OpenSpace
This is the official GitHub repository for OpenSpace: an open source astrovisualization project. For instructions on how to build and run OpenSpace, see the Getting Started Guides on the wiki page at http://docs.openspaceproject.com (by OpenSpace)
stellarium
Stellarium is a free GPL software which renders realistic skies in real time with OpenGL. It is available for Linux/Unix, Windows and macOS. With Stellarium, you really see what you can see with your eyes, binoculars or a small telescope. (by Stellarium)
| OpenSpace | stellarium | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 309 | |
| 721 | 6,807 | |
| 1.1% | 4.0% | |
| 9.7 | 10.0 | |
| 3 days ago | 5 days ago | |
| C++ | C++ | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
OpenSpace
Posts with mentions or reviews of OpenSpace.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects.
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Google Earth Equivalent For Space?
If I can throw in another link, since the project is open-source, we can also find us on GitHub https://github.com/OpenSpace/OpenSpace if someone wants to contribute
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Missions/Spacecraft Visualization in Open Space
We have a few different spacecraft that are available; a semi-complete list you can see here: https://github.com/OpenSpace/OpenSpace/tree/master/data/assets/scene/solarsystem/missions
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Newbie question: plotting a high-fidelity spacecraft trajectory?
This file examples how we display voyagers trajectory using a SPK file (.bsp extension): https://github.com/OpenSpace/OpenSpace/blob/d630f85cf46613ff548ddef3bae957b8a8d80851/data/assets/scene/solarsystem/missions/voyager/voyager1.asset#L20
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Small bodies orbit trails behaviour?
The behavior you are observing is not intentional and is related to a rendering bug specific to AMD graphic cards. At least it's already reported! https://github.com/OpenSpace/OpenSpace/issues/1145
stellarium
Posts with mentions or reviews of stellarium.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-13.
- Stellarium is a free GPL software which renders realistic skies in real time
- Constellations are younger than continents
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Not sure what this would be. Ive seen it for years and thought it was just a weirdly rectangular cluster of stars. What do you guys think?
They're the Plieades. For future reference you can check on what's in the sky with software like Stellarium.
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NROL-22 TLE DATA SMOKING GUN. (USA 184—-~~>”USA 184 r”). YAHTZEE ! ✈️🌏🛰🎯👀😱
Btw, seems it is gone because the account was deleted https://github.com/Stellarium/stellarium/discussions/3277 back in June of 2019
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‘Limited' UFO disclosure believed to be used soon as a strategy of deception as end times Bible prophecy being fulfilled indicates. The truth about the future and how to be prepared.
We have been experiencing distress and perplexity of nations upon the earth unlike anything in modern history. There have been record hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons, and flooding globally which appears to relate to “the sea and the waves roaring” and according to research using the Stellarium Astronomy Software, this was a one time alignment on September 23, 2017 involving the sun, moon, and stars that accurately matches the reading of Revelation 12:1-2 word-for-word, the last book of the Bible foretelling the end of the age.
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When it comes to software what do you use and can you go a little bit into detail on how to use it
Stellarium - Planning out targets and just seeing what's up in the sky on any given night
- Any free space simulators like universe sandbox 2 ?
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Floating Feature: A Sky Built Before Us - The History Of The Stars
I did a bit of poking around using Stellarium and found two stars that I thought were admirable candidates, and I wasn't sure why Nell and Ruggles didn't think so: Phecta and Megrez, Gamma and Delta Ursae Majoris. These are the two stars that make the left side of the 'scoop' of the big dipper. According to Stellarium they were at their closest to being in a north-south alignment in the year -2586, that is 2587 BCE, with right ascensions differing by just 1.28 s (0.00036°). They were 15° and 20° from the pole at the time.
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I'd like to share my personal web project. Those who are into astronomy might wanna see this.
But if you need an API i think stellarium.org has an one.
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Portable, cross-platform, reliable 3D library?
If I wanted to build an app like Stellarium, displaying a 3D model, but not requiring fast animation, not a game, more visualization, what libraries should I be considering for the display/UI portion of this program?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing OpenSpace and stellarium you can also consider the following projects:
Celestia - Real-time 3D visualization of space.
SwiftAA - The most comprehensive collection of accurate astronomical algorithms in (C++, Objective-C and) Swift.
celestiary - Astronomical simulator of solar system and local stars
gdl - GDL - GNU Data Language
otter-browser - Otter Browser aims to recreate the best aspects of the classic Opera (12.x) UI using Qt5
allsky - A Raspberry Pi operated Wireless Allsky Camera
phd2 - PHD2 Guiding
morphologica - A library of supporting code for numerical modelling (JSON config, HDF5 data, Modern OpenGL visualization)
Qt - Qt Base (Core, Gui, Widgets, Network, ...)
matplotplusplus - Matplot++: A C++ Graphics Library for Data Visualization 📊🗾
Stellarium_Mobile_LTS - LTS tracked version. adaptation of PC version to Mobile (Android with PC style UI)