Celestia

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  • hot_fs01

    http://shatters.net/celestia/

    I posted this in the PBS yesterday and have been having a play with it since then, it really is quite absorbing.

    As well as navigating round the Solar System and surrounding galaxies it's possible to speed up time (the simulator starts in real time mode) and watch solar events from the past or future, including eclipses, cometsand fly-bys of exploration probes.

    Have a dig around in the View menus to turn on and off which data is displayed, orbits, constellations, planet and star names etc.

    It's possible to zoom right into the International Space Station and Hubble and follow their orbits around the Earth or zoom in on any of our Solar System's planet's moons.

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  • hot_fs010

    And there's a whole load of add-ons at

    http://www.celestiamotherlode.ne…

    including Star Wars, 2001, Star Trek and Babylon 5 spaceship and starsystem packs if the known universe isn't enough for you...

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