Star Map

Demo

Drag to look around, mousewheel/pinch to zoom

Technologies Used

• threejs, react-three/fiber

What I learned

• Basics of threejs
• Basics of react-three/fiber
• More experience working with pandas

Implementation Notes

• Processed HIPPARCOS star catalogue in Python to:
  • Filter stars by brightness
  • Calculate 3d cartesian coordinates from astronomical coordinates
• Used Stellarium's star cultures data for constellations