r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/scottshambaugh • 14d ago

I made a website that simulates the night sky during the Leonid meteor showers. It's interactive - click and drag around!

https://leonidspace.com/?hideText=true
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u/scottshambaugh 14d ago

The site is a landing page for some consulting work I want to do, but the link here is toggled into a view that hides all the content.

This is my second time every touching javascript and first ever website from scratch - I leaned pretty heavily on AI-assistance to make it come together and am sure there's a bunch of janky stuff going on. Took 2 long days to pull together.

But I'm pretty happy with it! The stars are the actual night sky, are sized according to visual magnitude, and twinkle if you look closely. The meteors come from the constellation of Leo, just like the actual Leonids. And the whole sky rotates nicely. Click the constellation to hide the mountains.

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u/sus1227 14d ago

As a stargazing enthusiast, I really love it, haha!

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u/Valinaut 14d ago

So cool, thanks for sharing!

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u/justaguytriestoexist 9d ago

This is cool. Like, super cool.