The European Space Agency's Star Mapper is a map of 59,921 stars from the Hipparcos Catalogue. ESA's Hipparcos undertook the start infinite mission solely dedicated to astronomy. During its mission Hipparcos measured the position, motion in addition to distance of to a greater extent than than 100,000 stars.
One cool characteristic of the Star Mapper is the 'Motion' animation. If yous direct the Motion selection yous tin persuasion an animation of the stars moving across the nighttime sky, inward 1,000 twelvemonth increments. You tin also direct the rewind push to break how the stars appeared inward the nighttime heaven inward the by (again inward 1,000 twelvemonth increments).
Star Mapper also allows yous to plow on or off the names of stars in addition to the constellations on the map. You tin also switch betwixt a stereographic amd 3d map projection.
