Menu

#1953 Stars are mirrored (and maybe rotated)

None
Invalid
nobody
None
Low
2017-04-10
2017-03-07
John F
No

Version: git master
OS: Debian AMD64

I wanted to test my celestial navigation skills in flightgear, but soon found out that the stars are mirrored (and maybe rotated) versions of the reality.
For example look at Ursa Minor and Polaris (north star). Ursa Minor is mirrored and Polaris doesn't stay in the same spot but travels with the dome rotation as time goes by.
I hope some developers understand what I mean.
If you need pictures to understand the problem I will create them.

Thank you!

Discussion

  • Anders Gidenstam

    That's odd. Back in 2010 when I added the bubble sextant to FlightGear I managed to get some half decent positions which would seem to be impossible if these errors existed at the time. I'm certainly far from an expert on the matter, though.

     
  • John F

    John F - 2017-04-10

    Please close this bug report. Stars are in correct position and I was wrong.

     
  • Edward d'Auvergne

    • status: New --> Invalid
     

Log in to post a comment.