EzyStyles
13-07-2006, 04:33 PM
Hi Guys,
Just a FYI, Stellarium v0.8.1 is out.
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.
features
in version 0.8.1
sky
over 120,000 stars from the Hipparcos catalogue with info
asterisms and illustrations of the constellations
images of nebulae
realistic Milky Way
very realistic atmosphere, sunrise and sunset
the planets and their satellitesinterface
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 controlvisualisation
equatorial and azimuthal grids
star twinkling
shooting stars
eclipse simulation
skinnable landscapes, now with spheric panorama projectioncustomisability
add your own deep sky objects, landscapes, constellation images, scripts...
You can download it for free from the following link:
http://www.stellarium.org/
Just a FYI, Stellarium v0.8.1 is out.
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.
features
in version 0.8.1
sky
over 120,000 stars from the Hipparcos catalogue with info
asterisms and illustrations of the constellations
images of nebulae
realistic Milky Way
very realistic atmosphere, sunrise and sunset
the planets and their satellitesinterface
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 controlvisualisation
equatorial and azimuthal grids
star twinkling
shooting stars
eclipse simulation
skinnable landscapes, now with spheric panorama projectioncustomisability
add your own deep sky objects, landscapes, constellation images, scripts...
You can download it for free from the following link:
http://www.stellarium.org/