Stellarium: free open source planetarium for your computer

[robert]

Hope you'll like this one

Enjoy.

-Robert

http://www.stellarium.org/

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.

[Kindling]

Awesome Robert!! I love this! Thanks :-)

[robert]

I'm very happy to have found this FREE software.
Now looking at the night sky turn into a game...

Hope you will al enjoy it.

Robert

[sunflower]

Thanks, Robert. Sending the link to my son. He will appreciate it also.

[Bo Atkinson]

Thanks Robert, I never developed skills in this area but am keenly tuned to 3d CAD interface standards. (Which unfortunately varies a lot between brands).... Do you know of any generalized translations of Stellarium-terms into CAD-terms?

With out acting too needy, i would like to learn whether this software will ...
1] navigate with familiar 3d cursor or scroll movements
2] copy-paste coordinates easily.... aren't there too many variations of syntax for uncommitted, beginner, easy-copy-paste?
3] zoom in and out, like 3d CAD (with easy switching of perspective-projection view angles).

(I hate to add that i have wasted too much time trying to learn various software conventions, which are too un-intuitive or need constant fiddling... Just another human here ;-)

[Black Panther]

Thank you Robert.

This is a very easy to use and realistic program!
Maybe one day we will have a clear sky out here
in the Netherlands and I am able to see the real
stars :biggrin:

[STATIC]

I love this program.

There is another one I use called Celestia.

http://shatters.net/celestia/

[Jenci]

Beautiful full moon tonight and clear sky. We had some fun with Stellarium.....but I got too cold :)


Jeanette