Celestia

( I have a new toy )

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I just put up a post from my old MSN Space so this one would have some context. It is a picture of the star TrES-1 and its planet as we currently believe them to look. The screenshot was taken in Celestia yesterday.

Some more planet posting

( I wanted to illustrate some matters related to extrasolar planets and suchlike so here are a few more shots I took using Celestia yesterday. These are not, of course, actual photos and some of the information may be out of date. So don't go basing anything critical around this, okay? )

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    Amille kept close the bag holding the strange... whatever. It hung from her neck as the pair flew up over the canopy and back toward the city. More than once she forgot and had to grab it hastily after a careless swoop. Kari taunted Amille by flying rings about her - but not too close. She still did not trust the strange thing. It felt like bad magic. And when they saw the highest parts of Arylim peeking through the trees ahead she darted forward and out of sight, diving under the green carpet of leaves beneath. Amille flapped harder but it was no good. "Not fair!"

    Kari was sitting quietly, sweetness and light, outside Miss Digis's office when Amille arrived. At least she waited for her friend to get her breath back before banging on the door (and it is easier to pretend you are breathing easy when you sit still). And but a moment later they were invited inside.