mrmoo Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 I've seen threads saying you can, and in the same thread saying you can't. Can you see the other planets (Duna, Eve, Jool, e.t.c.) from the surface of Kerbin or from LKO without mods (only mods to zoom in). Please, I thought this would be really cool for a cinematic video I'm making, for Bill to look up at Duna the night before he is sent tumbling toward his fate... PS: If you can't how close do you need to be? THANKS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Kerbin Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 3 minutes ago, mrmoo said: I've seen threads saying you can, and in the same thread saying you can't. Can you see the other planets (Duna, Eve, Jool, e.t.c.) from the surface of Kerbin or from LKO without mods (only mods to zoom in). Please, I thought this would be really cool for a cinematic video I'm making, for Bill to look up at Duna the night before he is sent tumbling toward his fate... PS: If you can't how close do you need to be? THANKS! Yes. I've, in STOCK (pure) KSP, seen Jool from LKO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTLparachute Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Yep. Duna, Eve and Jool can be seen from Kerbin, though it's best at opposition / elongation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king of nowhere Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 i managed to spot eve, while it was at the closest approach, using the bigger zoom. even then, it was hard to find and hard to distinguish from background sky. i wasn't expecting that duna or jool would be visible, given the premise, but i trust if others say they have seen them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmoo Posted January 5 Author Share Posted January 5 1 hour ago, Mr. Kerbin said: seen Jool from LKO. How hard is it and how well could you actually see it? Was it just a pixel or like a whopping two pixels? :0 thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Kerbin Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 3 minutes ago, mrmoo said: Was it just a pixel or like a whopping two pixels ... Pretty much. You'll need to target it in map view, as so you know where it is And I was using a cupola at max zoom (iva)... so pretty hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Kerbin Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Let me check one more time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 It was possible in early versions but I don't know if it still is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Kerbin Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 YES! IT IS! proof Spoiler At closest point, Jool is visible. Not quite great for visuals, as it is merely a tiny dot. Further zoom enhanced by GIMP: Duna is also visible at closest: Zoom GIMP enhance lower left corner is where duna is For Eve, we have to get a little creative, as it's orbit is inwards to Kerbin's. zoom in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmymcgoochie Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Yes, it’s possible. I’m not aware of any upper limit on distance where celestial bodies aren’t rendered in flight, though their relative size and distance will make seeing smaller targets like Eeloo much harder to spot. There’s a mod (camera tools maybe?) that can do clever camera tricks for cinematic effects, or there’s Tarsier Space Telescopes if you just want to look at them and get some easy science and pretty screenshots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linkageless Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 My mind is blown. I'd not even considered this possibility and had just passively assumed objects outside of the body's SOI wouldn't be rendered. Thinking about it though, that wouldn't make much sense as, for example, Kerbin and Mun are visible from Minmus. I'm going to have to fire up my big gaming machine to do some planetary observation now! Anyone know if there's an Alt-Az mount SCT mod available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Kerbin Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 19 hours ago, Mr. Kerbin said: YES! IT IS! proof Hide contents At closest point, Jool is visible. Not quite great for visuals, as it is merely a tiny dot. Further zoom enhanced by GIMP: Duna is also visible at closest: Zoom GIMP enhance lower left corner is where duna is For Eve, we have to get a little creative, as it's orbit is inwards to Kerbin's. zoom in I only used Hyperedit to get Kerbin around in its orbit, by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empiro Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 These screenshots show why the game really needed to have rendered stars instead of a static skybox. Everything else in the background is so blurry and muddy and you just have this tiny little dot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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