Wolf gave a presentation about Stellarium - key changes in the last 5 years (YouTube) at the Siberian Astronomical Forum SibAstro 2021 on September 25th, 2021 Wolf gave a presentation about Stellarium 1.0 (YouTube) at the Siberian Astronomical Forum SibAstro 2022 on September 25th, 2022 Zotti gave a presentation about Virtual Archaeoastronomy with Stellarium (YouTube) for the Society for Cultural Astronomy in the American Southwest (SCAAS) on February 25th, 2023

add your own deep sky objects, landscapes, constellation images, scripts.

ability to add new solar system objects from online resources.

plugin system adding artifical satellites, ocular simulation, telescope control and more.

skinnable landscapes with spheric panorama projection.

HTTP interface (web-based control, remote control API).

graphical interface and extensive keyboard control.

spheric mirror projection for your own low-cost dome.

fisheye projection for planetarium domes.

very realistic atmosphere, sunrise and sunset.

images of nebulae (full Messier catalogue).

constellations for 40+ different cultures.

asterisms and illustrations of the constellations.

extra catalogue with more than 1 million deep-sky objects.

default catalogue of over 80,000 deep-sky objects.

extra catalogues with more than 177 million stars.

default catalogue of over 600,000 stars.

Lower- and upper-division undergraduates and general audiences.” (P. … The writing is detailed, straightforward, and well suited to an amateur audience useful black-and-white illustrations on each constellation support the text.

Targeted for the amateur astronomer, the book provides detailed information on the thousands of stars that make up the constellations many star atlases do not feature this level of granularity. It contains a lot of information, possibly more than some of the smart computerized guidance systems that some telescopes have.” (Kadri Tinn,, April, 2014) “The Star Atlas Companion fills an important niche.

… this book is helpful for planning your observations and finding out more about the stars and constellations …. “The Star Atlas Companion is a necessary addition to every amateur astronomer who is interested in how the stars and star clusters one might observe with a small to medium telescope would actually appear.

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