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Stellarium

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.

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

Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Application type

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
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Constellation lines & art are available for multiple cultures
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Properties

  1.  Educational

Features

  1.  Portable
  2.  Exploration
  3.  Cross-Platform
  4.  Ad-free
  5.  Dark Mode
  6.  No registration required
  7.  Live Preview
  8.  Works Offline
  9.  3D Animation

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  • Diatomee reviewed Stellarium  
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    It can show you the stars in real-time at the point in the sky you are pointing your phone to, and it has a red-black theme which doesn't blind you so you can still see the stars after looking at your phone screen

  • Diatomee, jpeq, icarollordes and soul1472 liked Stellarium
  • armadillo888, kondohmei123, holakoyad and babsors liked Stellarium
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Mahdy Abdelmotaleb
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Astronomy for everyone. I love this project and wish it all the best.

Diatomee
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It can show you the stars in real-time at the point in the sky you are pointing your phone to, and it has a red-black theme which doesn't blind you so you can still see the stars after looking at your phone screen

Melroy van den Berg
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Really good planetarium and system for Linux as well. Very powerful, supports plugins and is definitely an active project!

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What is Stellarium?

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. It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go.

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Stellarium information

  • Developed by

    FR flagFabien Chéreau

  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.

  • Written in

  • Alternatives

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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GitHub repository

  •  9,239 Stars
  •  960 Forks
  •  423 Open Issues
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