Celestia, a free real-time space simulator

hamster

Hey, has anyone not tried Celestia ? It can be got here if anyone is interested. http://ennui.shatters.net/celestia/I came across this cool looking space simulator. Basically, I love anything to do with the Solar system and space in general. I'm not the best for descriptions but here's is what it says in the info:

Celestia is a free real-time space simulation that lets you experience our universe in three dimensions. 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 travel 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.

Supports eclipses now. Track down that one in cornwall back in August '99. Available for Linux too.

drrnwbb

correct url:

http://ennui.shatters.net/celestia/


btw, thanks for the link, it looks fantastic.


dw

hamster

Glad you like it. When you need addons you can always go to:
http://bruckner.homelinux.net/celestia.html
... some joke addons such as the DeathStar!


I use a GeForce2 to get the most out of it. The Solar system looks fanastic on it alright and the author keeps updating it regularly.