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Stellarium

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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.

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

License model

  • Free • Open Source

Application type

Country of Origin

  • FR flagFrance
  • European Union flagEU

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • PortableApps.com
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4.9 / 5 Avg rating (7)
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2comments
57alternatives
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Properties

  1.  Educational

Features

  1.  Portable
  2.  Exploration
  3.  Cross-Platform
  4.  Ad-free
  5.  Dark Mode
  6.  3D Animation

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Stellarium information

  • Developed by

    FR flagFabien Chéreau

  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.

  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.9

  • Alternatives

    57 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Categories

Education & Reference, Photos & Graphics

GitHub repository

  •  8,616 Stars
  •  894 Forks
  •  401 Open Issues
  •   Updated May 5, 2025 
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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Stellarium, and it has gotten 361 likes

Stellarium was added to AlternativeTo by RemovedUser on Apr 15, 2009 and this page was last updated Aug 26, 2024.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
Mahdy Abdelmotaleb
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•Dec 25, 2020
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Astronomy for everyone. I love this project and wish it all the best.

Melroy van den Berg
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•Aug 4, 2020
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Really good planetarium and system for Linux as well. Very powerful, supports plugins and is definitely an active project!

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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