Coming soon to Starplot: galactic plots!
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Coming soon to Starplot: galactic plots!
Omega Centauri (NGC 5139), plotted with the latest version of Starplot, using data from Gaia DR3. There are about 50,000 stars plotted here 😲 ⭐
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Awesome! Want to open a PR to the main repo so other starplotters can have access to this too? 😃
Dwarf 3 photo vs Starplot — source code at starplotting.com/blog/the-ple...
Love this photo composition! Kinda wanna try to make this in Starplot now :)
thanks! still so much more to do 😃
Agreed! That was my main motivation for adding them :)
Coming soon to Starplot -- arrows! ➡️ They'll support two methods: drawing an arrow from one point to another OR drawing an arrow to a target only (e.g. Arcturus in this example) -- the target-only arrows will avoid label collisions too ↗️ ⭐
New version of Starplot is now available! Includes translations for French and Chinese, comet and satellite models, and more! ☄️🛰️🔭🌐⭐
github.com/steveberardi...
With Starplot's upcoming satellite trajectory features, you'll also be able to easily determine when a satellite intersects another object and style its marker differently. For example, this plot shows the ISS when it transits the Moon as seen from a specific time and place. 🛰️ 🌔 ✨
Coming Soon to Starplot: easy plotting of satellite and comet trajectories! 🛰️☄️
La comète C/2025 A6 Lemon depuis l'Université Paris-Saclay et le plateau de Saclay à Orsay. A l'horizon: le LUMEN et le viaduc de la ligne 18. Et dans le ciel, la belle comète !
(photos prises à l'objectif f/4 d'un vrai boitier photo)
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#Science 🧪
Latest version of Starplot (v0.16.6) now officially supports Python 3.13 🎉 starplot.dev/changelog/
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) making its closest approach to Earth next week! ☄️🔭
starplotting.com/blog/comet-c...
many times I just accept the slowness for better readability 😂
New version of Starplot is available! v0.16.4 includes a few small bug fixes and optimizations -- github.com/steveberardi...
Gaia’s latest 3D map reveals over 44 million stars in our Milky Way glowing nurseries up to 4,000 light-years away where new stars are born. A breathtaking cosmic vista of our galaxy’s heartbeat. Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, S. Payne-Wardenaar, L. McCallum et al.
Gaia’s latest 3D map reveals over 44 million stars in our Milky Way glowing nurseries up to 4,000 light-years away where new stars are born. A breathtaking cosmic vista of our galaxy’s heartbeat.
Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, S. Payne-Wardenaar, L. McCallum et al.
Starplot
Starplot is a Python library for creating star charts and maps of the sky.
https://starplot.dev/
