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Waylena McCully
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Free and open source software for the planetarium dome and other immersive environments.

Episodes

  1. 08/26/2021

    Episode 14: Chandra Models and VR stuff

    A few updates and some cool Chandra X-ray Observatory stuff! Links mentioned in the episode: Museum & Informal Education Alliance https://informal.jpl.nasa.gov/museum/ Kim Arcand https://www.kimarcand.com/ Walking Among the Stars (VR stuff) https://chandra.cfa.harvard.edu/vr/ Chandra 3D models https://3d.si.edu/collections/Chandra PPA Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-pfVOHnkvAV_fdnKLdqzwA/videos Stellarium Landscape zip files for easy installation https://github.com/waystar/StellariumLandscapes/releases/tag/v1.1

    16 min

  2. 06/09/2021

    Episode 13: Open Source Information – Focus on Books

    An update on what I've been up to, followed by some useful sources for open textbooks. Links mentioned in the episode: The Changelog: Open source goes to Mars  https://changelog.com/podcast/440  Learning with Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist by Allen Downey   https://greenteapress.com/wp/learning-with-python/ Python for Everybody: Exploring Data in Python 3 by Chuck Severance   https://www.py4e.com/book Eloquent JavaScript   https://eloquentjavascript.net/ MIT OpenCourseWare  https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/online-textbooks/ OpenStax  https://openstax.org/subjects Milne Open Textbooks  https://milneopentextbooks.org/ The Missing  Link  https://milneopentextbooks.org/the-missing-link-an-introduction-to-web-development-and-programming/ American Institute of Mathematics  https://aimath.org/textbooks/approved-textbooks/ Games and Puzzles  http://www.artofmathematics.org/books/games-and-puzzles Green Tea Press  https://greenteapress.com/wp/ OER Commons  https://www.oercommons.org/ Open Textbooks Library  https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/ Introduction to Permaculture  https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/introduction-to-permaculture Project Gutenberg   https://www.gutenberg.org/

    24 min

  3. 05/30/2021

    Episode 12: Sources of Free Content

    Links mentioned in the episode: NASA 3D resources   https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/  The Celestia Motherlode   http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/  ESO   https://www.eso.org/public/ ESA/Hubble   https://esahubble.org/ NOIRlab   https://noirlab.edu/public/ NASA Science Visualization Studio   https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov NASA Open Data Portal   https://data.nasa.gov/  NASA Photojournal   http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov Planetary Data System   https://pds.nasa.gov/ NOAA Science on a Sphere   http://www.sos.noaa.gov/Datasets USGS Apollo panoramas   http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/maps/moon-apollo-landing-panoramas The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth   http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ Database of Asteroid Models from Inversion Techniques (DAMIT)   https://astro.troja.mff.cuni.cz/projects/damit/ OpenClipArt.org   https://openclipart.org OpenGameArt.org  https://opengameart.org/ HDRI haven   https://hdrihaven.com/ TextureHaven   https://texturehaven.com/ 3DModelHaven   https://3dmodelhaven.com/

    20 min

  4. 05/23/2021

    Episode 11: FOSS for Video Editing

    This week I followed a rabbit hole that led me to rediscover some projects I'd previously not liked, but now they have the potential to be what I need. Links from the episode: unfa channel   https://www.youtube.com/user/unfa00 TechHut channel   https://www.youtube.com/user/TechHutus TechHut top 10 Linux apps  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeVJydgFKWo Vokoscreen  https://github.com/vkohaupt/vokoscreenNG KdenLive  https://kdenlive.org/en/ KDE   https://kde.org/ OpenShot Video Editor   https://www.openshot.org/ ShotCut  https://www.shotcut.org/ Blender  https://www.blender.org/ Natron  https://natrongithub.github.io/

    21 min

  5. 05/16/2021

    Episode 10: Some Ups and Downs of FOSS for Digital Media

    And that episode title sounds better than the one I used in the recording. In any case, this week is some rambling from me in which I complain about stuff and complain about complaining about stuff some insightful thoughts on some of the ups and downs of using FOSS. Links to software projects mentioned: POV-ray  https://www.povray.org/ Blender  https://www.blender.org/ Gimp  https://www.gimp.org/ Krita  https://krita.org/ Inkscape  https://inkscape.org/ Audacity  https://www.audacityteam.org/ Olive  https://www.olivevideoeditor.org/ Natron  https://natrongithub.github.io/  Hugin  http://hugin.sourceforge.net/ QGIS  https://www.qgis.org/ OpenSpace  https://www.openspaceproject.com WWT  https://worldwidetelescope.org/home/

