Stellarium

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. view screenshots

features

in version 0.9.1

sky

• default catalogue of over 600,000 stars
• extra catalogues with more than 210 million stars
• asterisms and illustrations of the constellations
• constellations for ten different cultures
• images of nebulae (full Messier catalogue)
• realistic Milky Way
• very realistic atmosphere, sunrise and sunset
• the planets and their satellites

interface

• a powerful zoom
• time control
• multilingual interface
• scripting to record and play your own shows
• fisheye projection for planetarium domes
• spheric mirror projection for your own dome
• graphical interface and extensive keyboard control
• telescope control

visualisation

• equatorial and azimuthal grids
• star twinkling
• shooting stars
• eclipse simulation
• skinnable landscapes, now with spheric panorama projection

customisability

• add your own deep sky objects, landscapes, constellation images, scripts...

wiki

The wiki is the place where stellarium users maintain all the knowledge about the program, and where you can contribute as well.

• main page
• quickstart
• FAQ
• user's guide
• scripts

news

17/01/2008
Stellarium 0.9.1 released!
The Stellarium team is proud to announce the release of version 0.9.1. This is primarily a bug fix and stabilization release. Apart from bug fixes, users can expect to see improved start-up times and a new sky culture (Tupi-Guarani) as well as some progress with translations and overall stability.

A big thank you to everyone who contributed - bug reporters, bug fixers, patch submitters, translators, package makers and donors. (0 comments)

10/11/2007
VirGO module presented at Explor'espace 2007
Fabien, our project leader, is presenting the work he has done on the VirGO module for Stellarium at Explor'espace 2007, an event by the Association d'Astronomie Française (AFA).
The VirGO module is a - for now non-public - plugin that makes the vast archives of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) available through Stellarium.

The conference takes place on 9, 10 and 11 November in Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Southern France, near Cannes.

More info:
http://www.afanet.fr/ExplorEspace

Pleasedownload - http://www.stellarium.org/