Constellations in the Kerbol system sky

[artao]

We now know where life is.

I definitely see they pyramidal triangle there, but the long leg of the arrow is a bit of a stretch.

heh heh

see what I did there!

[ShachonianX]

We now know where life is.

The hunt for extraterrestrials begins!

[rodion_herrera]

The hunt for extraterrestrials begins!

You must mean extrakerbinnials?

[TooManyErrors]

I definitely see they pyramidal triangle there, but the long leg of the arrow is a bit of a stretch.

It was to make it clear that they want the Kerbals to know where they are.

You must mean extrakerbinnials?

Quick! Whats the Kerbal version of terrestrial?

[kookoo_gr]

in order to make this task easier it would be good to have the image(?) that KSP uses for the galaxy and stars from there and without the intreference of the sun and the planets we can draw the constelations, the constelation for the game i believe won't change since the galaxy image is static. Also there are many galaxies at the map (they have a small halo around them) and globular clusters. FYI for our soalr sytem the constelations as seen form the other planets have very small differences.

P.S. OrbitusII at lower right of your probe there is the dipper constelation and just at the right of the solar panel there is Orion's Belt

Edited June 3, 2013 by kookoo_gr

[ShachonianX]

It was to make it clear that they want the Kerbals to know where they are.

Quick! Whats the Kerbal version of terrestrial?

Kerrestrial?

[TooManyErrors]

Kerrestrial?

You have just angered Nova.

[Mihara]

I'm pretty sure that before doing anything of the sort, a proper map of the sky is required.

I don't see a good way to get it out of the engine data without taking the whole thing apart, and even then it wouldn't be particularly fun. Right now my best idea is a plugin that would point your camera at specific locations in the sky for you to take screenshots. Then the resulting screenshots could be stitched together to produce a proper sky map.

Any takers?

[artao]

We can simply request that Squad release the sky map to us. Thy might oblige.

I agree tho, having the whole sky map seems pretty important, as it's pretty difficult to tell where people are seeing the constellations that have been posted thus far. There's no reference point. And triangles are EVERYWHERE amongst stars .. so please try to limit "triangle" constellations to .. well .. perhaps none :P =D

Keep at it! This could work!!!

Thanks!!

[Mr. Rogue Ace]

Stars only twinkle due to the atmosphere. Stars do not twinkle when viewed in space.

..EDIT.. oh geez, someone else pointed that out already ... guess I should read all the posts before quick-replying. sorry.

it's okay, I actually never knew that