Star Sky Free Downloads for PC. Take a midnight stroll and unlock mysterious new encounters in this indie slow-paced adventure game. Name: Star Sky (Cover)Group: Eternal PathsOriginal Music: Two Steps From HellProduction and Video: Blind Owl StudioE-mail: [email protected]. You don't need to be an astronomer to find stars or constellations in the sky, just open SkyView® Free and let it guide you to their location and identify them. SkyView Free is a beautiful and intuitive stargazing app that uses your camera to precisely spot and identify celestial objects in sky, day or night. Find popular constellations as they fade in and out while you scan across the sky. Star Walk 2 Free - Identify Stars in the Night Sky is a great astronomy guide to explore the night sky day and night, identify stars, constellations, planets, satellites, asteroids, comets, ISS, Hubble Space Telescope and other celestial bodies in real time in the sky above you. All you need to do is to point your device to the sky. Explore the deep sky with one of the best astronomical.
features
sky
- default catalogue of over 600,000 stars
- extra catalogues with more than 177 million stars
- default catalogue of over 80,000 deep-sky objects
- extra catalogue with more than 1 million deep-sky objects
- asterisms and illustrations of the constellations
- constellations for 20+ different cultures
- images of nebulae (full Messier catalogue)
- realistic Milky Way
- very realistic atmosphere, sunrise and sunset
- the planets and their satellites
interface
- a powerful zoom
- time control
- multilingual interface
- fisheye projection for planetarium domes
- spheric mirror projection for your own low-cost dome
- all new graphical interface and extensive keyboard control
- telescope control
visualisation
- equatorial and azimuthal grids
- star twinkling
- shooting stars
- tails of comets
- iridium flares simulation
- eclipse simulation
- supernovae and novae simulation
- 3D sceneries
- skinnable landscapes, now with spheric panorama projection
customizability
- plugin system adding artifical satellites, ocular simulation, telescope configuration and more
- ability to add new solar system objects from online resources..
- add your own deep sky objects, landscapes, constellation images, scripts..
news
system requirements
minimal
- Linux/Unix; Windows 7 and above; Mac OS X 10.12.0 and above
- 3D graphics card which supports OpenGL 3.0 and GLSL 1.3
- 512 MiB RAM
- 250 MiB on disk
- keyboard
recommended
Star Sky Download
- Linux/Unix; Windows 7 and above; Mac OS X 10.12.0 and above
- 3D graphics card which supports OpenGL 3.3 and above
- 1 GiB RAM or more
- 1.5 GiB on disk
- keyboard
developers
Project coordinator: Fabien Chéreau
Graphic designer: Johan Meuris, Martín Bernardi
Developer: Alexander Wolf, Guillaume Chéreau, Georg Zotti, Marcos Cardinot
Continuous Integration: Hans Lambermont
Tester: Khalid AlAjaji
and everyone else in the community.
Graphic designer: Johan Meuris, Martín Bernardi
Developer: Alexander Wolf, Guillaume Chéreau, Georg Zotti, Marcos Cardinot
Continuous Integration: Hans Lambermont
Tester: Khalid AlAjaji
and everyone else in the community.
social media
collaborate
You can learn more about Stellarium, get support and help the project from these links:
git
The latest development snapshot of Stellarium is kept on github. If you want to compile development versions of Stellarium, this is the place to get the source code.
irc
Real time chat about Stellarium can be had in the #stellarium IRC channel on the freenode IRC network. Use your favorite IRC client to connect to chat.freenode.net or try the web-based interface.
Star Sky Instrumental Download
supporters and friends
Stellarium is produced by the efforts of the developer team, with the help and support of the following people and organisations .
The home page of the Hallo Northern SKY planetarium program.- Download
- Info
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Welcome to the web page of the semi professional free planetarium program HNSKY for MS-Windows and Linux. This program can control your telescope via the ASCOM or INDI interface, has a comprehensive up to date deep sky database with 30.000 objects and detailed descriptions. A star database with millions of stars and hundreds of Deep Sky Survey images which blends in accurately. Additional the program can access the online version of the Deep Sky Survey allowing online update of the asteroid and comet databases and it can search on-line in professional astronomical databases. Is provided with menu's in 21 languages and it is totally free without any advertisement or restriction!!
