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I can’t remember how I discovered this one today (could’ve been a random Gada.be search). Regardless, this software is simply amazing - and cross-platform, to boot. It’s the best desktop “night sky” client in the galaxy - and in my opinion, beats the pants off of Starry Night:
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.
Ponzi and I went to a plane…arium a couple of months ago. Even it wasn’t half as nice as Stellarium. This is exactly what I’ve always wanted - and it’s open source software!!! I can’t wait to try this on my laptop outside. The illustrations of the constellations are priceless. I dare you to find a better night sky viewer for any platform. I double-dog dare you!
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Zulfikar Dharmawan
May 31st, 2006
at 12:13am
Have you ever download Celestia?
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
It’s quite similar I think. I even like Celestia, because you can customize your journey from one point to another.
Joe Anderson
May 31st, 2006
at 1:29am
I have used this for quite a while, when you pair it up with Celestia it rocks.
Tris Hussey
May 31st, 2006
at 9:48am
Dude! OMG! That is freakin’ amazing! My kids and I are going to love this for star gazing … turn off the lights, laptop outside … instant astronomy lesson!
The Homely Scientist » Check out the stars tonight … even inside … get Stellarium!
May 31st, 2006
at 10:06am
[...] A ten-gallon hat tip to Chris for posting about this. I love looking at the stars. But no matter how hard I try there are only few constellations that I can recognize right off the bat. I even earned my Astronomy merit badge in Scouts. That doesn’t stop me from gazing and wondering. It doesn’t stop me from wanting to teach my kids about the stars and planets. Well thanks to Chris … I can do it any time I want, and then go outside at night and really see what’s going on! Thanks to Stellarium. This app is just freakin’ amazing. It runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux. It’s free. And the graphics, OMG. The graphics are just unreal, rather, very real. Everything you’d want to explore the night sky. Set where you are, draw the constellations for you. Rotate to the direction you’re facing. Zoom into distant galaxies. [...]
Tris Hussey
May 31st, 2006
at 8:36pm
Hey … could I have a goatee to go with my mustache, pls? ;)
SG is down for maintenance!
June 1st, 2006
at 4:00pm
a projector, you can set it to output a projection that you can show on your own planetarium (now you can tell your spouse that it was totally worth it to convert the garage!) or the ceiling of your dorm . . . wakka chikka wakka chikka bow bow. (viaChris Pirillo) (Written by: WilWheaton)
webbits
May 16th, 2008
at 11:21am
, I was pretty eager to try it. I have always been a fan of stellar images as backgrounds for my desktops. I am also a big fan of the NASA Image of the Day. A few years back I was pretty impressed when Chris Pirillo mentionedStellariumbut when Mashable announced that World Wide Telescope was available. I immediately downloaded it. Folks if you haven’t tried this one yet, you must give this program a look. I am far from an expert stargazer but I have played with Stellarium,
Kyle Teachman
August 13th, 2008
at 7:12am
I used to have a telescope in my room but we got rid of it and now I wish I had it. This seems like a really cool app! Thanks for the tip Chris!