fips3
OpenGL-based FITS image viewer (by matwey)
Celestia
Real-time 3D visualization of space. (by CelestiaProject)
fips3 | Celestia | |
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1 | 32 | |
30 | 1,722 | |
- | 1.1% | |
0.0 | 9.6 | |
over 2 years ago | 8 days ago | |
C++ | C++ | |
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only | 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.
fips3
Posts with mentions or reviews of fips3.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects.
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Wayland friendly fits viewer
I’ve no experience with this particular one, but have you tried https://github.com/matwey/fips3
Celestia
Posts with mentions or reviews of Celestia.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-13.
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Celestia: Real-time 3D visualization of space
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
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Stellarium is a free GPL software which renders realistic skies in real time
I remember going to a planetarium at the local university while in school some 15 years ago. They told us how they use Stellarium to create the skies and Celestia (https://celestiaproject.space/) to create scripted tours for their exhibits. Both were compatible with the hemispherical projector they used.
As soon as I went home I downloaded them both and spent hours visiting random stars in Celestia and exploring the sky in Stellarium.
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Anyone know a site or app that could let me see the night sky from the surface of other planets?
I think Celestia will let you do this.
- Celestia – Real-time 3D visualization of space
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Computer simulation of the Universe
Have you tried Celestia? It has several stars (at least those ones from the Hipparcos catalog) plus some galaxies (at least Messier objects): https://github.com/CelestiaProject/Celestia
- Site will be unavailable for a while since Apr, 14 · Issue #1672 · CelestiaProject/Celestia
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Site will be unavailable for a while since Apr, 14 - Announcements
Need to link to it, otherwise folks can't find the work around: https://github.com/CelestiaProject/Celestia/issues/1672
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Why is OpenUniverse still in Debian repositories and there is not Celestia?
Upstream is on github, and seems to have their own debian/* packaging scripts, so might just be a simple upload.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing fips3 and Celestia you can also consider the following projects:
gdl - GDL - GNU Data Language
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.