Free with 30.000 deep sky objects and native star databases up to magnitude 18. Online access to GAIA DR2, UCAC4, NOMAD and PPMXL star catalogues or download the USNO UCAC4 up to magnitude 16. The Sun, Moon, the planets and their major moons are all displayed with surface features. It maps the position of comets and asteroids with online updating. It is provided with hundreds of DSS deep sky images which will blend in at the correct size and orientation. It has a powerful animation menu. and an integrated deep sky observations help file with and 21 non-English menus. The MS-Windows version contains both 32 bit and native 64 bit versions. In can control almost any telescope using the ASCOM interface program. Works flawlessly together with programs like EQMOD and MaximDL. Downloading of additional DSS images via the Internet is fully integrated. Just select an area and select download.After a few second the DSS image will blend in the HNSKY map at the correct size and orientation. The comet or asteroid database can be updated online with just one click. Online database search for objects in the selected area.Numerical integration for asteroids to achieve highest accuracy positions years in the future or past. The error is less then 1' after 10 years !!! So an asteroid orbital elements from 10 years ago will after numerical integration allow position calculation within 1' accurate!! So also 10 years in the future. The program can use Jet Propulsion Laboratory Development Ephemeris like the DE431 covering years –13,000 to +16,999 for planetary positions.
Free with 30.000 deep sky objects and native star databases up to magnitude 18. Online access to GAIA DR2, UCAC4, NOMAD and PPMXL star catalogues or download the USNO UCAC4 up to magnitude 16. The Sun, Moon, the planets and their major moons are all displayed with surface features. It maps the position of comets and asteroids with online updating. It is provided with hundreds of DSS deep sky images which will blend in at the correct size and orientation. It has a powerful animation menu. and an integrated deep sky observations help file with and 21 non-English menus. The MS-Windows version contains both 32 bit and native 64 bit versions. In can control almost any telescope using the ASCOM interface program. Works flawlessly together with programs like EQMOD and MaximDL. Downloading of additional DSS images via the Internet is fully integrated. Just select an area and select download.After a few second the DSS image will blend in the HNSKY map at the correct size and orientation. The comet or asteroid database can be updated online with just one click. Online database search for objects in the selected area.Numerical integration for asteroids to achieve highest accuracy positions years in the future or past. The error is less then 1' after 10 years !!! So an asteroid orbital elements from 10 years ago will after numerical integration allow position calculation within 1' accurate!! So also 10 years in the future. The program can use Jet Propulsion Laboratory Development Ephemeris like the DE431 covering years –13,000 to +16,999 for planetary positions.
Download:
Download: | MS-Windows: HNSKY v4.1.27 installer, can communicate with APT & CCDCiel . Dated 2020-11-12. See history for details. Alternative link for v4.1.27 (please delete manually the FITS files of v4.1.21ß4 first) Linux version: 1) HNSKY version 4.1.26 AMD64 deb package (64 bit) or rpm package or tar archive or i386 32 bit deb (4.1.26) (52 mbytes Debian package) Will be installed in /opt/hnsky and accessible via menu education. Alternative link_deblink_rpmlink_tar 2) HNSKY home documents , 21 mbytes zip archive. Extract to your home folder, ~/.hnsky. Please remove old FITS files first. The file names have changed! Dated 2020-9-29 Alternative link Raspberry PI : 1) HNSKY version 4.1.25 armhf (32 bit) or HNSKY version 4.1.25 arm64 (64 bit) (52 mbytes Debian package) Will be installed in /opt/hnsky and accessible via menu education. From sourceforge 2) HNSKY home documents , 21 mbytes zip archive. Extract to your home folder, ~/.hnsky. Please remove old FITS files first. The file names have changed! Dated 2020-9-29 Additional star databases see below. For ASCOM 32 bit only drivers, install the 32 bit executable from manual installation below. |
Manual install version | MS Windows version 4.1.27 complete in a rar archive for manual installation (70 mbytes rar archive) Extract (and overwrite if required) these files to the HNSKY program directory or an other folder. The 32 bit version file is hnsky32.exe. The others are 64 bit. Including the magnitude 12.5 star database. Additional you could download the V16, V17 , G!8 or G18 star database from below. Remove manually the old 'Deepsky level 1,2,3 .hnd' files. MS-Windows:Executables only , latest versions in a rar archive. |
