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Clicking each topic will bring a topic-specific page similar to a "Design Document" in a typical multi-member software development project. In this topic-specific page, we try to include:
  * Identification of the purpose, audience, and goals of the specific simulation
  * Identification of the necessary development steps
  * A timeline with specific deliverables and due dates
  * Consistent tracking of the milestones
  * Communication strategy/plan (weekly or biweekly update among team members)

For each topic, we also need to create a [[storyboard|storyboard]] to describe the content in an animatic format that can also describe how the simulation can be used in a classroom.

Here is the [[topics:c_template|template of the sub-wiki pages]] for each topic.

^  No.            ^  Priority  ^ Progress                     ^                                                                         ^ Topic                                                                                                                                  ^ Note  ^
| High priority                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |||||       |
|  1              |  1         | <progrecss 70% style=fl; />  | [[topics:coords|Virtual Night Sky]]                                     | see Dr. Hall's stellarium-based intro video: [[https://youtu.be/xieq30VV3DM?si=xLNO6Z_Lli9TLm84|here]]                                 |       |
|  2              |  1         | <progrecss 40% style=fl; />  | [[topics:diurnal|Diurnal Motion of Celestial bodies]]                   | Can utilize the "Virtual Night Sky" simulation. Need to develop a controlling python script.                                           |       |
|  3              |  1         | <progrecss 40% style=fl; />  | [[topics:seasonal_constellation|Origin of Seasonal Constellations]]     | Can utilize the "Virtual Night Sky" simulation. Need to develop a controlling python script.                                           |       |
|  4              |  1         | <progrecss 10% style=fl; />  | [[topics:time|Time & Calendar ]]                                        | Can utilize the "Virtual Night Sky" simulation. Need to develop a controlling python script.                                           |       |
|  5              |  1         | <progrecss 60% style=fl; />  | [[topics:eclipse|Eclipses]]                                             | Accurately reproduce/predict/simulate solar or lunar eclipse                                                                           |       |
|  6              |  1         | <progrecss 99% style=fl; />  | [[topics:solar_cycle|Solar cycle]]                                      | Simulating a rotating Sun using real solar images. Can show solar differential rotation and activity cycle.                            |       |
|  7              |  1         | <progrecss 10% style=fl; />  | [[topics:solar_model|Model of the Sun]]                                 | 3-D Animated view of the Sun including details such as sunspots, granules, plages, prominence, mass ejection evens, solar winds, etc.  |       |
| Lower Priority                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |||||       |
|  8              |  2         | <progrecss 40% style=fl; />  | [[topics:retrograde|Retrograde motion of Mars]]                         | Split screen view (co-moving camera on Earth + fixated camera location such as polar view)                                             |       |
|  9              |  2         | <progrecss 10% style=fl; />  | [[topics:precession|Precession and change of zodiacs]]                  |                                                                                                                                        |       |
|  10             |  2         | <progrecss 10% style=fl; />  | [[topics:asteroids|Asteroids, NEA, PHA.]]                               | Near Earth Asteroids, Potentially Hazardous Asteroids. Good E/PO possibility.                                                          |       |
|  11             |  2         | <progrecss 50% style=fl; />  | [[topics:ss_overview|Solar System Overview]]                            | Regularities of Solar System                                                                                                           |       |
|  12             |  2         | <progrecss 50% style=fl; />  | [[topics:ss_scale|Solar System Scale]]                                  | Demonstrate the size scale: (1) start with the real scale, (2) incrementall increase the size factor.                                  |       |
|  13             |  2         | <progrecss 10% style=fl; />  | [[topics:evolution|Stellar evolution on the HRD]]                       | different speed for each mass                                                                                                          |       |
|  14             |  2         | <progrecss 10% style=fl; />  | [[topics:telescope|Telescope (diffraction), atmosphere effect,  etc.]]  |                                                                                                                                        |       |
|  15             |  2         | <progrecss 10% style=fl; />  | [[topics:gal_center|Motions at the Galactic Center]]                    |                                                                                                                                        |       |
|  16             |  3         | <progrecss 10% style=fl; />  | [[topics:meteor_shower|Meteor Shower]]                                  | What is it? Why they happen past midnight?                                                                                             |       |
|  17             |  3*        | <progrecss 10% style=fl; />  | [[topics:star_formation]]                                               | or Simulation of Turbulent Gas (too challenging?)                                                                                      |       |
|  18             |  3*        | <progrecss 10% style=fl; />  | [[topics:lunar_phase|Latitude-dependent Shape change of the Moon]]      | may be better for upper level (3000 or 4000) astro courses                                                                             |       |
|  19             |  3         | <progrecss 10% style=fl; />  | [[topics:doppler|Doppler Effect]]                                       | can use the audio capability of a VR headset                                                                                           |       |
|  20             |  3?        | <progrecss 20% style=fl; />  | [[topics:pollution|Light pollution]]                                    | weather-free public outreach events                                                                                                    |       |
|  21             |  3         | <progrecss 10% style=fl; />  | [[topics:parallax|Parallax and proper motions]]                         |                                                                                                                                        |       |
|  22             |  3         | <progrecss 10% style=fl; />  | [[topics:radiation|Blackbody radiation: color and temp]]                | BB, type of spectrum = emission, absorption                                                                                            |       |
|  23             |  3         | <progrecss 10% style=fl; />  | [[topics:orbits|Gravity and Orbits]]                                    | Various shapes of orbits: dependency on the central mass and velocity. Kepler's laws.                                                  |       |
|  24             |  3         | <progrecss 10% style=fl; />  | [[topics:orbits|Binary orbit: Orbital motion (and reflex motions)]]     | Effect of the secondary to the central star (reflex motion). How to measure.                                                           |       |
|  25             |  3         | <progrecss 90% style=fl; />  | [[topics:orbits|Ortibal elements]]                                      | How to pinpoint the location of a plane at a specific time? <- orbital elements.                                                       |       |
|  26             |  4         | <progrecss 10% style=fl; />  | [[topics:cosmic_scale|Cosmic scale]]                                    |                                                                                                                                        |       |
|  27             |  4         | <progrecss 10% style=fl; />  | [[topics:hubble|Hubble Expansion]]                                      |                                                                                                                                        |       |
|  28             |  4         | <progrecss 10% style=fl; />  | [[topics:landscapes|Landing on Surfaces of SS planets]]                 | different landscape of each planet                                                                                                     |       |

[[https://outlookuga-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/r/personal/rja90527_uga_edu/Documents/Astro%20Ed.%20Research/Plans/Project%20Ideas.docx?d=wb569867b48f84a319ffe80d9c322e8ad&csf=1&web=1&e=vMvMAD|This document]] describes our attempt to implement a VR platform in astronomy labs (this document may only be accessible among UGA OneDrive shared collaborators).
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