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TheStarDB: A Rendered Stellar Encyclopedia

thestardb.org ↗ · Developer Corner · score 82.0
○Open: public page gives enough substance to understand the site $Paid: pricing, booking, ecommerce, subscription, or paid access is visible ADAds: visible ad load or ad-supported content ✦Pretty: notable design, copy, craft, or presentation ◆Pro: polished, finished-feeling, serious, or operationally mature ◇Niche: specific audience, workflow, or unusually focused use case ◉Human: personal, local, community, civic, handmade, or real-person signal !Suspicious: scammy, spammy, trust theater, finance fog, or credibility concern

An open stellar catalog and browser-based explorer that renders stars, pulsars, black holes, and exoplanets in real time.

Why it surfaced

TheStarDB combines HYG, ATNF, and NASA Exoplanet Archive data with its own WebGL engine, STEN. Its homepage promises 119,626 catalogued stars, 6,036 exotic objects, and 6,336 confirmed exoplanets rendered with spectral color, granulation, accretion disks, and other object-specific effects.

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The Largest Cat Has No Number

August 14’s newborn domains include an unnumbered giant among thirteen catalogued glossy cats, a shareable Visual Snow Syndrome simulator, two independent Colombian relief directories, and a snail farm with races, courtship, and its own Gazette.

This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-14 Domain Arrivals issue.

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