Stellarium - planetarium on your computer


	Stellarium - planetarium on your computer

hitchhiker08

8-27-2008 5:21 AM

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planetarium, galaxy, planets, stars, asteroids, sky, moon

hitchhiker08 says:

Looks interesting enough to download!

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8-27-2008 11:34 AM

ericskiff

This is more than just worth a download, I consider stellarium reason enough to own a laptop!

Seriously, get this program, beg borrow or buy a laptop, and go check out a clear night sky from a field somewhere. Try turning on constellation lines, art, and finding specific planets.

It will absolutely change the way you look at the stars from then on!

8-27-2008 11:39 AM

The REAL Napster

This is basically the open source version of Starry Night Pro. The real fun is when you have a decent telescope and ASCOM software interfaces to control the telesscope via your 'star' program. I will check it out.

8-27-2008 12:30 PM

silvanaraihane

yes it is a good download

8-30-2008 4:49 PM

skwirlinator

YES, good one. I clipped this in a series with some other programs awhile back.

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    <H1>Stellarium</H1>
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It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go. <SPAN><A href="http://stellarium.org/screenshots.html">view screenshots</A></SPAN></DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://stellarium.org/screenshots.html" href="http://stellarium.org/screenshots.html" style="font-size: 11px;">stellarium.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://stellarium.org/screenshots.html"><DIV id="relativecenter">
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      <A title="The configuration window.  The first thing you have to do is set your observing position and save it. The landscape is a panorama from the ESO facilities in Garching, near Munich, Germany. ESO is the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, and is employing project leader Fabien Chéreau." href="http://stellarium.org/img/screenshots/0.9-set-location.jpg"><IMG width="100" height="75" border="0" class="thumb" src="http://stellarium.org/img/screenshots/0.9-set-location.png" /></A>
	  <A title="The sun is down, the stars are visible.  Stellarium 0.9.0 shows more stars than ever.  600,000 are included by default, but you can even download extra catalogues to see up to 210 million stars. This work was done by our team member Johannes." href="http://stellarium.org/img/screenshots/0.9-stars.jpg"><IMG width="100" height="75" border="0" class="thumb" src="http://stellarium.org/img/screenshots/0.9-stars.png" /></A>
	  <A title="Full sky view of the constellations, their boundaries, the Milky Way." href="http://stellarium.org/img/screenshots/0.9-constellations.jpg"><IMG width="100" height="75" border="0" class="thumb" src="http://stellarium.org/img/screenshots/0.9-constellations.png" /></A>
	  <A title="A shooting star flashes past the Moon. Press 9 to toggle between meteor intensity." href="http://stellarium.org/img/screenshots/0.9-shooting-star.jpg"><IMG width="100" height="75" border="0" class="thumb" src="http://stellarium.org/img/screenshots/0.9-shooting-star.png" /></A>
	  <A title="Constellation art turned on." href="http://stellarium.org/img/screenshots/0.9-constellation-art.jpg"><IMG width="100" height="75" border="0" class="thumb" src="http://stellarium.org/img/screenshots/0.9-constellation-art.png" /></A>
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	  <A title="Selecting a planet and pressing Ctrl+G flies you there.  Here, Saturn's rings stretch out far above us." href="http://stellarium.org/img/screenshots/0.9-from-saturn.jpg"><IMG width="100" height="75" border="0" class="thumb" src="http://stellarium.org/img/screenshots/0.9-from-saturn.png" /></A>
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