

Ability to add new solar system objects from online resources. Plugin system adding artifical satellites, ocular simulation, telescope control and more. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.

Cheers, Bob - Cheers, Bob (A recently retired CTO, returning to the hobby after a 30 year hiatus.) Mounts: EXOS-II/PMC-8 (new) SkyWatcher Star Tracker Meade LXD55 Celestron EQ Fork Optics: RedCat-51 1980's Celestron C-11 Meade AR5 Various DSLR lenses Cameras: ASI071MC & ASI183MC (DSO) ASI178MC (Lunar/Planetary) ASI290MM (guiding) Sony A700 DSLR (desperation) Misc: Pegasus Pocket Power Adv (power mgmt, USB hub, dew control) ZWO EAF ZWO 1-Filter Drawer PCs: Dell Latitude Laptop, Win10Pro (ASCOM, near-mount control) Pi4b, Linux/Stellarmate (INDI, on-mount control) Home-built Workstation, Win10Pro (remote control, processing) Galaxy S6 Tablet Capture Software: PHD2 SharpCap4 Pro /w ASTAP NINA Stellarium ASCOM 6.5. A clever, well-designed stargazing app with a wide selection of features. Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. If this doesn't get you going, post pics of your configuration screens for each of the layers, and the error messages you are seeing. TLDR High quality astronomical images, accompanied by rich caption and background information, abound on the web and yet prove notoriously difficult to locate efficiently using existing search tools, so the Virtual Astronomy Multimedia Project offers a solution via the AVM standard. Stellarium is an open source desktop planetarium for Linux/Unix, Windows and macOS.
