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Observatory Connects Cesium 3D Earth with Celestial Observation Panels

The public interface now includes a 3D Earth, Solar-System body switching, lunar ephemeris, planetary data, and solar-activity panels.

The main PCS Observatory interface uses CesiumJS for its 3D Earth and provides switching among the Sun, Moon, planets, and representative natural satellites. The lunar panel presents phase and ephemeris information, the planet panel identifies NASA/JPL Horizons, and the solar panel separates scientific imagery from NOAA numerical observations.

Bodies use normalized display scales. Some satellites and Deep Space remain explicitly marked Visualization only or Preview, so a visual preview is not presented as a completed scientific computation.

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