Gaia Sky

Gaia Sky is a real-time, 3D, astronomy visualisation software that runs on Windows, Linux and OS X. It is developed in the framework of ESA's Gaia mission to chart about 1 billion stars of our Galaxy in the Gaia group of the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut (ZAH, Universität Heidelberg).

Main Features

• Free and open source - The application is free and open source published and distributed under the LGPL (Lesser General Public License) license and will stay this way.
• From Gaia to the cosmos - Move freely through the cosmos and descend to the surface of any Planet or do a close-up inspection of Gaia. All movement and transitions are seamless!
• Gaia - Observe Gaia in its orbit and discover its movement on the sky and its attitude.
• 3D ready - With 3 stereoscopic modes: VR headset, 3DTV, cross-eye.
• Use your own data! - Support for VOTable, FITS, CSV and all formats supported by the STIL library.
• Navigate the galaxy - Support for controllers and gamepads makes navigating the Galaxy a piece of cake.
• Record and play your paths - Ready to record and play camera paths off-the-shelf.
• Scriptable and moddable - Use Python to script and extend the capabilities of the Gaia Sky.
• Internationalised - Translated so far to English, German, Spanish and Catalan.