Stellarium: Free Planetarium For Your Computer
Dont have a scope to view the night sky? No problem! Download your free copy of Stellarium which is a free open source planetarium for your computer. Stellarium shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. 'Stellarium is free GPL software which renders realistic skies in real time with openGL. With Stellarium, you really see what you can see with your eyes, binoculars or a small telescope. Stellarium is also used in planetariums.Stellarium version 0.8.0 for Linux and Windows is released! The program is now multilingual, much more accurate, looks better, and has numerous new features (constellation boundaries, night mode, selectable home planet, more objects...) Please test it, report the bugs you encounter, add your experiences to the wiki, and complete the translations with Rosetta'.
Navigation :
•Use the direction keys or drag with the mouse to move the point of view.
•Use page up and page down keys or mouse wheel to zoom in and out.
•Use left mouse button to select an object, right button to select no object and
middle mouse button or SPACE to center on the selected object.
•Zooming on nebulas or planets is very interesting....
•Use J, K and L to increment/decrement time speed.
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