Adding deep space probes to Stellarium

[ironman]

This is just an idea, not a bug. Would it be possible to add the deep space probes Voyager s 1 & 2, Pioneers 1 & 2, and along with the latest probe New Horizons to Stellarium, by displaying their locations and giving information about there distances and on where there positions are in our sky just like the satellites around the Earth?

NOTE: I accidentally placed this post in the blue prints area, I thought this area was for ideas for Stellarium. My mistake, so please forgive me for this error.

[gzotti (georg-zotti)]

You could help a bit by finding trajectory files which we could use as data sources. No promise this will lead to an implementation within weeks, but without trajectory files nobody will start. Just add URLs here. TNX, G.

[gzotti (georg-zotti)]

Thanks for the links you PM'ed me. I put those into the blueprint area - this is indeed the better place for good ideas plus tracking how to progress on those plans! If you find more, please add them there. Not sure when somebody will pick up the task, though. I have done such a thing 15 years ago, but don't have time in the next few months.

[Alexander Wolf (alexwolf)]

The bug report was moved to https://github.com/Stellarium/stellarium/issues/447