Stellarium is a free GPL software which renders realistic skies in real time with OpenGL. It is available for Linux/Unix, Windows and macOS. With Stellarium, you really see what you can see with your eyes, binoculars or a small telescope. 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. Plugin system adding artifical satellites, ocular simulation, telescope control and more. Ability to add new solar system objects from online resources. Add your own deep sky objects, landscapes, constellation images, scripts, etc. Supernovae and novae simulation. Exoplanet locations. 3D sceneries. Skinnable landscapes with spheric panorama projection.

Features

  • Default catalogue of over 600,000 stars
  • Extra catalogues with more than 177 million stars
  • Default catalogue of over 80,000 deep-sky objects
  • Extra catalogue with more than 1 million deep-sky objects
  • Asterisms and illustrations of the constellations
  • Constellations for 40+ different cultures

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Categories

Data Visualization, Research

License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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Operating Systems

Linux, Mac, Windows

Programming Language

C++

Related Categories

C++ Data Visualization Software, C++ Research Software

Registered

2022-05-02
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