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  1. SourceForge presents the Solar Model project. Solar Model is an open source application. SourceForge provides the world's largest selection of Open Source Software. The Solar Model is real time modeling of solar system.

    Solar Model screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Stellarium iconStellariumandCelestia iconCelestia19 alternatives
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    Qastrocam is a capture program to do astrophotography. It can control a telescope to do guiding with the images received from a V4L device. It can also control the extended features of a webcam modified to do long exposure (several seconds) captures.

    • FreeOpen Source
    • Linux
    Best alternatives are DeepSkyStacker iconDeepSkyStacker13 alternatives
  3. Tracking the International Space Station. See it fly by. You get an notification a couple of minutes before the ISS passes your location. With the in-app purchases you can also track comets, planets, ham radio satellites and many other satellites.

    • FreeProprietary
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    ISS Detector screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are ISS Live Now iconISS Live Now5 alternatives
  4. Planisphere is an astronomy application that lets you use pinch and finger gestures to manipulate a map of the sky. As you zoom in finer detail comes into view. You can double tap on objects to get more information.

    Planisphere screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Stellarium iconStellariumandSky Map iconSky Map38 alternatives
  5. The Night Sky app enables you to identify the stars, planets, galaxies, and constellations you can see above.

    • Star Map
    • FreemiumProprietary
    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
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    Best alternatives are Stellarium iconStellariumandSky Map iconSky Map35 alternatives
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    NINA is a night time imaging and astronomy software.

    • FreeOpen Source
    • Windows
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    Alcor System PRISM
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    Enjoy a soothing journey through our solar system with realistic orbits and rich detail.

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Orrery screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Stellarium iconStellariumandSky Map iconSky Map33 alternatives
  8. A low cost alternative control program for your SBIG astronomic camera.

    • Windows
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  9. Collect and curate your astronomical images. Search 10+ professional image archives simultaneously. Create master bias, dark and flat frames. Calibrate, register, stack and adjust your FITS, XISF (PixInsight), SBIG and RAW images, all nondestructively.

    • Mac
    Observatory screenshot 1
  10. Star Rover is the fantastic planetarium for your smart phone. Just hold up your phone and Star Rover will tell you exactly what you are pointing at.

    • Star Map
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Best alternatives are Stellarium iconStellariumandSky Map iconSky Map38 alternatives
  11. UFOCapture is motion capture software that starts recording on a hard disk drive of a computer from a few seconds before the action recognized to a few seconds after the action finished.

    • Windows
    UFOCapture screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are 
    Sky Cam
    5 alternatives
  12. An opensource MacOS agent to fetch Astronomy Picture of the Day and set it as wallpaper

    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    Astro Wall screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are APOD iconAPOD1 alternatives
  13. Try out the solar system simulator to see the distance to Mars or other planets. Point your iPhone to the sky and explore the movement of the sun, moon, planets and stars across the sky while you change time by swiping the display.

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Sun & Moon 3D Planetarium Pro screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Stellarium iconStellariumandSky Map iconSky Map39 alternatives
  14. Qastrocam-g2 is a maintained fork of the great Qastrocam, written by F. Sicard. Qastrocam is a capture program to do astrophotography.

    • FreeOpen Source
    • Linux
    Qastrocam-g2 screenshot 1
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    Qastrocam
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    FireCapture
    2 alternatives
  15. The Eclipse Soundscapes Project app is specially designed so that people who are blind and visually impaired can share in the awe and wonder of astronomical events in real time with their sighted peers.

    • FreeProprietary
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    Best alternatives are Proloquo4Text iconProloquo4TextandAudiojack iconAudiojack5 alternatives