Stellarium 0.13.3

Stellarium is a software for viewing the night sky and exploring the known universe and most of its planets, stars and other objects. It is a fun and interactive way to visualize interstellar objects, learn about major phenomena such as eclipses and see artistic depictions of constellations from different cultures around the world. It facilitates many viewing modes and options and even provides reference points other than the Earth, such as viewing the night sky from other planets. It supports many external plugins artificial satellites, ocular simulation, Solar System editor, telescope control etc and allows adding your own objects.

Features

- Interactive and educational 3D space exploration.
- Real time realistic projection of the night sky.
- Includes catalogs of millions of star and objects.
- View constellations from various cultures.
- Multiple reference point viewing modes.
- Zoom in on planets and objects, fish eye projection.
- Scripting support for recording and creating shows.
- Visualize coordinates, simulate eclipses etc.
- Add objects and customize the program.
- Multilingual support.

Shortcomings

- Closed source code.
- No portable version available.

System Requirements

- 2200 MHz central processing unit.
- 512 Mb RAM memory or more.
- GPU with 64 Мb memory or more.
- 198 Mb free hard disk space.
- 32 Bit or 64 Bit hardware architecture (x86 or x64).
- Operating system Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8