    25 min

  6. 05/09/2021

    Episode 9: Resources for Astronomy Art with Blender

    This week I chat about some interesting tools and tutorials for using Blender for non-visualization Astronomy stuff. Links for this week: Cycles X   https://code.blender.org/2021/04/cycles-x/ Fulldome Production With Blender https://github.com/waystar/2019-Blender-Workshop-Materials How to make planets in Blender   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6224Wisxwxc Darkfall Shader Library intro  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbj20u53uW8 The Shader Library   https://darkfallblender.blogspot.com/p/the-shader-library.html Mark Kingsnorth original nebula tutorial (files no longer available, but still good to read) http://www.markkingsnorth.com/2017/01/31/blender-nebula-group-node-tutorial-download/ Mark Kingsnorth Nebula Generator on BlenderMarket https://blendermarket.com/products/nebula-generator 3D Star Map (link to demo version and store in description)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRshK5qhJDA Black Hole art from Void_SW on BlenderNation https://www.blendernation.com/2021/05/04/hand-picked-blender-art-4/ Create a Black Hole in Blender - Iridesium   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5naMFeWTBeY Procedural Galaxies in Blender 2.91!  -CBaileyFilm   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XQXI5KownU Procedural Solar Flare Shader Blender Tutorial!  - CBaileyFilm   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9anTO45bCM Mustafar Procedural Lava Planet Shader  - CBaileyFilm   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCztNvPGq1w

    22 min

  7. 05/02/2021

    Episode 8: Some Resources for Astronomy Visualization with Blender

    Another update and a look at some interesting resources for learning to take astronomy data into Blender for visualization. It's how the magic gets made! AstroBlend   https://www.astroblend.com/ AstroBlend   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAUcA4vXe2IPdnCjBslj6XQ AstroBlend at 2015 Blender Conference   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vY-sl1oXME Dr. Jill Naiman   https://www.astronaiman.com/ Dr. Brian Kent   https://www.cv.nrao.edu/~bkent/blender/ Matías Gárate’s  Blender & Astronomy Tutorial. Using Voxel Data for 3D visualization    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjFmkbKBKd0WuhhbR2MGPXZyWW7TPcNSw

    17 min

  8. 04/25/2021

    Episode 7: Open Source Astronomy Software Carte du Ciel and Virtual Moon Atlas

    An update on what I've been up to and then checking out two more pieces of open source astronomy software. Links for this episode: Loading NASA Perseverance and Ingenuity models into Blender https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36u94eMMHuU Sunset Meditation show from Brown Planetarium https://www.bsu.edu/web/planetarium/productions-and-show-leasing#accordion_sunsetmeditation Mark Kingsnorth Nebula Generator for Blender https://blendermarket.com/products/nebula-generator Cartes du Ciel https://www.ap-i.net/skychart//en/start Virtual Moon Atlas https://ap-i.net/avl/start

    9 min

  9. 04/18/2021

    Episode 6: Open Source Astronomy Tools KStars

    A look at free and open source desktop planetarium software KStars, and why it deserves a a spot on the hard drive. Links for this episode: KStars https://edu.kde.org/kstars/ KStars user docs https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/kstars/kstars/index.html Inkscape https://inkscape.org/ SVG format https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalable_Vector_Graphics

    13 min

  10. 04/11/2021

    Episode 5: Open Source Astronomy Tools ESASky and Aladin Sky Atlas

    Links mentioned in the episode: Prairie Skies Spotlight on Galaxies April 2 https://youtu.be/dh0biQnJmFQ ESASky https://sky.esa.int/ ESASky documentation https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/esdc/esasky-help "How to Use ESASky" https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/esdc/esasky-how-to ESASky educational activities https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/esdc/esasky-for-education Aladin Sky Atlas https://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/ Aladin Lite API documentation https://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/AladinLite/doc/API/ Aladin Lite API examples https://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/AladinLite/doc/API/examples/ Aladin tutorial on embedding chart https://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/AladinLite/doc/tutorials/interactive-finding-chart/ NOIRLab Arp 199 image page https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab1912a/

    12 min
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