Friday, May 12, 2006

Stellarium 0.8.0. You need to check this out!

For those of you who find yourselves gazing up into the sky, wondering where it goes and what those bright, sparkly points of light are up there, do I have a treat for you.
 
Stellarium.
 
It's like Google Earth for the sky. Really. Awesome.
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.
Once you set your position on the earth, you can get started. It gives you the current view from wherever you are, and you can speed up or slow down time.
 
You can zoom in on stars, planets, and multitudes of other heavenly objects.
You'll look like a genius to your children when you point out Jupiter and Saturn in the night sky.
 
Stellarium. It's free, interesting, and fun.
 
 
 

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