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Astronomy with telescopes

What if there was some planets, comets, meteors, and constellations that we could only see through telescopes at night? You would never be able to go there, as it is an ancient sort of game. These planets would not be like Mars, Saturn, Neptune, etc. This is because the world of Minecraft is not Earth but very different and in an entire nother galaxy, so Mercury isn't going to be there. So planets and constellations look completely different from our solar system's planets. Some planets might have blue and some might have rings. And constellations I imagine could shape a creeper or the Mojang symbol. I also think there should be a special benefit to astronomy. Maybe you can map down certain constellations and planets and barter information with a special villager for items like a new telescope or something. That's just an idea.

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    Well, let's admit we all want to actually go to Minecraft space... Sounds like a step in the right direction!

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    Might be a cool feature, but in my opinion it doesnt feel like it fits.

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    in order to look at them you could craft a mounted telescope using a telescope 2 gold and 2 copper in an upside down v and the mounted one could see them also during day time where as if you don't have a telescope mount you would look at the sky during night

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    With Telescopes, you could be able to see meteor showers, shooting stars, etc..And maybe even have crashed meteors as structures.

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    Perhaps stars should have different colors. Most of them could be white or faintly blue, but perhaps a few should be red or orange. Perhaps some stars are brighter than others. Perhaps you could see random planets when you look up into the sky. Perhaps you could occasionally see comets or shooting stars

    As stars vary on world seed, planets should too. A variety of planets could be pulled off by having several base "surface" textures, sometimes "ocean" textures, and also "atmosphere" textures. Perhaps some kind of star chart could be made, to encourage players to create constellations.

    Doing this would add new possibilities of roleplaying and new levels of world immersion. Looking up at night should make players feel small and insignificant, while filling them with awe, wonder, and curiosity. Compared with other things, this should be really light and simple to add, yet the game will feel so much richer for it.

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    This astronomy feature would likely be useful for navigation. This should be accompanied by the addition of the sextant to measure the height of the moon, stars, and planets above the horizon.

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    maybe constellations can point you to strongholds sometimes. Adding light pollution would also make the game much more realistic as you would have to keep the area around you dark so that you can see all of the constellations. Maybe even make it so that when the moon is new you can see the farthest. A new villager type in general, the astronomer could also come with this along with a new villager structure, tripods, and telescopes. lenses would add even further upgrades o your telescope o make things clearer and clearer for farther and farther.

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    This would help them incorporate seasons into biomes, having a mapped out night sky for the game to follow and effect the seasons to trigger in certain areas at certain times. Also this opens the door for new things not only like astrology but chemistry, engineering, and more that would be like crafting and smelting. New game mechanics such as different physics or forces of nature can be added, new materials and tools can be added, and eventually players could explore the Minecraft Universe.

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    I would love to be able to see planets in the night sky. Of course they wouldn't be obviously planets without a telescope. If the textures were codes small enough, they would appear as a single bright pixel on a screen, but if you use a telescope, you could see all sorts of different planets. Each world seed would have randomly generated planets. Like in real astronomy, though, you would be able to find out which stars were actually planets by tracking their movements like ancient astronomers did.

    This is a great idea!