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Reged: 07/28/03
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Loc: Valencia, Spain
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Minimaps II - Vectorial print outputs
04/11/06 08:54 AM
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Sometime ago I shared here a collection of 5800 small maps showing the surrounding area of selected deep sky objects. It was a nice first trial, but it was not enough. I wanted vectorial, high-quality maps, and for some time I have been reckoning how to get it.
Well, I have been working hard in my deep sky charting software and I would like to share it with everybody (it is freeware), introducing the first results and to get some feedback. The software (CNebulaX) is very powerful, and manages 25 million stars from GSC 1.2 and more than one million deep sky objects. Everything (databses, software, etc) can be downloaded from my website. A direct link to the downloading area is here. Everybody is invited to get the freeware. I really hope you will like it. Read carefully the instructions for setting it up.
Returning to the minimaps, have a look to these first outputs (that are not minimaps, but this will be the style), that I have prepared as PDF files (view them at least at 150% to appreciate the details):
(1) Constellation of Leo as a B/W output, PDF file #1. A small cropped area is this:
(2) Constellation of Leo in a color PDF output, PDF file #2
(3) 2 degrees area surrounding M51, showing all HyperLEDA galaxies in a B/W PDF output, PDF file #3. An excerpt is this:
Now I think the new project is perfectly feasible. I still have to work in the program, but these results are quite encouraging. What do you think?
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