Otter@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago"New app! A compass that points to the centre of the galaxy"interconnected.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down121file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-link"New app! A compass that points to the centre of the galaxy"interconnected.orgOtter@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
minus-squareBitflip@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up75·6 months agoDoes this mean it points just back at the user?
minus-squaremuntedcrocodile@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 months agoTechnically everyone is the centre of the observable universe.
minus-squareifGoingToCrashDont@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down5·6 months agoUnderrated comment 🔥
minus-squareOtter@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 months agoYea unfortunately I couldn’t try it myself, but the write-up was fun Waiting for someone to make a FOSS one for Android
minus-squareapex32@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-26 months agoYou can just use Sky Map and search for Sagittarius. What you actually want to search for is Sagittarius A*, but Sky Map doesn’t have that, so the Sagittarius constellation is close enough to give you the general direction.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoRA 17h 45m 40.0409s, dec −29° 0′ 28.118″ Here’s a map: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1835b/
Only for iPhone bruh
Does this mean it points just back at the user?
Technically everyone is the centre of the observable universe.
Underrated comment 🔥
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Yea unfortunately I couldn’t try it myself, but the write-up was fun
Waiting for someone to make a FOSS one for Android
You can just use Sky Map and search for Sagittarius.
What you actually want to search for is Sagittarius A*, but Sky Map doesn’t have that, so the Sagittarius constellation is close enough to give you the general direction.
RA 17h 45m 40.0409s, dec −29° 0′ 28.118″
Here’s a map: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1835b/