Anyone know of any good 3D models of the galaxy avalable to download

Question

i have recenly downloaded celestia but i wonder are there any better 3D space models out there

Answer 1

The problem with 3D Models is the radius...What radius would you like to consider???

The best one I have seen is:

http://www.atlasoftheuniverse

  

Answer 2

Better is subjective.  I used one from the Linux For Astronomy disk.  It had the Hiparcos data, and could be used to visualize stars in 3d, with rotations and such.  It was more of a plot than s**y graphics.  I think it is called starplot.

Zooming in to the Sun and nearby stars, you could get a feel for what's near by.  Zooming out so that there are alot of stars, i thought i could see a spiral arm.  The data limits the program to stars that the tiny satellite could see.

Answer 3

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html...

might be better ?

Answer 4

The galaxy isn't mapped out good enough for there to be a good 3-D model, there would be to many gaps in the info.