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Eighty million galaxies: gigantic astronomical catalog viewable online

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Tags: astronomy, archives.digital, databases, galaxies, author.martin holland, source.heise
https://www.heise.de/en/news/80-million-galaxies-Gigantic-astronomical-catalog-viewable-online-11202479.html

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Authors
Martin Holland
Published
Mar 6 2026
Word count
488 words

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  2. [4]
    Barney
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    I recommend checking out the Aladin sky atlas too if you're interested :) https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/

    I recommend checking out the Aladin sky atlas too if you're interested :)
    https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/

    2 votes
    1. [3]
      ali
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      Shamelessly sharing my space sim too. I have started on adding other systems data, so that you can look at how they move, and how the sky (at least their main star/planets) look from their surface...

      Shamelessly sharing my space sim too. I have started on adding other systems data, so that you can look at how they move, and how the sky (at least their main star/planets) look from their surface

      https://luna.watermelonson.com/?preset=kepler-16

      This is a system with 2 stars and a circumbinary planet.

      I’m thinking of adding the option to allow anyone to add systems whenever new things are discovered too.

      3 votes
      1. [2]
        Barney
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        This is super cool! I love every space sim, explorer and showcase. Amazing work! One thing that makes it a bit difficult to use is that all the buttons and UI elements have their code names, such...

        This is super cool!

        I love every space sim, explorer and showcase. Amazing work!

        One thing that makes it a bit difficult to use is that all the buttons and UI elements have their code names, such as:

        • toolbar.spawnFull
        • skyView.map
        • bodyList.addAsteroids
        • tabs.presets
        • info.zone = habitability.tooCold

        Otherwise it seems gorgeous!

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        1. ali
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          Thank you for the kind words! I think it’s a caching issue. I have to fix that. If you do a hard refresh it should be better Actually I think it’s a bug. Checking it out when I’m home Edit: fixed...

          Thank you for the kind words!
          I think it’s a caching issue. I have to fix that. If you do a hard refresh it should be better

          Actually I think it’s a bug. Checking it out when I’m home

          Edit: fixed the bug. thanks for the report