For students and teachers, it supports adjustable simulation speeds in order to view phenomena that happen over long timescales, the KStars Astrocalculator to predict conjunctions, and many common astronomical calculations.įor the amateur astronomer, it provides an observation planner, a sky calendar tool, and an FOV editor to calculate field of view of equipment and display them. The display includes up to 100 million stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects,all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon, and thousands of comets, asteroids, supernovae, and satellites. It provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time. If stargazing is your passion, you'll definitely feel at home here.KStars is free, open source, cross-platform Astronomy Software. Since Stellarium for Mac is a multiplatform and open-source app, there's a huge community supporting it. There is also an IRC channel full of passionate people who are willing to help out, so you may have to ask for help but there are options if you get stuck. The interface lacks descriptions and there are no tutorials available, but there's a PDF guide available for download on the developer's Web site. You can click on the star/galaxy to learn more about it and it'll show you its current angle, position, and how far it is, etc. One of the advantages of this app is that it works even when it's offline, which is perfect if you're taking your Mac far out of town. The application reminded us of the Night Sky feature from Google Earth. If you want to see more stars you can simply zoom in.
Once you launch the app, you will be greeted with a night sky full of stars, which looks really amazing. The installation of Stellarium for Mac takes no time at all as it requires a simple drag and drop into the Applications folder. With Stellarium for Mac, users can now explore the galaxy anywhere, anytime. Stargazing is an amazing hobby, but the weather isn't always perfect for it.
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