How accurate is this?

[711]

I just installed the product a couple of hours ago and I am already deeply intrigued - very well done, dev!

I am wondering how accurate this model actually is:

If I land on planet Earth near my RL-location and look to the west, will I be able to spot the very same objects at the very same position like I do if I went outside and looked up to the western sky? It is super cloudy at my place today and the sun has not set yet but I think that at least Venus is exactly where it should be right now...

[HarbingerDawn]

Originally posted by 711:

I just installed the product a couple of hours ago and I am already deeply intrigued - very well done, dev!

I am wondering how accurate this model actually is:

If I land on planet Earth near my RL-location and look to the west, will I be able to spot the very same objects at the very same position like I do if I went outside and looked up to the western sky? It is super cloudy at my place today and the sun has not set yet but I think that at least Venus is exactly where it should be right now...

Yes, if you're in the right place and have the time set correctly, then you should see in real life what you see in the program. The exception will be objects close to the horizon, which will appear slightly higher in real life due to atmospheric refraction.

[711]

Several hours deeper into SE I can confirm that the planetarium is shockingly accurate. Not only did I manage to recreate a couple of 19th century great conjunctions but also this very cool event:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_11,_1999

I am officially amazed!

[Yard-Dog®]

This blows my mind. It's commendable how much work was put into Space Engine to be able to do this. Hats off dev(s)! Wow.

[Twelvefield]

Honestly: pretty cool that you tried that out. Next up, the almost too-erotic Transit Of Venus in 1874! All I have to do is figure out where the deuce the Kerguelen Islands are...

[BlueStinger]

Originally posted by 711:

Several hours deeper into SE I can confirm that the planetarium is shockingly accurate. Not only did I manage to recreate a couple of 19th century great conjunctions but also this very cool event:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_11,_1999

I am officially amazed!

I did this and I agree it is very cool. Also worth going back in time to 1997 to see Comet Hal Bopp from Earth. I remember being in awe of it back then, so it's great to be able to recreate that.