Cosmographia Alternatives

Cosmographia is described as '"NAIF offers for public use a SPICE-enhanced version of the visualization tool Cosmographia. This is an interactive tool used to produce 3D visualizations of planet ephemerides, sizes and shapes; spacecraft trajectories and orientations; and instrument field-of-views and' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are eight alternatives to Cosmographia for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best Cosmographia alternative is Stellarium, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Cosmographia are Celestia, Space Engine, Universe Sandbox and Noctua Stellarium Mobile.

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  1. Stellarium icon
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    Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.

    56 Stellarium alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
     
    • Stellarium is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Cosmographia.

    • Stellarium is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Cosmographia.

    • Stellarium is Free and Open SourceCosmographia is also Free and Open Source
  2. Celestia icon
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    Celestia is an application for real-time 3D visualization of space, with a detailed model of the solar system, over 100,000 stars, more than 10,000 galaxies, and an extension mechanism for adding more objects.

    29 Celestia alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • visionOS
     
    • Celestia is the most popular Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to Cosmographia.

    • Celestia is Free and Open SourceCosmographia is also Free and Open Source
  3. Space Engine icon
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    Space Engine - a real-time 3D space simulator, procedural universe generator and visualiser. It lets you explore the universe in three dimensions, starting from planet Earth to the most distant galaxies.

    26 Space Engine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Space Engine is the most popular commercial alternative to Cosmographia.

    • Space Engine is Paid and ProprietaryCosmographia is Free and Open Source
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    Universe Sandbox is an interactive space simulator for Windows based PCs.

    Unlike most astronomy software that just shows you what the sky looks like or where the planets are, Universe Sandbox is a powerful gravity simulator. You can add another star to our solar system and watch.

    14 Universe Sandbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
     
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    Stellarium Mobile is a planetarium app that shows exactly what you see when you look up at the stars.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
    • Noctua Stellarium Mobile is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Cosmographia.

    • Noctua Stellarium Mobile is Paid and ProprietaryCosmographia is Free and Open Source
  6. Cosmonium icon
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    Cosmonium is a 3D astronomy and space exploration program. With Cosmonium you can navigate in our solar system and discover all the planets and their moons.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Gravity and space simulator that allows you to learn about the gravitational force and explore and learn about space. Change the value of the gravitational constant, increase the mass of Jupiter to see how doing so would affect the solar system and much, much more!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Gravity Simulator is the most popular Web-based alternative to Cosmographia.

    • Gravity Simulator is Free and Open SourceCosmographia is also Free and Open Source
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    Systems Tool Kit (STK) is a platform for analyzing and visualizing complex systems in the context of your mission. Interact with data from platforms across the aerospace, defense, telecommunications, and other industries.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Systems Tool Kit is the most popular SaaS alternative to Cosmographia.

    • Systems Tool Kit is Paid and ProprietaryCosmographia is Free and Open Source
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