Before we had clocks, we looked to the skies and celestial bodies above to tell time and orientation. For this project, I’ve plotted a night sky with 12 different constellations that appear as the day progresses, with meteor showers occuring every 5 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Basic Features:
– Stars that twinkle randomly
– Background color based on time of day (lightens as day progresses)
– 12 different constellations (accurate to Northern Hemisphere in August)
– Every hour a new constellation appears
– Meteor showers or ‘shooting stars’ that occur every 5 minutes to indicate the passing of 5 minutes
(Please note that in order to import the star data without using a csv (due to difficulties circumventing CORS policy) the first 495 lines of code are all star + constellation information.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n