A Constellation Preview (Blog #2)

Looking at the images I posted from my last blog, I can see where I need to find better ways of making images, so I have worked on that. I have also been working on a way to plot the constellations that does not involve copyrighted material. I think that I have succeeded in this using the data from the HIPPARCOS satellite, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Paint, and coconut shells. As an example of the result, here is an image from the next post, the first post on the constellations, a map of Ursa Major (including the Big Dipper) with named stars.



Now if I can only find a way to make the image display with the detail that I want it to show ...