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Welcome to Celestia
... The free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions. Celestia runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
Unlike most planetarium software, Celestia doesn't confine you to the surface of the Earth. You can travel throughout the solar system, to any of over 100,000 stars, or even beyond the galaxy.
All movement in Celestia is seamless; the exponential zoom feature lets you explore space across a huge range of scales, from galaxy clusters down to spacecraft only a few meters across. A 'point-and-goto' interface makes it simple to navigate through the universe to the object you want to visit.
Celestia is expandable. Celestia comes with a large catalog of stars, galaxies, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and spacecraft. If that's not enough, you can download dozens of easy to install add-ons with more objects.
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I love this program. It is amazing in every way possible. It's like the google earth OF THE UNIVERSE!
Celestia: Home
What's so cool about celestia? You not only can view our own solar system, but OTHER SOLAR SYSTEMS WITH PLANETS!
That's right, other planets that circle other stars.
Not only 2-5 mind you, I'm talking the possibilities are ENDLESS!
ANY, AAAANY STAR YOU SEE, YOU CAN CLICK AND SEE IN 3D!
Lets see some screenshots hmmm?
As you can see, this is a new planet I found circling a red star. Possibly a red dwarf.
This is another one circling a bigger and brighter star.
A different one with a HUGE ASS star.
And our very own Saturn! (Notice how small the sun looks...
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As you notice, there are clearly coordinates visible in universal dimentions, and you can activate advanced coordinates if you are that hardcore.
What do you think of this program? If you already have it, why not show off something interesting you found, or some screenshots? Should be fun to explore our universe and show off our findings :3
FREE COOKIES GOES TO ANYONE WHO CAN FIND A PLANET THAT WE CAN NAME PLANET HAZZ!
(To find a new planet, check wikipedia or something... they'll give you coordinates you enter in and BOOM! Have fun!)