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PALE BLUE
GALACTIC ATLAS / 001
LIVE OBSERVATORY
LOCAL GROUP
PROCEDURAL DEEP SPACE
A universe,
character by character.
Somewhere in the silence,
there is a world like ours.
NGC—0001
THE PALE SPIRAL
100,000 LY · FOUR-ARM SPIRAL
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Settings
Unaided-eye exposure in space
Magnify filaments at universe scale
Show galaxy and system markers and lanes
Show orbit paths in planet and moon views
Time scale
1×
0.0000001× / 1× real time / 10000000×
+ and - change by a factor of ten.
Scale strategy
1. Relative detail budget
2. Fixed maximum density
3. Terrain relief
4. Continuous terrain density
Distant terrain
Board survey ship
Field guide to alien life
Stellar observatory
Resume