-13-2006 12:06 From: Broccoli Curry I haven't seen a lot of intelligent life ON the known grid... Broccoli Just as the real world, alas. ^o^
Something Something Something Estates Join date: 26 Sep 2006 Posts: 121	12-13-2006 14:52 The stars in SL don't rise and set. In RL they do, apart from circumpolar stars like the North Star. Also, the stars in SL are closer than the Moon. The Moon passes behind them as it traverses the sky. The days are four hours long and the seasons, if I recall, are ten days long. All in all, the astronomy of SL is as peculiar as its physics.
Maggie McArdle FIOS hates puppies Join date: 8 May 2006 Posts: 2,855	12-13-2006 15:30 yes there are saw the big dippert and the beggin newb last night _____________________ There's, uh, probably a lot of things you didn't know about lindens. Another, another interesting, uh, lindenism, uh, there are only three jobs available to a linden. The first is making shoes at night while, you know, while the old cobbler sleeps.You can bake cookies in a tree. But the third job, some call it, uh, "the show" or "the big dance," it's the profession that every linden aspires to.
Strife Onizuka Moonchild Join date: 3 Mar 2004 Posts: 5,887	12-13-2006 16:05 Just an FYI... The grid is flat. The sun is infinite in distance & size. Days are 4 hours, nights are 2 hours. How the astral geometry works is anyones guess. But there is a wobble in the orbit of the sun. To top things off, I believe the stars are randomly generated. _____________________ Truth is a river that is always splitting up into arms that reunite. Islanded between the arms, the inhabitants argue for a lifetime as to which is the main river. - Cyril Connolly Without the political will to find common ground, the continual friction of tactic and counter tactic, only creates suspicion and hatred and vengeance, and perpetuates the cycle of violence. - James Nachtwey
Madame Maracas Not who you think I am... Join date: 7 Jun 2004 Posts: 1,953	12-13-2006 16:41 Well I noticed that even when afflicted with the "no Linden water" bug, I can see the moon reflected on the surface of non-viewable water! And of course one can see the sun/moon reflected on linden water when under shade/cover too, always amuses me! _____________________ RadioRadio - http://radioradiosl.com M 6 Hobbes Abattoir T 7 Sezmra Svorag W 4 Brian Mason W 6 Moira Stern W 8 Nala Galatea Th 6 Chet Neurocam F 6 Vertigo Paris F 9 Madame Maracas S 5 Madame Maracas S 8 TriNala Su 6 Trinity Serpentine http://madamemaracas.wordpress.com - Madame Maracas Blaaagh Plurk - http://www.plurk.com/user/MadameMaracas
Cid Jacobs Theoretical Meteorologist Join date: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 4,304	12-13-2006 23:58 From: Strife Onizuka Just an FYI... The grid is flat. The sun is infinite in distance & size. Days are 4 hours, nights are 2 hours. How the astral geometry works is anyones guess. But there is a wobble in the orbit of the sun. To top things off, I believe the stars are randomly generated. The grid is flat. The sun is infinite in distance, size and mass. Days are 4 hours long, 3 hours of sunlight, 1 hour of darkness. Astral geometry in SL is probably something similar to Stargen's random rendering program. The wobble in the sun places the grid in an offset geocentic system where the grid is offset 25% of the sun's orbit from the center. To top things off, I believe the stars are randomly generated as well. _____________________

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