stellarium

Real-time photorealistic sky simulator

Version : 0.6.2
Author(s) : Fabien Chereau (stellarium@free.fr)
License : GPL
Website : http://stellarium.free.fr

Installs from Open Source Astronomy for Linux cd 1
Disk space required for installation is 10.93 Mb

After the package is installed it can be accessed using the command


		/opt/astro/bin/startstellarium

A shortcut will be installed in the KDE/GNOME desktop menu system,
as an entry in the Astronomy submenu

Screenshots

Summary

Stellarium is a free software available for Windows, Linux/Unix and MacOSX. It renders 3D photo-realistic skies in real time. With stellarium, you really see what you can see with your eyes, binoculars or a small telescope.