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Astronomy buffs — check out STELLARIUM!

I’ve finally found an astronomy program that doesn’t suck and it’s called “Stellarium”:

  • Wonderful interface, great appearance — great for teaching astronomy to kids
  • You can turn the atmosphere, ground and haze/fog on or off
  • Stellarium shows (or hides) constellation lines, regions and artwork, for Chinese, Egyptian, Western cultures and more
  • Display what the equatorial-mount telescope sees, or use azimuth view for the pedestrian perspective from your location
  • Click for info on any object; wheel mouse zooms in and out; lots of keyboard shortcuts to track items
  • Easily simulate a meteor shower
  • Lots, lots more…
  • Stellarium is free (and hosted at sourceforge)

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