Editing Stellarium (software) (section)

{{Short description|Open-source planetarium}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{More citations needed|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Stellarium
| logo = File:Stellarium Splash.png
| logo size = 100px
| screenshot =File:Stellarium v24.3.png
| screenshot size = 300px
| caption = Stellarium 24.3 running on [[Windows (operating system)|Windows]]
| author = [[Fabien Chéreau]]
| developer = Alexander Wolf<br/>Georg Zotti<br/>Marcos Cardinot<br/>Guillaume Chéreau<br/>Bogdan Marinov<br/>Timothy Reaves<br/>Florian Schaukowitsch
| released = 2001
| latest release version = 24.4<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wolf|first=Alexander|date=December 22, 2024|title=v24.4|website=[[GitHub]] |url=https://github.com/Stellarium/stellarium/releases/tag/v24.4|access-date=December 25, 2024}}</ref>
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2024|12|22|br=y|paren=y}}
| programming language = [[C++]] ([[Qt (framework)|Qt]])
| operating system = [[Linux]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[macOS]]
| platform = [[Personal computer|PC]], [[SmartPhone|Mobile]]
| size = 345 MB ([[Linux]] [[tar (file format)|tar]]ball)<br/>261 MB ([[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] 32-bit installer)<br/> 398 MB (Windows 64-bit installer)<br/> 243 MB ([[macOS]] package)
| genre = [[Educational software]]
| license = [[GNU GPLv2]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~stellarium/stellarium/trunk/view/head:/COPYING|title=~stellarium/stellarium/trunk : contents of COPYING at revision 9976|website=bazaar.launchpad.net}}</ref>
}}

'''Stellarium''' is a [[Free and open-source software|free and open-source]] [[planetarium software|planetarium]], licensed under the terms of the [[GNU General Public License]] version 2 or any later version, available for [[Linux]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], and [[macOS]]. A port of Stellarium called Stellarium Mobile is available for [[Android (operating system)|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 computer graphics|real time]].{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

Stellarium was featured on [[SourceForge]] in May 2006 as ''Project of the Month''.<ref name="sf-potm">{{cite web |date=May 2006 |title=Project of the Month – May 2006 – Stellarium |url=http://sourceforge.net/potm/potm-2006-05.php |access-date=September 25, 2008 |website=[[SourceForge]] |publisher=}}</ref>