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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.

A shooting star flashes past the Jupiter. You can select different intensities in the View window.

A shooting star flashes past the Jupiter. You can select different intensities in the View window.

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The great nebula in Orion. Press N to bring up the nebula labels. Also shown are constellation lines, press C to show or hide them.

The great nebula in Orion. Press N to bring up the nebula labels.

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The dance of the planets above ESO headquarters, near Munich.

The dance of the planets above ESO headquarters, near Munich.

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Full sky view of the constellations, their boundaries, the Milky Way.

Full sky view of the constellations, their boundaries, the Milky Way.

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Constellation art turned on.

Constellation art turned on.

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user contributed 3D sceneries

We are collecting user-contributed 3D sceneries of astronomical interest (not necessarily your garden shack).

3D Sceneries

Callanish, Lewis, Western Isles, Scotland 1.0+
Emma Rennie, Archaeoptics, Victor Reijs, and Georg Zotti Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license English

Callanish I (in English) or Calanais I (in Scottish Gaelic) on the Isle of Lewis is one of the oldest, and largest, megalithic sites in the UK. More information…
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