Stellarium 23.2

Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go.

Stellarium key features:

  • Realistic simulation of the sky, sunrise and sunset
  • Default catalogue of over 600,000 stars
  • Downloadable additional catalogues for up to 210 million stars
  • Catalog data for all New General Catalogue (NGC) objects
  • Images of almost all Messier objects and the Milky Way
  • Artistic illustrations for all 88 modern constellations
  • More than a dozen different cultures with their constellations
  • Solar and lunar eclipse simulation
  • Photorealistic landscapes (more are available on the website)
  • Scripting support with ECMAScript (a few demo scripts are included)
  • Extendable with plug-ins: 8 plug-ins installed by default, including:
  • artificial satellites plug-in (updated from an on-line TLE database)
  • ocular simulation plug-in (shows how objects look like in a given ocular)
  • Solar System editor plug-in (imports comet and asteroid data from the MPC)
  • telescope control plug-in (Meade LX200 and Celestron NexStar compatible)

Stellarium 23.2 changelog:

  • Added ecliptic obliquity to infoMap (GH: #3233)
  • Added support “short-period comets” type
  • Added support combined designations for numbered periodic comets
  • Added optional “Solar A/a” and “Lunar A/a” info for objects (GH: #3273)
  • Added support for webp format in HiPS
  • Added discovery circumstances for Caldwell objects
  • Added discovery circumstances for Solar System Objects (GH: #3230)
  • Added support antialiasing for Oculars lines
  • Added changeable font to LeftStelBar (GH: #3125)
  • Added UTM/WGS84 coordinate conversions
  • Added push to directional light strength in Scenery 3D plugin
  • Added new category into AstroCalc/Phenomena tool
  • Added missing timezone (GH: #3200)
  • Added push to directional light strength into Scenery 3D plugin
  • Added new rotation buttons for CCD in the Oculars plugin
  • Added KY day number in Calendars plugin
  • Added option “Stop clock when starting” (GH: #3140)
  • Added ability to specify seconds in time selectors of AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool (GH: #3146)
  • Fixed building Satellites plugin when Iridium flares are enabled
  • Fixed 64-bit install mode for Windows (GH: #3130)
  • Fixed angular size for AstroCalc/Graphs tool: Let’s use angular radii of planets without rings
  • Fixed computation of perpendicular in wide line rendering
  • Fixed tooltips for Penumbra and Umbra circles (GH: #3175)
  • Fixed updating location even if name is the same (GH: #3171)
  • Fixed fading of the new nebula markers
  • Fixed Observing Lists feature: avoid duplicate stored list when creating a new list (GH: #3163)
  • Fixed missing doSRGB uniform in AtmosphereShowMySky
  • Fixed filters in Satellites plugin (GH: #3158)
  • Fixed checking updates
  • Fixed working the actions in Oculars plugin (GH: #3280)
  • Fixed prism rotation (GH: #3283)
  • Fixed links to Mike McCants’ website
  • Fixed designations of periodic comets
  • Fixed WUI of Remote Control plugin
  • Fixed orbital elements of Phoebe (GH: #230)
  • Fixed special handling of Earth map (GH: #3180)
  • Fixed a bad connection definition (GH: #3180)
  • Fixed missing include (GH: #3180)
  • Fixed orbital elements of Pluto’s moons (GH: #3242)
  • Fixed missing data for periodic comets
  • Fixed label for button in Equation of Time plugin
  • Fixed Greek (Farnese) sky culture [full changelog]

Download: Stellarium 23.2 (64-bit) | 377.0 MB (Open Source)
View: Stellarium Home Page | Other Operating Systems

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