Star databases:
Local star databases | Name | Abbreviation | Magnitude limit | Colour / Mono | Type | Size | Maximum field in HNSKY | Proper motion | Description and download link |
TYC++ | TYC | 12.5 | Mono | Local files, native 290-10 format | 45 MB | 360° | No, epoch 2017 | Native HNSKY star database up to magnitude 12.5 containing 4.7 million stars. Compilation from TYCHO-2 & UCAC4. Included with the program and installed. | |
TUC | TUC | 15 | Mono | Local files, native 290-9 format | 341 MB | 360° | No, epoch 2017 | Native HNSKY database up to magnitude 15 containing 39 million stars. Compilation from TYCHO-2 and UCAC4. Contains the Tycho and UCAC star identifiers/designation. Download: RAR file or RAR file Unpack in the program directory, typically c:program fileshnsky or for Linux /opt/hnsky. | |
GAIA eDR3 | V16 | 16 V-magnitude | Colour | Local files, native 290-6 format | 346 MB | 360° | No, epoch 2022 | Native HNSKY database up to Johnson-V magnitude 16 , containing 60 million stars. Magnitude is the calculated Johnson-V magnitude and colour information (GBp-GRp) is provided. A 455 bright Tycho2 stars are added for completeness. Download: Windows installer or Debian package (still DR2) or ZIP file or RAR file. Unpack in the program directory, typically c:program fileshnsky or for Linux /opt/hnsky. Provided by Sourceforge. Recommended for visual observers. | |
GAIA eDR3 | G17 | 17 BP-magnitude | Mono | Local files, native 290-5 format | 503 MB | 360° | No, epoch 2022 | Native HNSKY database up to photographic magnitude 17 containing 105 million stars. Magnitude is the unmodified Gaia BP. A 455 bright Tycho2 stars are added for completeness. Unpack in the program directory, typically c:program fileshnsky or for Linux /opt/hnsky. Download: Windows installer or Debian package (still DR2) or ZIP file or RAR file. Unpack in the program directory, typically c:program fileshnsky or for Linux /opt/hnsky. Provided by Sourceforge. Recommended for astrophotographers. | |
GAIA eDR3 | V17 | 17 V-magnitude | Colour | Local files, native 290-6 format | 695 MB | 360° | No, epoch 2022 | Native HNSKY database up to Johnson-V magnitude 17 , containing 120 million stars. Magnitude is the calculated Johnson-V magnitude and colour information (GBp-GRp) is provided. A 455 bright Tycho2 stars are added for completeness. Download: Windows installer or Debian package (still DR2) or ZIP file or RAR file.Unpack in the program directory, typically c:program fileshnsky or for Linux /opt/hnsky. Provided by Sourceforge. Recommended for visual observers. | |
GAIA eDR3 | G18 | 18 BP-magnitude | Mono | Local files, native 290-5 format | 996 MB | 360° | No, epoch 2022 | Native HNSKY database up to photographic magnitude 18 containing 205 million stars. Magnitude is the unmodified Gaia BP. 82 bright Tycho2 stars are added for completeness. Unpack in the program directory, typically c:program fileshnsky or for Linux /opt/hnsky. Download: Windows installer or ZIP file or RAR file.Unpack in the program directory, typically c:program fileshnsky or for Linux /opt/hnsky. Provided by Sourceforge. | |
UCAC4 | UC4 | 16 | Mono | Local files, external USNO format | 8.4 GB | 2.6x1.3° | Yes | UCAC4:You can download the 113 million stars, 8.5 Gbytes large USNO UCAC4 from ftp://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/cats/I/322A/UCAC4/ HNSKY can access this catalog directly. Download Z001 to Z900 from the U4b directory and add to the same directory file u4index.unf from U4i. This UCAC4 and Nomad are the catalogues where HNSKY will use proper motion for maximum accuracy. See HNSKY UCAC screenshots. | |
Online catalogues | Name | Abbreviation | Magnitude limit | Colour / Mono | Type | Size | Maximum field in HNSKY | Proper motion | Description |
UCAC4 | UC4 | 16 | Mono | online | - | 2.6x1.3° | Yes | The USNO UCAC4 includes positions, proper motions and magnitudes for 113 million objects | |
Gaia DR2 | G | 21 | Colour | online | - | 1.4x0.8° | Yes | Gaia DR2 | |
Nomad | N | 21 | Mono | online | - | 1.4x0.8° | Yes | NOMAD is merged catalog compiled by the USNO, with positions and magnitudes for 1.1 billion stars from several source catalogs, including Hipparcos, Tycho-2, UCAC 2, and USNO-B 1.0 | |
PPMXL | 20 | Mono | online | - | 1.4x0.8° | Yes | PPMXL is a catalog of positions, proper motions, 2MASS- and optical photometry of 900 million stars and galaxies, aiming to be complete down to about V=20 full-sky. It is the result of a re-reduction of USNO-B1 together with 2MASS. | ||
URAT | U | 18.5 | Mono | online | - | 1.4x0.8° | Yes | By USNO, northern sky only, extends down to Declination -15°.228 million objects |
