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Gaia Sky

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3D visualization software for ESA's (European Space Agency) Gaia mission to chart about 1 billion stars of the Milky Way Galaxy.

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  • FreeOpen Source

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  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Flathub
  • Flatpak
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Gaia Sky was added to AlternativeTo by h768090 on Sep 24, 2016 and this page was last updated Feb 13, 2025.
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What is 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.