Sources
Sources and credits
Celesiq combines original visualization code with public educational references from space agencies, astronomy missions and open geographic data.
Main references
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NASA Science
Planet, Sun, Moon and mission reference pages used for educational descriptions and object details.
science.nasa.gov -
NASA and ESA mission pages
Mission context for spacecraft such as Hubble, James Webb, Landsat, Terra, Aqua, Chandra and XMM-Newton.
nasa.gov -
ESA/Hubble and ESA/Webb imagery
Image sources linked inside telescope detail galleries where relevant.
esahubble.org -
JPL Horizons
Reference ephemeris service available for maintenance checks against Celesiq's local solar-system position calculations.
JPL Horizons API documentation -
OpenStreetMap Nominatim
Geocoding support may be used when the site is hosted online and a visitor enters a place name.
nominatim.org -
Natural Earth and open geographic boundaries
World map coastlines and borders are rendered from simplified geographic data for fast browser display.
naturalearthdata.com
Image and mission credits
Object detail windows include source links for images and mission references. To keep Celesiq fast and reliable, object photos are intended to be cached locally instead of hotlinked from third-party image servers. The source links point visitors to official mission pages, public image releases or educational references. If an image credit needs correction, please use the contact page so the source can be updated.
Calculation note
The map and event tools are approximate and optimized for visual explanation. They should be checked against official ephemerides or mission data when exact predictions matter. The solar-system map includes a developer validation script that can compare the local planet positions with JPL Horizons vectors.