Stellarium version 0.8.1 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 satellites.
Interface
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 control.
Visualization
Equatorial and azimuthal grids. Star twinkling. Shooting stars. Eclipse simulation. Skinnable landscapes, now with spheric panorama projection.
Customisability
Add your own deep sky objects, landscapes, constellation images, scripts.
Screenshots
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