Google Earth

Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean.

Free Personal Mac OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone Android Tablet BSD iPad

Stellarium

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.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

Sky Map

Sky Map (formerly the Google Sky Map) turns your Android-powered mobile phone into a window on the night sky.

Free Open Source Android

Celestia

Celestia is an application for real-time 3D visualization of space, with a detailed model of the solar system, over 100,000 stars, more than 10,000 galaxies, and an extension mechanism for adding more objects.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

NASA World Wind

World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

Star Walk (series)

Indispensable for amateurs and professionals, as well as for kids who are eager to learn, Star Walk will guide you through the night sky in style.

Commercial Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Kindle Fire Windows Phone Apple TV

Star Chart

Can’t see the moon? Want to know where it is? Look through the eyes of your device to see a virtual window into the whole visible universe.

Commercial Mac OS X Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Windows RT Windows Phone

KStars

KStars is a Desktop Planetarium for KDE. It provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux KDE

SkyView

SkyView is powerful, easy-to-use app that answers questions about stars, constellations, and more. Simply point the camera to the sky, tap on what you see and discover neat things about these sky objects.

Freemium Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Kindle Fire Apple Watch

StarCalc

StarCalc is the fastest professional astronomy planetarium & star mapping program for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP (StarCalc version for PocketPC is available).

Free Windows Windows Mobile

Cartes du Ciel (Skychart)

This program enables you to draw sky charts, making use of the data in 16 catalogs of stars and nebulae. In addition the position of planets, asteroids and comets are shown.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

SkEye

SkEye is an advanced Planetarium that can also be used as a PUSHTO guide for telescopes. Ever wondered what objects are up in the sky? Now you can get familiar with Astronomy by identifying stars, planets, and constellations.

Freemium Android Android Tablet

WinStars

WinStars uses the latest 3D technology to show the objects of our solar system in a realistic manner.

Freemium Windows Linux Wine

Cosmic-Watch

Discover the fascinating relation between time and the cosmos. Enjoy this interactive learning tool and understand the concept of the celestial sphere and the apparent movement of the sky.

Commercial Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad

SkyMap

SkyMap provides interactive sky maps for any time, viewpoint and location on Earth.

Freemium Windows Web Windows RT Windows Phone

Pocket Universe

From an augmented reality view of the night sky, to a virtual visit to the surface of Mars, Pocket Universe is the ultimate in astronomy apps.

Freemium iPhone iPad

Solar System Scope

3D simulation of the Solar System and night sky - real time virtual orrery and observatory Features: - Heliocentric view with real-time positions of planets and...

Freemium Mac OS X Windows Android iPhone Web

Noctua Stellarium Mobile

Stellarium Mobile is a fully-featured planetarium for your phone. It shows a realistic night sky map in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.

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Vortex Planetarium

Vortex Planetarium - Discover the sky. The most comprehesive, fully featured Planetarium on Android. Used by amateur astronomers and armchair observers alike, Vortex Planetarium offers a window to the skies in stunning detail.

Commercial Android Android Tablet