Severity
Minor
Frequency
Once (<1%)
Time of occurrence
Always
Date of occurrence
17/07/07
VR?
None / N/A
Location
Sol
Ship/SRV?
N/A
Ship Type
Any
Commander Name
CURS0R
Description
Apparent magnitude of stars as viewed from earth vantage point are not correct. some constellations appear correctly like Taurus or the Big Dipper but others like Orion don't have the correct apparent magnitude. One very important case, that really breaks immersion is the Orion Belt with Alnilam (Epsilon Orionis) not having the correct apparent magnitude. Alnilam is a B-type blue supergiant; despite being nearly twice as far from the Sun as Mintaka and Alnitak, the other two belt stars, its luminosity makes it nearly equal in magnitude.
I know that the problem must be in the way that magnitude drops with distance in the engine because maybe if the engine is more accurate some procedural generated stars will be visible where no star should be. But in some cases i think that an exception is in order (like Alnilam (Epsilon Orionis) or Deneb (Alpha Cyni)).
Steps to Reproduce
Go to Sol System, near earth to get a close vantage point and look to Orion.
Additional files?
http://i.imgur.com/cmjJAKm.png
http://i.imgur.com/0P6ebs9.jpg
Minor
Frequency
Once (<1%)
Time of occurrence
Always
Date of occurrence
17/07/07
VR?
None / N/A
Location
Sol
Ship/SRV?
N/A
Ship Type
Any
Commander Name
CURS0R
Description
Apparent magnitude of stars as viewed from earth vantage point are not correct. some constellations appear correctly like Taurus or the Big Dipper but others like Orion don't have the correct apparent magnitude. One very important case, that really breaks immersion is the Orion Belt with Alnilam (Epsilon Orionis) not having the correct apparent magnitude. Alnilam is a B-type blue supergiant; despite being nearly twice as far from the Sun as Mintaka and Alnitak, the other two belt stars, its luminosity makes it nearly equal in magnitude.
I know that the problem must be in the way that magnitude drops with distance in the engine because maybe if the engine is more accurate some procedural generated stars will be visible where no star should be. But in some cases i think that an exception is in order (like Alnilam (Epsilon Orionis) or Deneb (Alpha Cyni)).
Steps to Reproduce
Go to Sol System, near earth to get a close vantage point and look to Orion.
Additional files?
http://i.imgur.com/cmjJAKm.png
http://i.imgur.com/0P6ebs9.jpg
