Transients in the 'Transient' board now have a 'View in Orrery' button

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Transients in the 'Transient' board now have a 'View in Orrery' button

Arrell — 10/8/2026 1:55:34 PM edited 10/8/2026 1:57:34 PM

It will take you to a view of the transient location in the orrery... for many (most?) cosmological transients only a general direction and no distance is known....
It works for earthquakes as well

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Check out 'Orrery' link in lefthand bar - Arrell - 10/4/2026 2:47:24 PM
- Transients in the 'Transient' board now have a 'View in Orrery' button - Arrell - 10/8/2026 1:55:34 PM
- You have really outdone yourself with Orrery - BuckGalaxy - 10/8/2026 7:44:21 AM
  - re: You have really outdone yourself with Orrery - Arrell - 10/8/2026 1:01:26 PM
- How about this - BuckGalaxy - 10/8/2026 7:42:57 AM
  - agreed- earthquake display works, but cant see map on night side- will fix that (n/t) - Arrell - 10/8/2026 12:29:50 PM
    - Pushed a fix (n/t) - Arrell - 10/8/2026 12:44:51 PM
- 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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