I've put up one of the most ambitious (and lengthy) articles I've written on the Milky Way.
The timing works out well because this year is the 75th anniversary of the detection of the 21 cm line, one of the events that started the Golden Age of galactic cartography.
If I ran a Kickstarter to use Gaia DR4 to produce improved maps of the Milky Way for 2027, what would you like as a reward:
Scientists created the most accurate three-dimensional map of star-formation regions in our Milky Way galaxy, based on data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope. This map will teach us more about these obscure cloudy areas, and the hot young stars that shape them.
Space stations are normally rabbit warrens composed of corridors connecting specialized locations but in my Galactic Treasure Hunt I imagine that the star stations have artificial gravity and a surrounding force field to keep in the air, all the better to see the beautiful #GaiaMission derived sky.
Here we are at the quintuple star system Alula Australis.
I've added a training course and a narration system to guide players through my Galactic Treasure Hunt game. Based on real #GaiaMission data as shown by several signs in the game.
For mobile, web or VR. Take a few minutes to try it out.
I posted this article about #GaiaMission and gamification on Reddit. Please upvote if you can.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Astronomy/comments/1lf6kx3/gamifying_gaia/
Hundreds of people have visited my #GaiaMission inspired Horizon Worlds experiences this last week, via mobile, web or VR headsets. Why not visit yourself and try out the Galactic Treasure Hunt?
Very excited to announce *two* 3D immersive and multiplayer experiences for web, mobile or Quest VR headsets to explore our home galaxy, the Milky Way.
One is a treasure hunt game and the other is a Galactic space port.
More details here:
Working on adding travelling to 12 different locations within 1250 pc (4000 ly) to my fleet of Horizon Worlds VR starships.
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Ronald Drimmel
