Constellation map

Model Overview & Print Notes

Summary This is a projection of the night sky into a sphere modelled with MATLAB R2016a, making a mashup of the crude sky and constellation maps from the NASA web site. The brighter the point in the surface lower is the radius in that point. I preferred this way instead of a direct bright to radius relation, because rendered like this will result in stars like spikes, that is will be difficult to print. You can notice the wide depression that it represents the Milky Way. It is inclined from the equator because the galactic plane is not in line with the Solar System's one, in which the map is referenced. References Deep Star Maps Surf to STL function for MATLAB Other astronomical objects Object Scale [1: x ] K = 10 3 (thousand) M = 10 6 (million) G = 10 9 (billion) Image Inner Solar System Mercury 20M , 60M , 120M Venus 60M , 120M , 250M Earth 60M , 120M , 250M Luna 10M , 20M , 60M Mars 20M , 60M , 120M Phobos and Deimos 200K , 500K Artificial Salyut 7 40, 48, 80, 160 Near Earth Asteroids Moshup and Squannit 8K , 20K , 40K Ra-Shalom 20K , 40K Castalia 8K , 20K , 40K Bacchus 8K , 20K Bennu 3K , 8K Ryugu 3K , 8K , 20K Geographos 40K , 80K Phaethon 40K , 80K Itokawa 3K , 8K Eros 80K , 200K , 500K Nereus 3K , 8K Mithra 20K , 40K Golevka 8K Toutatis 40K , 80K Main Asteroid Belt Gaspra 200K Annefrank 40K , 80K Braille 20K , 40K Vesta 2M , 4M , 10M Šteins 40K , 80K , 200K Iris 2M , 4M Hebe 1M , 2M , 4M Lutetia 500K , 1M , 2M Julia 1M , 2M , 4M Mathilde 500K , 1M Juno 2M , 4M Ceres 4M , 10M Pallas 4M , 10M Kleopatra 2M , 4M Ida 500K , 1M Psyche 2M , 4M Interamnia 2M , 4M Hygiea 2M , 4M , 10M Antiope 1M , 2M Jovian System Jupiter 500M , 1G Amalthea 2M , 4M Thebe 1M , 2M Io 20M , 60M Europa 20M , 60M Ganymede 60M , 120M Callisto 60M , 120M Saturn System Saturn 500M , 1G Pan, Daphnis and Atlas 80K , 200K , 500K , 1M Prometheus and Pandora 1M , 2M Janus and Epimetheus 2M , 4M Mimas 2M , 4M , 10M Methone, Anthe and Pallene 40K , 80K Enceladus 4M , 10M Tethys 4M , 10M , 20M Telesto and Calypso 200K , 500K Dione 4M , 10M , 20M Helene 500K , 1M Rhea 10M , 20M Titan 60M , 120M Hyperion 2M , 4M Iapetus 10M , 20M Phoebe 1M , 2M , 4M Uranian System Uranus 250M , 500M , 1G Puck 1M , 2M , 4M Miranda 4M , 10M Ariel 10M , 20M Umbriel 10M , 20M Titania 10M , 20M Oberon 10M , 20M Neptunian System Neptune 250M , 500M , 1G Larissa 2M , 4M Proteus 2M , 4M , 10M Triton 20M Comets Tempel 1 40K , 80K , 200K Wild 2 40K , 80K Churyumov-Gerasimenko 20K , 40K , 80K Hartley 2 20K , 40K , 80K Borrelly 40K , 80K , 200K Halley 80K , 200K Centaurs and TNOs Hidalgo 500K , 1M Chariklo 2M , 4M Pluto and Charon 10M , 20M Styx, Nix, Kerberos and Hydra 500K , 1M Haumea, Namaka and Hiʻiaka 10M , 20M Arrokoth 200K , 500K , 1M Largest TNOs and their moons 10M , 20M Extrasolar Exoplanets 120M , 250M , 500M Nearest white dwarfs 120M , 250M HD 189733 b 1G Pulsars 200K , 500K Cygnus X-1 accretion disk 10M , 20M Sky maps Heliosphere 7.5*10 13 , 1.5*10 14 Constellations - CMBR 2*10 28 Ancient Earth (540 Mya to 20 Mya) 60M , 120M , 250M Luna (4 Gya) 20M , 60M Speculative Planet Nine 250M , 500M Cube planet 60M , 120M , 250M Science Fiction Ghroth 4M , 10M Arda 60M , 120M B612 10, 20, 32, 40 Mesklin 500M , 1G Arrakis 60M , 120M Borg cube 8K , 20K , 40K Pern 60M , 120M Europa Monolith 200K , 500K Leonora Christine 500 , 600 , 1K , 3K Rama 80K , 200K , 500K Death Star 500K , 1M , 2M Starkiller Base 2M , 4M , 10M Nirn, Secunda and Masser 20M , 60M , 120M Independence Day mothership 2M , 4M , 10M Arrival heptapod spaceship 1K , 3K , 8K Gaijin flowership 3K Halo Array 4M , 10M , 20M , 60M Gem Homeworld 120M , 250M , 500M The Skeld 40, 80, 160, 350, 500 Misc Mars (1962 reconstruction) 60M , 120M Flat Earth 250M Expanding Earth 60M , 120M Spaceship of Ezekiel 80, 160