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A Free Planetarium for Your Classroom Computer

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3 Feb

Have you ever wanted your own planetarium?  Well, since you obviously have a computer (you’re looking at it, right?), you can also have a planetarium!  I found a free planetarium program called Stellarium that allows you to view your sky in real-time.  The programmers describe it like this:

“Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It
shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye,
binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go
.”

Stellarium, a free real-time planetarium for your classroom computer

In the FAQ, Stellarium also mentions that the program is easy to use, even for beginners, and that you will have a real-time view of the sky, meaning, you’ll see the same sky you’d see if you actually went outside and looked at it.    

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