Systems Tool Kit Alternatives

Apps similar to Systems Tool Kit include Stellarium, which is free and open source. Other options are Celestia, Space Engine, Gaia Sky and Noctua Stellarium. You can choose from more than 10 Star Maps like Systems Tool Kit for Windows, Android, Linux, Mac and the web.

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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.

    60 Stellarium alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • PortableApps.com
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  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.

    32 Celestia alternatives

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    • iPhone
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    • PortableApps.com
    • visionOS
    • Online
    • BSD
    • F-Droid
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  3. 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.

    30 Space Engine alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  4. 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.

    46 Gaia Sky alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  5. A planetarium app that shows exactly what you see when you look up at the stars.

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    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Online
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  6. Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.

    15 Universe Sandbox alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
    • GOG.com
    • Epic Games Store
    • itch.io
    • Humble Bundle
    • HTC Vive
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  7. 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...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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  8. Orbiter icon
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    Orbiter is a realistic 3D real-time space flight simulator program.

    Fed up with space games that insult your intelligence and violate every law of physics? Orbiter is a simulator that gives you an idea what space flight really feels like - today and in the not so distant future.

    13 Orbiter alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
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  9. Cosmonium icon
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    Cosmonium is a 3D astronomy and space exploration program. With Cosmonium you can navigate in our solar system and discover all the planets and their moons.

    13 Cosmonium alternatives

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  10. Welcome to the Atlas of Space — an interactive visualization to explore the planets, moons, asteroids, and other objects in the Solar System.

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    • Online
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  11. 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
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