Cool FREE space software

gLing · 02-23-2008, 10:20 PM

You space lovers out there might be interested ins some of these free softwares.

Stellarium

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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. Just set your coordinates and go.

Stellarium

Celestia

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The free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions. Celestia runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
Unlike most planetarium software, Celestia doesn't confine you to the surface of the Earth. You can travel throughout the solar system, to any of over 100,000 stars, or even beyond the galaxy.
All movement in Celestia is seamless; the exponential zoom feature lets you explore space across a huge range of scales, from galaxy clusters down to spacecraft only a few meters across. A 'point-and-goto' interface makes it simple to navigate through the universe to the object you want to visit.
Celestia is expandable. Celestia comes with a large catalog of stars, galaxies, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and spacecraft. If that's not enough, you can download dozens of easy to install add-ons with more objects.

Celestia: Home

And here is where you can get add-ons for Celestia.
The Celestia Motherlode: Home

Orbiter

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ORBITER is a free flight simulator that goes beyond the confines of Earth's atmosphere. Launch the Space Shuttle from Kennedy Space Center to deploy a satellite, rendezvous with the International Space Station or take the futuristic Delta-glider for a tour through the solar system - the choice is yours.

Orbiter - A free space flight simulator

Mitaka

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Mitaka is software for visualizing theoretical, computational, and observational astronomical data, developed by the Four Dimensional Digital Universe (4D2U) project of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ). Users can seamlessly navigate across the universe from Earth to the edges of the known universe.
Mitaka is optimized for 3D visualizations on multiple screens at the 4D2U theater in NAOJ's Mitaka headquarters. However, it can also be used on a single Windows PC

Mitaka

RecklessTim · 02-23-2008, 10:44 PM

I'll have to check those out. Have you ever tried google earth sky? It lets you explore the universe, up close and personal.

gLing · 02-23-2008, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by RecklessTim

I'll have to check those out. Have you ever tried google earth sky? It lets you explore the universe, up close and personal.

No I haven't tried that but Celestia lets you go anywhere in the universe. You can also make your own alien solar systems with it if you want.

gLing · 03-05-2008, 03:09 AM

I did not make this but it looks really cool. It shows celestia.

Thebest · 03-05-2008, 08:52 AM

that's awesome! I heart space.

skyblue · 03-05-2008, 12:17 PM

i'll definately check celestia out

Sparkey Duck · 03-06-2008, 11:59 AM

Stellarium is the only one I have tried so far and all I can say is wow. It's is awesome, in the actual dictionary meaning of the word..

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