Extras:
Older HNSKY versions | MS-Windows: HNSKY version 3.3.5q(installer, 74 MB, dated 2018-3-5) Including the magnitude 12.5 star database. Or version HNSKY 2.4.1 from 2014. |
More asteroids/minor planets | For more asteroids you have to download and import the huge uncompressed MPCORB.DAT file from the Minor Planet Center. This file contains the orbital element contains about 710.000 numbered asteroids and size is uncompressed 140 mbytes. Save this file as MPCORB.DAT. Open this file in Wordpad or any editor and keep the first 30.000 asteroids or so and remove the rest. Open the MPCORB.DAT file in the internal HNSKY asteroid editor. HNSKY will then convert format. To make permanent save to HNS_AST1.AST. HNSKY will only read the numbered asteroids. Alternatively conversion of MPCORB.DAT to supplement format can be done with this small DOS program |
Additional supplements | HyperLeda_980.000_galaxies supplement Dated 2015-1-5 (10 MB) demo image using 65 mm telescope. Extract the zip archive in the HNSKY directory under DOCUMENTS. HyperLeda_2.100.000_galaxies database (type hnd) Dated 2019-05-3 (36 MB) This is a deepsky database not a supplement. Unpacked size is 103 mbytes. Extract and place this huge deepsky database in the HNSKY PROGRAM directory. You have to select either this one or the standard deepsky database. |
World map supplement: World map supplement version 3.0 dated 2000-10-22. World map and 2700 cities with there location and relative brightness. Scale 1 : 5.000.000. See screen shot of version 2.0. Included a conversion program to convert coastlines to a supplement. | |
GCVS 4.1 variable star supplement. Complete 37382 star version. In this supplement the GCVS is displayed as labels so you can easily cross check with Tycho or UCAC2. To get Tycho star info switch off the supplement. (The smaller 7800 star version is included to the basic package) | |
Additonal star databases | Bonner (1859–62) and Cordoba (1879)Durchmusterung visual star database. Converted to equinox 2000. 1.064.775 stars, Obsolete. Version 2002-9-19 |
Additional FITS images | Extra large Mars map (Color 1000x500 pixels) , large Mercury maps (1440x720 pixels) based on Mariner 10, SVTS and large Jupiter maps (Color 600x300 and 1200x450 pixels) . Use the large maps only if you have a fast computer or some patience. The planetary FITS files should be placed in yourFITSdirectory. 45 hand made drawings/sketches (880 Kbytes) of Bill Ferris, Todd Nowlan and Rainer Töpler as FITS files. Farming simulator 17 platinum edition ps4. These can blended inside the map. They should be put in an other directory as the Realsky images otherwise they are blend with the Realsky images. |
Other languages | non-English help files and language modules. If you want create a new language module start modifying the English one . |
CD covers | Some designs by volunteers: or or or or |
Conversion tools | Star catalog conversion tool with Delphi source 290 conversion. (Dated 2016-9-25) |
SAO PPM conversion tool with Delphi source, DAT conversion. (Version 2015-6-4 ) | |
SKY_TOASTER, program for conversion to the TOAST projection,with Delphi source. v0.0 2016-3-28 | |
FITS & REALSKY tools | ASTAP Astrometric Stacking Program and FITS viewer. |
Realsky and DSS image viewer using HNSKY DDE link (HNS_REAL) Manual or DDE controlled (HNSKY 3.3.5) Realsky image viewer. Click on an object and get the realsky image (you have to own the Realsky or DSS CD's). Click on the Realsky image and to center to get cross at HNSKY at the same place. Version 2.0.0c, Dated 2015-8-11. Here are the instructions and screen shot demo's If your FITS directory in HNSKY is set to the HNS_REAL directory, you will get every result blended in the next screen refresh. HNS_REAL can also be used in batch programs to create several images. Complete with Delphi and C source. Can also batch wise convert FITS to BMP. An other possibility is to control HNS_REAL from the provided Excel table. Contains GETDSS source code version 1.1plus dated 11 august 2015. See also www.projectpluto.com/get_dss.htm | |
Miscellaneous | The following Windows program ORB_DEB is a simple windows program which calculates the orbital elements of a minor planet based on three observations/positions using the Gauss method: Download ORB_DET.ZIP version 1.02. Contains a win16, win32 and win64 and Linux (AMD64 bit) version. The HNSKY object Pascal source can be found at SourceForge Program to test the server link of HNSKY. |
PDF map | Example printed PDF map, format A2, 1200 DPI, azimuthal equidistant projection, from declination +90 degrees to -50 degrees. Stars up to magnitude 8.5 and 253 deepsky objects. Zoom in to 1200% to see deepsky objects. Text searchable. |