kstars

desktop planetarium for KDE 4

Summary

KStars is a desktop planetarium for KDE 4, depicting an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time. The display includes 130,000 stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects, all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon, and thousands of comets and asteroids. It includes tools for astronomical calculations and can control telescopes and cameras.

This package is part of the KDE 4 education module.

Technical Details

Type

Educational

Age Range

Recommended age range

Profile

Edubuntu profile(s) that include this

Website

http://edu.kde.org/

Launchpad

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/kstars

License

License(s) the application is available under

Language

C++, C

Toolkit

KDE, QT

Screenshots

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User Comments

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Edubuntu/AppGuides/kstars (last edited 2010-08-27 16:31:29 by rrcs-24-227-64-126)