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by Tim Wilson on November 25th, 2005 Clip to Evernote

I discovered Stellarium recently and suggest anyone teaching science add it to their toolbelt. From the project FAQ:

Stellarium is an open source desktop planetarium for Linux/Unix, Windows and MacOSX. It renders the skies in realtime using OpenGL, which means the skies will look exactly like what you see with your eyes, binoculars, or a small telescope. Stellarium is very simple to use, which is one of its biggest advantages: it can easily be used by beginners.

I love the fact that it’s open source and cross-platform. There’s no reason not to download it and try it out, but if you want a bit of a preview you can check out the screenshots. Just beautiful.

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From → Curriculum Resources, Open source

3 Comments
  1. Wesley Fryer permalink

    Awesome software application Tim, thanks for sharing! I can’t wait to try this out with my son, our family’s budding astronomer! :-)

  2. Randy Meredith permalink

    David,

    Thanks for highlighting this stellar (pardon the pun) application. I was totally blown away by the slick rendering on my iBook. I plan to demo this software for the astronomy prof here on campus. I’m sure he will be delighted.

    I’m looking forward to grabbing my binocs and iBook, and checking out the wonderful winter skies.

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