Celestia

Celestia—real-time3Dvisualizationofspace

Thefreespacesimulationthatletsyouexploreouruniverseinthreedimensions.

3DSpaceSimulator|Celestialetsyouexploreouruniverseinthreedimensions.

Celestiasimulatesmanydifferenttypesofcelestialobjects.Fromplanetsandmoonstostarclustersandgalaxies,youcanvisiteveryobjectintheexpandabledatabaseandviewitfromanypointinspaceandtime.Thepositionandmovementofsolarsystemobjectsiscalculatedaccuratelyinrealtimeatanyratedesired.

InteractivePlanetarium|Celestiaservesasaplanetarium–foranobserveronanycelestialobject.

Youcaneasilynavigatetoanyworldandlandonitssurface.Whenusedasaplanetarium,Celestiashowsaccuratepositionsofsolarsystemobjectsinthesky.Youcanswitchlabelsandothersupportingfeaturesonandoffwithhotkeys,orzoominandoutonanobjectofinterest,forexampleJupiter’ssystemofmoons.

ExpandableContent|CustomizeCelestiaaccordingtoyourneeds.

Celestia’scataloguescanbeeasilyexpanded.Therearemanydifferentadd-onsavailablecontainingnewobjectslikecometsorstars,high-resolutiontexturesofEarthandotherwellmappedsolarsystembodies,aswellas3Dmodelsforasteroidsandspacecraftonprecisetrajectories.Evenfictionalobjectsfromwell-knownsci-fifranchisescanbefound.