Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:33 pm
is anyone around willing to help me find my wave? i've been looking for 20 minutes and can't see it 
Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:36 pm
rachel wrote:is anyone around willing to help me find my wave? i've been looking for 20 minutes and can't see it
Yup just PM me your co-ords
Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:36 pm
To anyone who needs help: send me either your starmap or your coordinates and I'll be happy to help you out.
Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:37 pm
zinger124 wrote:sent u ur cords!
sorry, im late!
I can't see those stars. Could you post a pic for me please
Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:44 pm
yay! thanks to Anoohilator i have my wave 
Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:47 pm
Again, I have a constellation finder up.
http://hacks.atrus.org/neopets/findConstellations.fcgi
Apparently I somehow got a typo in the script last night, which caused everyone to get "500 internal server error" between 5 and 11am EST. Sorry about that. I'm happy I checked it this morning.
http://hacks.atrus.org/neopets/findConstellations.fcgi
Apparently I somehow got a typo in the script last night, which caused everyone to get "500 internal server error" between 5 and 11am EST. Sorry about that. I'm happy I checked it this morning.
Last edited by atrus on Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:48 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:48 pm
I found my wave. It's fun finding these things.
I'm willing to help too.
I'm willing to help too.
Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:52 pm
[quote="arogance1"][quote="zinger124"]sent u ur cords!
sorry, im late![/quote]
I can't see those stars. Could you post a pic for me please[/quote]
what do u mean? they are southwest of ur farmer! maybe check again.. cuz ....i dunno how!
embarresed me.....
sorry, im late![/quote]
I can't see those stars. Could you post a pic for me please[/quote]
what do u mean? they are southwest of ur farmer! maybe check again.. cuz ....i dunno how!
embarresed me.....
Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:52 pm
atrus wrote:Again, I have a constellation finder up.
http://hacks.atrus.org/neopets/findConstellations.fcgi
Apparently I somehow got a typo in the script last night, which caused everyone to get "500 internal server error" between 5 and 11am EST. Sorry about that. I'm happy I checked it this morning.
Thank you, I have it now.
I think we should have a ppt version just for us on the forum
Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:54 pm
arogance1 wrote:atrus wrote:Again, I have a constellation finder up.
http://hacks.atrus.org/neopets/findConstellations.fcgi
Apparently I somehow got a typo in the script last night, which caused everyone to get "500 internal server error" between 5 and 11am EST. Sorry about that. I'm happy I checked it this morning.
Thank you, I have it now.
I think we should have a ppt version just for us on the forum
Guests would read it though, and spread it around to other places.
I guess it's not as big of a deal for me, cause I don't use it anyway. It's fun matching up the guide on the Ye Old Star Mapper, lol.
Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:57 pm
atrus, thanks for the source code. Ill give you lots of credit.
Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:04 pm
Ok no more co-ords please - I'm loggin off 
Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:08 pm
arogance1 wrote:atrus wrote:Again, I have a constellation finder up.
http://hacks.atrus.org/neopets/findConstellations.fcgi
Apparently I somehow got a typo in the script last night, which caused everyone to get "500 internal server error" between 5 and 11am EST. Sorry about that. I'm happy I checked it this morning.
Thank you, I have it now.
I think we should have a ppt version just for us on the forum
I intentionally licensed my script under the GPL; you're welcome to host it yourself or make a new version.
I added all of the templates from Stooder's constellation finder before it went down. I commented out unreleased constellations on principle. I have a script to generate templates given a set of coords and another (not quite finished) to find all potential constellations given two sets of star data.
The only vaguely icky thing is that the server has to have FastCGI (use mod_Fcgid for Apache) for it to run. Switching it to regular CGI is a two line change, but would injure performance. If Stooder's script is still available somewhere, it would probably be easier to setup. Or maybe I should write a JavaScript version finally :p
Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:12 pm
It isn't running when I open it for some reason >_> I'm not very experienced with cgi. http://www.ludibrius.com/Neopets/findCo ... tions.fcgi
Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:14 pm
burntouttrash wrote:The astrolabe is a very ancient astronomical computer for solving problems relating to time and the position of the Sun and stars in the sky
http://www.astrolabes.org/
The odd thing is, from what I've seen on that site, our astrolabe isn't an astronomical astrolabe, it's a Mariner's astrolabe! That is, this thing determines your latitude at sea using the sun or a fixed star, as opposed to the kind of astrolabe that predicts the time of sunrise and sunset and is a reference for celestial bodies and constellations.
Coincidental, that we received this handy seagoing tool after the Wave's constellation, but not quite the kinda thing an aspiring astronomer would find terribly useful.