Sky Map Alternatives for Mac

Sky Map is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Stellarium, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Sky Map and 13 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Sky Map are KStars, Gaia Sky, Star Chart and TOPCAT.

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Stellarium
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Star Map
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54 Stellarium alternatives
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.
- - Stellarium is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Sky Map.
- - Stellarium is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Sky Map.
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1. PortableStellarium can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Cross-Platform
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Almost everyone thinks Stellarium is a great Sky Map alternative.
KStars
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KDE
42 KStars alternatives
KStars is a Desktop Planetarium for KDE. It provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time. The display includes upto 100 million stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects,all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon, and thousands of comets...
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Gaia Sky
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Free • Open Source
Star Map
Mac
Windows
Linux
42 Gaia Sky alternatives
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...
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Star Chart
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34 Star Chart alternatives
Can’t see the moon? Want to know where it is? Look through the eyes of your device to see a virtual window into the whole visible universe.
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Star Chart Features
1. Augmented RealityStar Chart makes use of augmented reality to interact with one or more of its services.
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Almost everyone thinks Star Chart is a great Sky Map alternative.
TOPCAT
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Free • Proprietary
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Java
18 TOPCAT alternatives
It offers a variety of ways to view and analyse tables, including a browser for the cell data themselves, viewers for information about table and column metadata, and facilities for sophisticated interactive 1-, 2-, 3- and higher-dimensional visualisation, calculating statistics...
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Cartes du Ciel (Skychart)
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37 Cartes du Ciel (Skychart) alternatives
This program enables you to draw sky charts, making use of the data in 16 catalogs of stars and nebulae. In addition the position of planets, asteroids and comets are shown.
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$Moon rise with flattenning by the atmospheric refraction$
Starry Night (series)
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Android Tablet
iPad
36 Starry Night (series) alternatives
The Starry Night apps are the most comprehensive educational astronomy apps. Use it with your introductory astronomy textbook or on its own. It's a powerful, portable planetarium that fits in your backpack. It puts thousands of stars and planets at your fingertips.
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Solar System Scope
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Freemium • Proprietary
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Mac
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Online
Android
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Android Tablet
iPad
48 Solar System Scope alternatives
3D simulation of the Solar System and night sky - real time virtual orrery and observatory
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1. Works OfflineSolar System Scope can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
Multiple languages
SkySafari
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Mac
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
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Apple Watch
37 SkySafari alternatives
SkySafari is a powerful planetarium that fits in your pocket. It puts thousands of stars and planets at your fingertips. It lets you find objects in the sky using your device's built-in compass and accelerometer.
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1. Augmented RealitySkySafari makes use of augmented reality to interact with one or more of its services.
SkyORB
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Freemium • Proprietary
Star Map
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iPhone
Android Tablet
Windows Phone
iPad
Apple Watch
37 SkyORB alternatives
SkyORB is more than a simple star map, it's a collection of 7 tools including a 3D star map, 3D planetarium, ephemeris, search engine, sun clock, point to sky, weather, and more.
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SkyORB Features
1. Augmented RealitySkyORB makes use of augmented reality to interact with one or more of its services.
Aladin
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
38 Aladin alternatives
Aladin is an interactive sky atlas allowing the user to visualize digitized astronomical images or full surveys, superimpose entries from astronomical catalogues or databases, and interactively access related data and information from the Simbad database, the VizieR service and...
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Redshift - Astronomy
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Star Map
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37 Redshift - Astronomy alternatives
Redshift brings the night sky to your screen. Explore alien planets, enhance your knowledge with detailed information on astronomy and space travel - and never miss an important celestial event.
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