Moderately dark environment (deep shadow or indoors)ĭevelopers: Alexander V.3D graphics card which supports OpenGL 3.3 and above.Linux/Unix Windows 10 and above macOS 11.0 and above.Mouse, Touchpad or similar pointing device.3D graphics card which supports OpenGL 2.1 and GLSL 1.3 or OpenGL ES 2.0.Linux/Unix Windows 7 and above macOS 10.15 and above.Presentation of Stellarium for the China-VO.D/L/Nakota and Ojibwe skycultures withdrawn.add your own deep sky objects, landscapes, constellation images, scripts….ability to add new solar system objects from on-line resources….plugin system adding artifical satellites, ocular simulation, telescope control and more.skinnable landscapes with spheric panorama projection.

graphical interface and extensive keyboard control.

spheric mirror projection for your own low-cost dome.

fisheye projection for planetarium domes.

very realistic atmosphere, sunrise and sunset.

images of nebulae (full Messier catalogue).

constellations for 40+ different cultures.

asterisms and illustrations of the constellations.

extra catalogue with more than 1 million deep-sky objects.

default catalogue of over 80,000 deep-sky objects.

extra catalogues with more than 177 million stars.

default catalogue of over 600,000 stars.

It is also possible to visit other planets in the solar system - see what the sky looked like to the Apollo astronauts, or what the rings of Saturn looks like from Titan. Stellarium has multiple sky cultures - see the constellations from the traditions of Polynesian, Inuit, Navajo, Korean, Lakota, Egyptian and Chinese astronomers, as well as the traditional Western constellations. Stellarium comes with a star catalogue of about 600 thousand stars and it is possible to download extra catalogues with up to 210 million stars. It displays stars, constellations, planets and nebulae, and has many other features including multiple panoramic landscapes, fog, light pollution simulation and a built-in scripting engine. Stellarium renders 3D photo-realistic skies in real time with OpenGL.

The stellarium program