3D visualization software for ESA's (European Space Agency) Gaia mission to chart about 1 billion stars of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Free
Open Source
Mac OS X
Windows
Linux
gaia sky is a realtime, 3d, astronomy visualisation software that runs on windows, linux and os x. it is developed in the framework of esa's gaia mission to chart about 1 billion stars of our galaxy in the gaia group of the astronomisches recheninstitut (zah, universität heidelberg).
main features free and open source the application is free and open source published and distributed under the lgpl (lesser general public license) license and will stay this way. from gaia to the cosmos move freely through the cosmos and descend to the surface of any planet or do a closeup inspection of gaia. all movement and transitions are seamless! gaia observe gaia in its orbit and discover its movement on the sky and its attitude. 3d ready with 3 stereoscopic modes: vr headset, 3dtv, crosseye. use your own data! support for votable, fits, csv and all formats supported by the stil library. navigate the galaxy support for controllers and gamepads makes navigating the galaxy a piece of cake. record and play your paths ready to record and play camera paths offtheshelf. scriptable and moddable use python to script and extend the capabilities of the gaia sky. internationalised translated so far to english, german, spanish and catalan.
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