Ad Astra Observatory

B_ spent a little time clambering around on the roof of the observatory this morning; I really wanted to see if I could implement a cool feature in the star chart software. He walked all the way around the roof, taking a panorama at each corner. Once I got all the panoramas in one place, I pulled them into Photoshop so I could align them. It took several hours to get things all lined up just so. But, here’s the result!

Now, in whatever direction the chart is pointing, it will overlay the house and &c in the correct place, which, in addition to being pretty cool-looking (if I do say so myself), will help me to avoid trees and things.

I’m really starting to feel like I’m “moving in” to the new software stack.