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  • Universe Sandbox

  • Universe Sandbox is an interactive space simulator for Windows based PCs.

    tags: educational astronomy physics-sandbox space-simulation
  • StarCalc

  • StarCalc is the fastest professional astronomy planetarium & star mapping program for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP (StarCalc version for PocketPC is available). It illustrates star positions of any instance of the day observed from any geographic locations on the Earth. The star positions can be viewed and presented as images of hemispherical whole sky or any of the user defined sub-areas. These images can be zoomed at different scales, rotated, screen-captured and printed. Also, StarCalc has many other functions of calculation and showing of sky objects. »

    tags: Discontinued astronomy stars star-mapping
  • Solar System Scope

  • 3D simulation of the Solar System and night sky - real time virtual orrery and observatory

    tags: offline-access multi-language astronomy stars sky-map
  • Gaia Sky

  • Gaia Sky is a real-time, 3D, astronomy visualisation software that runs on Windows, Linux and OS X. It is developed in the framework of ESA's Gaia mission to chart about 1 billion stars of our Galaxy in the Gaia group of the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut (ZAH, Universität Heidelberg).

    tags: 3d-animation astronomy educational galaxy sciences
  • Noctua Stellarium Mobile

  • Stellarium Mobile is a fully-featured planetarium for your phone. It shows a realistic night sky map in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.

    tags: 3d-graphics astronomy educational gps night-mode
  • WorldWide Telescope

  • The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless exploration of the universe.

    tags: space stars telescope universe observe
  • Aciqra

  • Aciqra (uh-SEE-kruh) is a free and open source virtual sky map and planetarium which tracks and displays astronomical bodies including planets, nebulae and stars to an accuracy of a fraction of a degree for thousands of years into both the future and the past. It's software that generates a virtual sky so you'll know what's up in the real one.

    tags: Discontinued Portable WINE astronomy stars
  • WinStars

  • WinStars uses the latest 3D technology to show the objects of our solar system in a realistic manner. Thus, it is possible to move from one planet to another, to follow a space probe on its long voyage or to observe a celestial event from a place to which you could never go. The use of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s DE 404 planetary theories allows us to have a precise representation of the events displayed.

    tags: simulation space astronomy stars star-map
  • Digital Universe Atlas

  • Discover the universe with our downloadable atlas—the Digital Universe—where you can fly from the Sun out the edge of the observable universe.

    tags: online-resource cosmology
  • Exoplanet Explorer 3D

  • Visit distant exoplanets on a thrilling journey through our galaxy!

    tags: space universe 3d-visualization planet