/PlanetariumArcadium

A full (PERN) stack planetary system visualizer web app created by the "AstroNerds", a team of 4 people in their CS minor capstone class. The data was obtained from the NASA Exoplanet Archive and stored in a PostgreSQL database served through an Express server with more than 3000 items. Front end built using JavaScript, React.js, and Node.js. The project is hosted in an AWS EC2 instance on a Ubuntu server. Users are able to search up, visualize, and learn about distant stars and orbiting planets.

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Planetarium Arcadium

A full (PERN) stack planetary system visualizer web app created by the "AstroNerds", a team of 4 people in their CS minor capstone class. The data was obtained from the NASA Exoplanet Archive and stored in a PostgreSQL database served through an Express server with more than 3000 items. Front end built using JavaScript, React.js, and Node.js. The project is hosted in an AWS EC2 instance on a Ubuntu server. Users are able to search up, visualize, and learn about distant stars and orbiting planets.

How To Use

Go to planetariumarcadium.com. Click "Start exploring" and you will be guided to a search bar. Now you can enter the name of a star or a planet. Click on a search result to view that planetary system. You can adjust the zoom and the speed/direction in time the planets move.

Have Fun!