#Best moon atlas install

But when you press ESC key to go into full screen mode, you cannot click on the time step forward button with your mouse. I wanted a high resolution full screen capture. What if I can create a Moon video that isn't just beautiful to looked at but could potential encourage the viewer to get hold of a telescope to look at it live? That's how the progressive zoom idea came about to simulate looking through the telescope at higher and higher magnification.Ī few problems to solve before the video sequences could be captured. The finished video looked a bit boring and Moon was 'dancing' back and forth too quickly (due to libration) and thus visually distracting and out of sync with the slow tempo of the background music. My first attempt was just to leave the Moon libration option on (for more accurate representation) and capture a new moon to next new moon sequence with Moonlight Sonata as background music. Five alphabets immediately flashes across my mind - FRAPS! This is a real-time video capturing software which I am familiar with due to my other favourite hobby - computer gaming. Moon's terminator (the line that separates the lit side and dark side) was moving across its surface. The 'Aha!' moment to create this Moon video came when I tried pressing and holding the step forward button in VMA's ephemeris tab. I discovered VMA shortly after I started reading Starlight Nights. The textures add-ons found in the middle of the same download webpage are highly recommended.

#Best moon atlas install

Learning about the Moon is so easy and fun with Virtual Moon Atlas (VMA). You can download and install this free software at its official website.