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Textures of Venus and Neptune need to be desaturated to match their real colours.

See the following references:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune

Implement constellations into the surface camera. Adding them onto the space camera will be useless, especially when viewing them far away from the solar system. However, this could be implemented later in the future.

Features:

• Toggle-able using a key-bind or switch.
• Labels
• Lines
• Update constellations according to camera position (Low priority)

IAU Designated Constellations:

• Andromeda
• Antlia
• Apus
• Aquarius
• Aquila
• Ara
• Aries
• Auriga
• Boötes
• Caelum
• Camelopardalis
• Cancer
• Canes Venatici
• Canis Major
• Canis Minor
• Capricornus
• Carina
• Cassiopeia
• Centaurus
• Cepheus
• Cetus
• Chamaeleon
• Circinus
• Columba
• Coma Berenices
• Corona Australis
• Corona Borealis
• Corvus
• Crater
• Crux
• Cygnus
• Delphinus
• Dorado
• Draco
• Equuleus
• Eridanus
• Fornax
• Gemini
• Grus
• Hercules
• Horologium
• Hydra
• Hydrus
• Indus
• Lacerta
• Leo
• Leo Minor
• Lepus
• Libra
• Lupus
• Lynx
• Lyra
• Mensa
• Microscopium
• Monoceros
• Musca
• Norma
• Octans
• Ophiuchus
• Orion
• Pavo
• Pegasus
• Perseus
• Phoenix
• Pictor
• Pisces
• Piscis Austrinus
• Puppis
• Pyxis
• Reticulum
• Sagitta
• Sagittarius
• Scorpius
• Sculptor
• Scutum
• Serpens
• Sextans
• Taurus
• Telescopium
• Triangulum
• Triangulum Australe
• Tucana
• Ursa Major
• Ursa Minor
• Vela
• Virgo
• Volans
• Vulpecula

The web app won't be "stunningly realistic" if it does not have atmospheric shaders :)

References:

• Precomputed Atmospheric Scattering: a New Implementation
  • atmosphere/functions.glsl
  • Demo
  • Github
  • Eric Bruneton, 2017
• Accurate Atmospheric Scattering
  • Sean O'Neil, Public Domain, NVIDIA
• GLSL Atmosphere - NPM Package
  • Demo
• Shader Toy Demo
  • Dimas Leenman, 2019, MIT
• Shader Toy Demo 2
  • GLtracy

View the sky by using a camera attached to any planet's surface.

Checklist

• Camera should be straight and not at an angle
  • Calculation of up direction is accurate
• Camera position should be accurate enough
• Drag controls, field of view, and zoom
• Target lock
  • Smooth transition after target unlock
• Switch between equatorial and azimuthal mounts
• Switch between surface and space camera
• Setting coordinates should be separated between Earth and other planets
• Surface should appear flat. Possible solutions:
  • LOD: Planets with higher definition segments at closer ranges
  • Display a 360-degree image over the sky

Branches

This feature is built on the following branches:

• surface-camera
  • The surface camera, its controls, and position calculations.
• location-picker
  • The location picker that allows the user to change their location on the planet's surface.
• landscape
  • The landscape that surrounds the camera.

Screenshots

An image demoing the feature with the camera looking at Mars from Québec, Canada. Check out the surface-camera branch to contribute.

This image showcases the feature where the camera, set amidst the scenic landscape of Zurich, is directed towards the celestial spectacle of Jupiter. Check out the landscape branch to contribute.

Depending on the Astronomy Engine package is slowing down the progress of the project. Work needs to be done to calculate the positions of the following stars, planets and moons:

• Sun
• Mercery
• Venus
• Earth (1)
  • Moon
• Mars (2)
  • Phobos
  • Deimos
  • Branch: mars-moons
• Jupiter (95)
  • Galileans (4)
    • I - Io
    • II - Europa
    • III - Ganymede
    • IV - Callisto
  • Small Inner Regulars and Rings (4)
  • Themisto Prograde (1)
  • Himalia Prograde Group (9)
  • Carpo Prograde Group (2)
  • Valetudo Prograde (1)
  • Ananke Retrograde Group (26)
  • Carme Retrograde Group (30)
  • Pasiphae Retrograde Group (18)
• Saturn (146)
  • Regular (24)
    • I - Mimas
    • II - Encledus
    • III - Thethys
    • IV - Dione
    • V - Rhea
    • VI - Titan
    • VII - Iapetus
    • 20 others...
  • Irregular Outer (122)
• Uranus (27)
  • Regular (18)
    • I - Ariel
    • II - Umbriel
    • III - Titania
    • IV - Oberon
    • V - Miranda
    • 13 others...
  • Irregular Outer (9)
• Neptune (14)
  • Regular (7)
  • Irregular (7)
    • I - Triton
• Pluto (5)
  • P1 - Charon
  • P2 - Styx
  • P3 - Nix
  • P4 - Kerberos
  • P5 - Hydra

References:

• How to compute planetary positions
  • Paul Schlyter

Apple has a strict memory restriction of 200-400 MB on all iPhones and iPads. This causes the website to crash on these devices.

This could either be solved by not allowing the website to load and show a message to open it on a desktop or optimise the website to easily run on low-end devices like the iPhone 15 Pro Max and iPads with M-series chips.