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http://www.stellarium.org

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But is it any good?

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It's great! Just look at all these features...

sky

* over 120,000 stars from the Hipparcos catalogue with info
* asterisms and illustrations of the constellations
* images of nebulae
* realistic Milky Way
* very realistic atmosphere, sunrise and sunset
* the planets and their satellites

interface

* a powerful zoom
* time control
* multilingual interface
* scripting to record and play your own shows
* fisheye projection for planetarium domes
* spheric mirror projection for your own dome
* graphical interface and extensive keyboard control

visualisation

* equatorial and azimuthal grids
* star twinkling
* shooting stars
* eclipse simulation
* skinnable landscapes, now with spheric panorama projection

customisability

* add your own deep sky objects, landscapes, constellation images, scripts...

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Cor! I'm off to try it right now!

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Enjoy!

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Originally posted by Bowmann
Enjoy!
Hmmmm, what semantic meaning are you trying to infer ? try again and be more grammatically correct please !

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Originally posted by Vladamir no1
infer
Try using a dictionary.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
http://www.stellarium.org
I thought you didn't like stars?

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Originally posted by Aiko
I thought you don't like the starred scum?
You probably won't like it. It's free.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
Try using a dictionary.
y tu

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Originally posted by Bowmann
You probably won't like it. It's free.
TANSTAFSS.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
You probably won't like it. It's free.
Why can't it find Bellatrix?

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Originally posted by Aiko
Why can't it find Bellatrix?
Are you pulling my leg?

Try switching the ground off.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
http://www.stellarium.org
That looks rather good. One subscriber non-rec for Bowmann!

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Originally posted by dottewell
That looks rather good. One subscriber non-rec for Bowmann!
Ta. That's my first.