Celestia: Real-time 3D visualization of space

by tildefon 1/13/2024, 9:51 PMwith 9 comments

by buescheron 1/14/2024, 1:20 AM

I don't know why World Wide Telescope doesn't get more love: https://worldwidetelescope.org/download/

by grey_earthlingon 1/14/2024, 1:08 AM

Celestia is a rare Linux app not on Flathub, but it is available from Fedora's Flatpak repo, which in theory should be usable on any distro: https://github.com/CelestiaProject/Celestia/discussions/1988

by tempodoxon 1/14/2024, 7:15 AM

You can enhance the base version with extras from https://celestiaproject.space/addons.html.

There are high-resolution textures for Solar system objects, and even mythical stuff from Star Trek.

by pmayrgundteron 1/14/2024, 8:32 PM

I have a hobby project to move Celestia to Web and uses its data files

https://celestiary.github.io/

by zamadatixon 1/13/2024, 11:37 PM

Celestia is good but if you're willing to leave the free software space you might enjoy "Space Engine" more.

by lagrange77on 1/14/2024, 2:15 PM

I'm using it as a 'screen saver' for my second monitor when i don't need it.

by DreamFlasheron 1/14/2024, 12:43 AM

Does this run on VR/Oculus?