There are lots of features that are turned off by default

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There are lots of features that are turned off by default

Arrell — 10/6/2026 2:35:15 PM

You can see the orbits of the debris streams that are meteor showers for instance, kuipier belt objects, ALL 1.5 million of the largest known asteroids (default shows 125,000) etc... you have to turn these items on to see them

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Check out 'Orrery' link in lefthand bar - Arrell - 10/4/2026 2:47:24 PM
- You have really outdone yourself with Orrery - BuckGalaxy - 10/8/2026 7:44:21 AM
- How about this - BuckGalaxy - 10/8/2026 7:42:57 AM
- Added earthquake display to Orrery - Arrell - 10/7/2026 7:21:51 PM
- I think Orrery should be available to any visitor- do you all agree? (n/t) - Arrell - 10/6/2026 11:58:56 PM
  - I just realized I never stated this as a principle - Arrell - 10/7/2026 12:05:55 AM
    - Going Pro - BuckGalaxy - 10/7/2026 1:37:59 AM
- re: Check out 'Orrery' link in lefthand bar - Arrell - 10/6/2026 11:41:27 PM
- re: Check out 'Orrery' link in lefthand bar - Arrell - 10/6/2026 9:03:38 PM
- Amazing work you are doing - BuckGalaxy - 10/6/2026 8:33:17 PM
  - re: Amazing work you are doing - Arrell - 10/6/2026 9:05:36 PM
    - Already very complex - BuckGalaxy - 10/6/2026 9:18:20 PM
      - suggestions on simplifications are welcome - Arrell - 10/6/2026 11:42:10 PM
        
        re: suggestions on simplifications are welcome - BuckGalaxy - 10/7/2026 9:35:52 AM
- Orrery covers a distance range of about 20 orders of magnitude (and a new feature) - Arrell - 10/6/2026 4:37:11 PM
- Working on some features to make the Orrery REALLY impressive- stay tuned (n/t) - Arrell - 10/6/2026 3:03:12 PM
  - You can now pinpoint recent transients (n/t) - Arrell - 10/6/2026 8:07:36 PM
- expanded out Orrery to cosmological superstructure - Arrell - 10/6/2026 12:00:41 AM
  - I lied- Adding cosmic background radiation - Arrell - 10/6/2026 4:25:38 PM
  - WOW! Impressive work! - BuckGalaxy - 10/6/2026 4:12:30 AM
    - There are lots of features that are turned off by default - Arrell - 10/6/2026 2:35:15 PM
  - Holy mother of... - podrock - 10/6/2026 1:11:21 AM
- Have you seen this site? - podrock - 10/5/2026 8:37:38 PM
  - apropos- I hit the big 55 tomorrow (n/t) - Arrell - 10/5/2026 8:59:25 PM
    - Happy Double Nickle! (n/t) - BuckGalaxy - 10/6/2026 3:44:47 AM
    - Happy annual celebration of another trip 'round the sun!! (n/t) - podrock - 10/5/2026 9:44:05 PM
  - I should allow users to look at different dates (n/t) - Arrell - 10/5/2026 8:50:50 PM
- added arrow that points to galactic center - Arrell - 10/5/2026 8:24:46 PM
  - In case I get lost? (n/t) - podrock - 10/5/2026 8:31:22 PM
    - Lol yeah... I was finding it easy to get turned around (n/t) - Arrell - 10/5/2026 8:32:18 PM
- Added all active satellites and space probes (n/t) - Arrell - 10/5/2026 5:51:24 PM
  - damn. That's amazing (n/t) - podrock - 10/5/2026 8:26:12 PM
    - re: damn. That's amazing - podrock - 10/5/2026 8:29:07 PM
      - I plan to allow zooming out to the cosmological superstructure Laniakea (n/t) - Arrell - 10/5/2026 8:30:41 PM
    - Suggest any additions that you think could be useful (n/t) - Arrell - 10/5/2026 8:27:56 PM
  - satellites are a live view- you can watch them move (n/t) - Arrell - 10/5/2026 7:37:06 PM
- Added 1.57 million asteroids to Orrery (n/t) - Arrell - 10/5/2026 5:16:24 PM
- Interesting thing I learned from the orrery - Arrell - 10/5/2026 4:25:40 PM
  - That's really interesting information - BuckGalaxy - 10/5/2026 5:53:35 PM
- Added live sunspot display - Arrell - 10/5/2026 3:56:58 PM
- Added coronal mass ejections - Arrell - 10/4/2026 7:07:13 PM
  - Holy mother of ... - podrock - 10/4/2026 8:51:44 PM
    - Added filters and a color coding - Arrell - 10/4/2026 9:19:28 PM
- expanding orrery to galactic scale - Arrell - 10/4/2026 4:59:33 PM
  - re: expanding orrery to galactic scale (n/t) - Arrell - 10/4/2026 5:04:38 PM
- Orrery is a work in progress- keep checking - Arrell - 10/4/2026 3:04:42 PM
  - Excellent! - BuckGalaxy - 10/4/2026 7:17:32 PM
    - re: Excellent! - Arrell - 10/4/2026 7:26:10 PM
    - exoplanet data is already there- - Arrell - 10/4/2026 7:19:36 PM
      - More clickable filters? - BuckGalaxy - 10/4/2026 7:36:41 PM
        
        there are limits - Arrell - 10/4/2026 7:47:23 PM
        
        re: there are limits - BuckGalaxy - 10/4/2026 7:56:13 PM
        
        looking into it (n/t) - Arrell - 10/4/2026 7:57:28 PM
  - I will. (n/t) - podrock - 10/4/2026 4:11:34 PM

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