Stars3D
From World Wind Wiki
| Stars3D Plug-In | |
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 Stars
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| Developer | Patrick Murris |
| Latest release | 1.0 / Nov, 2005 |
| License | undefined |
| Web site | Plug-In Website |
This Plug-In adds a dynamicaly rendered starfield background to World Wind using data from the Hipparcos catalog.
Contents |
Installation
Download Stars3D 1.0 and double click the downloaded file, follow the on-screen prompts to install the Plug-In.
Usage
To use the Plug-In load World Wind, open the Plug-Ins menu and click Load/Unload... (see figure 1).
Click on 'Stars' in the Plugin Load/Unload window and then press the Load button (see figure 2), the indicator next to 'Stars' should turn green, you can now safely close the Plugin Load/Unload window. You should now see a star field instead of a black sky.
To choose different versions of the star background, right click on the Stars3D layer in the Layer Manager and click properties (see figure 3) to change the settings (see figure 4).
External Links
- Download Stars3D 1.0
- Plug-In website
- Official forum thread
- VizieR Astronomical Server CDS (Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg) and ESA-ESRIN (Information Systems Division)
See also
Installer Credit
The installer for this Plug-In was created using a script created by mazop.
