Nasa Interactive Star Map. Use the same data NASAs scientists and engineers use to create 3D surface visualizations of some of NASAs prime science targets on your home computer. Explore an interactive gallery of some of the most intriguing and exotic planets discovered so far.
The constellation boundaries are those established by the International Astronomical Union in 1930. The star tracker like a camera takes a picture of the star patterns in its view and compares the picture with its built-in star maps. This is how it can tell the spacecraft exactly which way it is pointed.
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Interactive map shows how every. Interactive map shows how every. The map includes the Moon stars brighter than magnitude 5 the five bright planets Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter and Saturn and deep-sky objects that can be seen without the use of optical aid. In between pictures from the star tracker the gyroscope tells the spacecraft how it is pointed.
