Hello everyone,

I put together a graphical interface for the planetary projection code I've used for some of my recent animations (e.g., this one):

vislumino_proj.jpg

Demonstration video: link

Tutorial: link

Source code: link

MS Windows executable: link

The code is cross-platform; I use it on Linux, should also work fine on macOS. Current limitations:
  • field rotation is not compensated for
  • automatic detection of planetary disk position and diameter works reasonably well only for nearly fully-lit planets; otherwise (e.g., for Mars far from opposition) has to be tweaked manually after loading the images
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