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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. It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go. Edit

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  • Fabio Bruna fanatic
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    Good example of free & great planetarium software. Simple to use so also perfect for use with kids.

  • mkhuda devotee
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    i like astronomi

  • nothingtosay fanatic
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    Great cross-platform, free, open-source star gazing software thus far.

  • Eyerex fanatic
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    Didn't know there was so much going on above my home

  • Pcfreakske2000 devotee
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    Great application to view the stars right on your desktop. Great software.

  • inbedlam fanatic
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    Excellent interactive star chart and great education tool.
    works best on a big screen and a Wii remote to control it using something like xwii on linux

  • CatalystY devotee
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    This is awesome. What a great tool! Would be esp. good at teaching kids the constellations. If you have a projector hooked up, even better.

  • simbaj fanatic
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    Great open source star mapping/locating/exploring application. Turns your PC into a planetarium.

  • konieckropka fanatic

    It is not very advanced astronomical program, but it graphics and realism are gorgeous...

  • nixoid expert
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    111

  • port devotee
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    one of teh finest open sauce projektz

  • letatcest fanatic

    great application! (definately if you want to know what you are looking at at night)

  • vortexs enthusiast
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    interesting program

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Website: stellarium.org
Developer: Rob Spearman
License: Open source
Version: 0.10.2
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Usage: 1 week, 2 days, 15 hours, 6 minutes and 49 seconds
Usage since: 08 May 2007
Platform Usage:
Windows
(59%)
Linux
(35%)

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Rank: #3486