Look Back in Time

Hackathon Projects

• Star Date and its demo
• Jelly Roll and its demo

Background

Create an app that would allow the student to click on a star, and then show the user what was happening on earth when that star light we see now left that star, which is also what an astronomer on that star would be seeing if they looked at us now. Now in this case, we imagine they have a really strong telescope/instruments which allow them to hear music, see television footage, and experience historical events. They might see an interesting fact, or hear a song from that era, or even a piece of art.

Examples: Deneb – 808 light years away, so they would see earth as it was in 1206. One big event is the start of the reign of Genghis Khan. Vega – 25 light years away, so 1989. They would just be seeing the fall of the Berlin Wall and could hear an appropriate song from the late 80's.

Do it for the brightest/closest 100 stars, and maybe bin it into 50 year chunks for further away stars.