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|Full description=Celestia is a real-time visual simulation of space. Choose a point within the Local Group of galaxies, and Celestia will show you an approximation of how it would appear to your eyes were you actually there. Some of what Celestia shows is necessarily hypothetical--the farther away from Earth you get, the less real data there is and the more guesswork is involved. Thus Celestia supplements observational data with good guesses based on models of stellar and planetary processes. You can also navigate at an immense range of scales. Orbit a couple kilometers above the surface of a tiny, irregular asteroid, then head off toward Jupiter, watching it grow from a bright point of light into a looming sphere filling your field of vision. Leave our solar system entirely and observe the sun as it fades from a brilliant disk to a bright star, disappearing almost entirely as you head off toward the Upsilon Andromeda system to orbit around its innermost giant planet. | |Full description=Celestia is a real-time visual simulation of space. Choose a point within the Local Group of galaxies, and Celestia will show you an approximation of how it would appear to your eyes were you actually there. Some of what Celestia shows is necessarily hypothetical--the farther away from Earth you get, the less real data there is and the more guesswork is involved. Thus Celestia supplements observational data with good guesses based on models of stellar and planetary processes. You can also navigate at an immense range of scales. Orbit a couple kilometers above the surface of a tiny, irregular asteroid, then head off toward Jupiter, watching it grow from a bright point of light into a looming sphere filling your field of vision. Leave our solar system entirely and observe the sun as it fades from a brilliant disk to a bright star, disappearing almost entirely as you head off toward the Upsilon Andromeda system to orbit around its innermost giant planet. | ||
| − | |Homepage URL=http:// | + | |Homepage URL=https://celestiaproject.space/ |
| + | |Version download=http://sourceforge.net/projects/celestia/files/Celestia-source/1.6.1/celestia-1.6.1.tar.gz/download | ||
|User level=none | |User level=none | ||
|VCS checkout command=:pserver:anonymous@cvs.celestia.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/celestia | |VCS checkout command=:pserver:anonymous@cvs.celestia.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/celestia | ||
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|Version date=2011/06/10 | |Version date=2011/06/10 | ||
|Version status=stable | |Version status=stable | ||
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|Last review by=Bendikker | |Last review by=Bendikker | ||
|Last review date=2018/02/08 | |Last review date=2018/02/08 | ||
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{{Project license | {{Project license | ||
|License=GPLv2orlater | |License=GPLv2orlater | ||
| + | |License copyright=celestia authors | ||
|License verified by=Janet Casey | |License verified by=Janet Casey | ||
|License verified date=2001-11-26 | |License verified date=2001-11-26 | ||
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| + | |Science=astronomy | ||
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|Resource URL=http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/celestia-users | |Resource URL=http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/celestia-users | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:21, 29 March 2024
Celestia
https://celestiaproject.space/
Visual simulation of space
Celestia is a real-time visual simulation of space. Choose a point within the Local Group of galaxies, and Celestia will show you an approximation of how it would appear to your eyes were you actually there. Some of what Celestia shows is necessarily hypothetical--the farther away from Earth you get, the less real data there is and the more guesswork is involved. Thus Celestia supplements observational data with good guesses based on models of stellar and planetary processes. You can also navigate at an immense range of scales. Orbit a couple kilometers above the surface of a tiny, irregular asteroid, then head off toward Jupiter, watching it grow from a bright point of light into a looming sphere filling your field of vision. Leave our solar system entirely and observe the sun as it fades from a brilliant disk to a bright star, disappearing almost entirely as you head off toward the Upsilon Andromeda system to orbit around its innermost giant planet.
Download
http://sourceforge.net/projects/celestia/files/Celestia-source/1.6.1/celestia-1.6.1.tar.gz/download
Categories
Licensing
License
Verified by
Verified on
Notes
Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| Clint Weisbrod | Contributor |
| Chris Laurel | Maintainer |
| Shawn Jones | Contributor |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Bug Tracking | VCS Repository Webview | http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=21302&atid=121302 |
| Support | Mailing List Info/Archive | http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/celestia-users |
| Debian (Ref) | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/celestia | |
| Developer | Mailing List Info/Archive | http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/celestia-devel |
Software prerequisites
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