When to Use Milky Way Map 3D Explorer - Best Sessions and Limits
The Milky Way Map 3D Explorer fits classroom demos of where the Sun sits in our galaxy, short curiosity breaks on named arms, and literacy around the ~100,000 ly disk. It is an educational map visualization - not a survey catalog - so a few session types need another tool.
A five-minute classroom demo
Open Milky Way Map 3D Explorer, press Sun, then Orion and Perseus so students see labels against the disk - clearer than a flat unlabeled spiral alone.
Numbers in one panel
Keep the facts table visible while reading diameter about 100,000 ly, Sun about 26,000 ly from center, and a galactic year about 230 Myr.
Sessions it does not fit
These sessions do not fit Milky Way Map 3D Explorer: any time you need a random unlabeled spiral regen, planet orbits, or Mars retrograde. Use Galaxy 3D Simulator, Solar System 3D Explorer, or Retrograde Motion 3D Explorer instead. It also needs WebGL in the browser.
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