Solar Model AlternativesStar Maps and other similar apps like Solar Model

Solar Model is described as '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' and is a Star Map in the education & reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Solar Model for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Android, Mac and iPhone apps. The best Solar Model alternative is Stellarium, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Solar Model are Celestia, KStars, Space Engine and Gaia Sky.

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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.

    55 Stellarium alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
     
  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.

    31 Celestia alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • visionOS
     
  3. KStars icon
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    Open-source astronomy software offering accurate night sky simulation with 100 million stars, Ekos astrophotography suite, stellar observation planner, "What's up Tonight" tool, FOV editor, and a variety of celestial catalogs for comprehensive astronomical exploration.

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    • Mac
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    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  4. 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.

    28 Space Engine alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  5. Gaia Sky icon
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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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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  6. Planetario icon
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    Planetario contains a 3D model of our solar system. It will show the horizon and the planets in their path along the sky. The word planet comes from the Greek planetai, meaning "wanderers". Because of the rotation of the earth, the stars seem to move in perfect...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
  7. WinStars icon
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    WinStars uses the latest 3D technology to show the objects of our solar system in a realistic manner. Thus, it is possible to move from one planet to another, to follow a space probe on its long voyage or to observe a celestial event from a place to which you could never go.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
     
  8. Planetarium icon
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    A browser-based virtual planetarium of stars and planets customizable by location (latitude and longitude) and time of day.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  9. A game of gravity. Go crash some planets!

    Make a planetary system of your own creation be stable (i.e. no planet is ejected, or collides with another body). This is of course exceedingly easy when your system comprises of a few Earth-mass planets, but dynamical instability can q.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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