gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials » moon http://www.ghacks.net A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:52:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Stellarium your own free planetariumhttp://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/24/stellarium-your-own-free-planetarium/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/24/stellarium-your-own-free-planetarium/#comments Sun, 24 Dec 2006 08:25:10 +0000 Martin Brinkmann http://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/24/stellarium-your-own-free-planetarium/ Men has been looking to the stars from the beginning of the world and this tradition is still visible in our modern world,  although for slightly changed reasons. After the download of Stellarium finishes (Windows, Mac and Linux version available) you may startup the application to take a first look at the stars. I took a look from Paris, not sure if this is the default for everyone though. The name of the stars that I was able to spot were shown in the 360° landscape.

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You may change the location from where you are looking at the sky to almost any place on earth. Switching to the United States for instance changed the beautiful morning in Paris to a great view of the nightsky in that region of the world. Additional information like Nebulas, grids and constellations can be added to the view.

Stellarium is a fantastic application that teaches about the stars on the one hand and displays beautiful images on the other hand. Great for everyone with even a slight interested in astronomy.

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