Apparent diameters of celestial bodies in KSP

[NovaSilisko]

So! I've been thinking about doing this for a while. I made a chart showing how big various celestial bodies would look from the surface of Kerbin, compared to many real world bodies viewed from Earth:

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Look up at the moon outside, and imagine it being almost four times bigger. That's about what it would look like.

Bonus: Ike when viewed from Duna is insane: http://i.imgur.com/AYqokIx.jpg

Edited June 10, 2016 by NovaSilisko

[Streetwind]

8 minutes ago, NovaSilisko said:

Bonus: Ike when viewed from Duna is insane: http://i.imgur.com/AYqokIx.jpg

Reminds me of that "what if the Moon orbited as close as the ISS" video animation...

[GluttonyReaper]

Relevant:

 

[The Aziz]

Nice, nice, but what about sun/Kerbol/ball of plasma?

1 hour ago, GluttonyReaper said:

Relevant:

 

someone should make the same with KSP, with Mun replaced by other bodies.

[Brainlord Mesomorph]

I have often said the Kerbol system is adorable!

From each of the moons of Jool you can clearly each of the other moons.

I love the fun-size solar system!

Edited June 10, 2016 by Brainlord Mesomorph

[moogoob]

Nice visualization!

[klesh]

Super cool, man.  Thank you.

[NovaSilisko]

In a little while I'm going to calculate the views from the various moons of Jool, I think.

[cantab]

It's made me realise how lousy 1080p, coupled with a possibly shrunk field of view, is. If Minmus were in the real sky its flats would be plainly visible, but in KSP it's usually a single pixel or two.

[Kerbart]

14 minutes ago, cantab said:

It's made me realise how lousy 1080p, coupled with a possibly shrunk field of view, is.

As somebody for who CGA was an amazing upgrade in graphic capabilities, I beg to differ. 2K is really not that bad.

[The_Rocketeer]

30 minutes ago, cantab said:

It's made me realise how lousy 1080p, coupled with a possibly shrunk field of view, is. If Minmus were in the real sky its flats would be plainly visible, but in KSP it's usually a single pixel or two.

^^ Justification for actual KSP telescopes.

But then again, according to this graphic we should be able to see detail of Mars' surface from Earth, which even with Hubble isn't/wasn't very sharp.

HST Mars:
 

Spoiler

 

Edited June 11, 2016 by The_Rocketeer

[NovaSilisko]

5 hours ago, The_Rocketeer said:

But then again, according to this graphic we should be able to see detail of Mars' surface from Earth, which even with Hubble isn't/wasn't very sharp.

Not really, as I said in the notes in the image, anything under about 70 arcseconds apparent diameter is going to be basically indistinguishable from a point, and Mars falls well below that limit.

[The_Rocketeer]

I didn't mean to suggest that the graphic was inaccurate or misinformative. I was making some sort of point that I no longer seem to fully grasp. Guess it just wasn't that important!

Nice pic!

[Delfinus]

 I think the fact that Eve is above the 70 arcsecond limit is pretty cool, if you lived on Kerbin you'd be able to look up, and see another planet, sitting up there in the sky, that'd be pretty beautiful, even if it'd appear pretty small.

Edited June 13, 2016 by DolphinDude3