Ever wanted to explore the universe in three dimensions? Well, Celestia is the place to go.
Their blurb:
Unlike most planetarium software, Celestia doesn't confine you to the surface of the Earth. You can travel throughout the solar system, to any of over 100,000 stars, or even beyond the galaxy.It's a free download, with add ons and a forum for discussion.
All movement in Celestia is seamless; the exponential zoom feature lets you explore space across a huge range of scales, from galaxy clusters down to spacecraft only a few meters across. A 'point-and-goto' interface makes it simple to navigate through the universe to the object you want to visit.
Celestia is expandable. Celestia comes with a large catalog of stars, galaxies, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and spacecraft. If that's not enough, you can download dozens of easy to install add-ons with more objects.
Thanks for the heads up! Skyler loves it even better than Stellarium. Not only could he go to Saturn, he could make time speed up even faster.
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