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The best free alternative to Starry Night (series) is Stellarium, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Starry Night (series) and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Starry Night (series) are Sky Map, Gaia Sky, Planetario and Solar System Scope.

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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
    The dance of the planets above ESO headquarters, near Munich.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com

    Stellarium Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Exploration
    5.  Cross-Platform
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    • Stellarium is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Starry Night (series).

    • Stellarium is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Starry Night (series).

    • Stellarium is Free and Open SourceStarry Night (series) is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Sky Map icon
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    Sky Map (formerly the Google Sky Map) turns your Android-powered mobile phone into a window on the night sky.

    41 Sky Map alternatives
    Sky Map screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android

    Sky Map Features

    1.  Augmented Reality
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    • Sky Map is the most popular Android alternative to Starry Night (series).

    • Sky Map is Free and Open SourceStarry Night (series) is Paid and Proprietary
  3. 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.

    43 Gaia Sky alternatives
    Gaia Sky screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Gaia Sky Features

    1.  Notifications
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  4. 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...

    50 Planetario alternatives
    Planetario screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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    • Planetario is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Starry Night (series).

    • Planetario is Free and Open SourceStarry Night (series) is Paid and Proprietary
  5. Solar System Scope icon
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    3D simulation of the Solar System and night sky - real time virtual orrery and observatory

    50 Solar System Scope alternatives
    Solar System Scope screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Solar System Scope Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Multiple languages
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    • Solar System Scope is the most popular Web-based alternative to Starry Night (series).

    • Solar System Scope is Freemium and ProprietaryStarry Night (series) is Paid and Proprietary
  6. KStars icon
     18 likes

    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...

    44 KStars alternatives
    KStars showing the constellation of Orion

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
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  7. SkyView icon
     11 likes

    SkyView is powerful, easy-to-use app that answers questions about stars, constellations, and more. Simply point the camera to the sky, tap on what you see and discover neat things about these sky objects.

    35 SkyView alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Kindle Fire

    SkyView Features

    1.  Augmented Reality
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  8. Aladin icon
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    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...

    40 Aladin alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  9. SkyMap icon
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    SkyMap provides interactive sky maps for any time, viewpoint and location on Earth. It shows the different names, coordinates, magnitude, astronomical rise and set times plus additional information for over 110000 stars, messier objects, planets, sun and moon.

    35 SkyMap alternatives
    Online

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Windows Phone
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  10. Cartes du Ciel (Skychart) icon
     6 likes

    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.

    39 Cartes du Ciel (Skychart) alternatives
    Moon rise with flattenning by the atmospheric refraction

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Mitaka icon
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    Mitaka is software for visualizing the known Universe with up-to-date observational data and theoretical models. Mitaka users can seamlessly navigate through space, from the Earth to the edges of the known Universe.

    24 Mitaka alternatives
    Earth's day side

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. Aciqra icon
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    Aciqra (uh-SEE-kruh) is a free and open source virtual sky map and planetarium which tracks and displays astronomical bodies including planets, nebulae and stars to an accuracy of a fraction of a degree for thousands of years into both the future and the past.

    37 Aciqra alternatives
    C/2012 S1 (ISON) rising in the morning.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine

    Aciqra Features

    1.  Portable
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 2.3.2, released in July 2013, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.

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