Star map and the Milky Way polyhedron

Download

• Star map pattern (18.9 MiB PDF file)

History

• 2019-05-11 - Initial release.

Dimensions

• Size: 11,0 cm x 11,0 cm x 11,0 cm

Supplementary Data

Modified star map with coordinate grid:

• Star map (4.8 MiB PNG file)

Description

The star map in celestial coordinates with the constellation figures.

Tools

• Blender
• GIMP2
• Paper Model plug-in
• My Autohedron scripts for converting geographic projection into a polyhedron

Credits

Sky map by NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. Constellation figures based on those developed for the IAU by Alan MacRobert of Sky and Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott and Rick Fienberg).

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