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.
Planisphere is an astronomy application that lets you use pinch and finger gestures to manipulate a map of the sky. As you zoom in finer detail comes into view. You can...
planisphere is an astronomy application that lets you use pinch and finger gestures to manipulate a map of the sky. as you zoom in finer detail comes into view. you can double tap on objects to get more information.
planisphere shows all 88 constellations and their boundaries, 9096 naked eye stars, the messier deep sky catalogue, the sun, moon, planets and the now dwarf planet pluto. these can be searched and then displayed if above the horizon for the selected time. rise and setting times are available for all named objects.
the date, time and location can be changed. if gps is available you can use this to find your location, otherwise you can click on a world map or select a city. there is also a realtime mode that will update to the current time. you can also set a night light' which gives the map a red tint for nighttime viewing.
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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.
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