Stellarium (software)
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Stellarium is a free and open-source planetarium, licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version, available for Linux, Windows, and macOS. A port of Stellarium called Stellarium Mobile is available for Android and iOS. These have a limited functionality, lacking some features of the desktop version. All versions use OpenGL to render a realistic projection of the night sky in real time.Template:Citation needed
Stellarium was featured on SourceForge in May 2006 as Project of the Month.<ref name="sf-potm">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
HistoryEdit
In 2006, Stellarium 0.7.1 won a gold award in the Education category of the Les Trophées du Libre free software competition.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
A modified version of Stellarium has been used by the MeerKAT project as a virtual sky display showing where the antennae of the radio telescope are pointed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In December 2011, Stellarium was added as one of the "featured applications" in the Ubuntu Software Center.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Planetarium dome projectionEdit
The fisheye and spherical mirror distortion features allow Stellarium to be projected onto domes. Spherical mirror distortion is used in projection systems that use a digital video projector and a first surface convex spherical mirror to project images onto a dome. Such systems are generally cheaper than traditional planetarium projectors and fish-eye lens projectors and for that reason are used in budget and home planetarium setups where projection quality is less important.Template:Citation needed
Various companies which build and sell digital planetarium systems use Stellarium, such as e-Planetarium.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Primary source inline
Digitalis Education Solutions, which helped develop Stellarium, created a fork called Nightshade which was specifically tailored to planetarium use.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Primary source inline
VirGOEdit
VirGO is a Stellarium plugin, a visual browser for the European Southern Observatory (ESO) Science Archive Facility which allows astronomers to browse professional astronomical data. It is no longer supported or maintained; the last version was 1.4.5, dated January 15, 2010.<ref name="eso-virgo">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Primary source inline
Stellarium MobileEdit
Stellarium Mobile is a fork of Stellarium, developed by some of the Stellarium team members. It currently targets mobile devices running Symbian, Maemo, Android, and iOS. Some of the mobile optimisations have been integrated into the mainline Stellarium product.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Primary source inlineTemplate:Dead link
ScreenshotsEdit
- Stellarium 001.jpg
Constellation art in version 0.6.2
- Stellarium 0.10.1 - Constellation art - English.png
Constellation art in version 0.10.1
- Stellarium Mars.png
Mars and its moons in Stellarium 0.14
- Stellarium Grid.png
Equatorial and Azimuthal Grids in Stellarium 0.14
- Stellarium Night Mode.png
Screenshot of Night Mode in Stellarium 0.14
LegacyEdit
Eleanor Catton, the New Zealand author who wrote the 2013 Booker Prize recipient novel The Luminaries, stated she used star charts from Stellarium and Sky & Telescope while writing the novel to help reconstruct the sky within the timeframe the novel is set in.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
See alsoEdit
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