Is there a free version of Stellarium?
Stellarium Mobile Free is available for Android for free (with in-app purchases), but there is also Stellarium Mobile PLUS that will cost you $19.99. For iOS users, there is only paid version for $9.99.
Is Stellarium open source?
Stellarium is open source and licensed with GNU General Public License version 2.0. It runs on Linux and other operating systems and has very modest requirements. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you’d see with the naked eye, binoculars, or a telescope.

What is Stellarium?
Stellarium is an open-source software planetarium that generates an interactive display of the night sky. Users can set their viewing location, date, and time. The proper stars, galaxies, planets, moons, etc. will then be displayed correctly for the observer.
What is the best free night sky app?
15 Best Stargazing Apps for iPhones and Androids to Try Now
- NASA App. NASA.
- Star Walk 2. Vito Technology Inc.
- SkyView Lite. Terminal Eleven LLC.
- Star Chart. Escape Velocity Limited.
- SkySafari. Simulation Curriculum Corp.
- Solar Walk. Vito Technology Inc.
- SkyWiki. Bluestreak Labs.
- Sky Map. Sky Map Devs.
How do I download Stellarium on my laptop?

To download, visit stellarium.org….Getting started with Stellarium
- The Stellarium main screen has two main toolbars.
- Hidden on the bottom-left edge of the screen is another toolbar with several icons.
Who owns Stellarium?
Fabien Chéreau
Stellarium (software)
Stellarium 0.12.0 running on Ubuntu Linux | |
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Original author(s) | Fabien Chéreau |
Developer(s) | Alexander Wolf Georg Zotti Marcos Cardinot Guillaume Chéreau Bogdan Marinov Timothy Reaves Florian Schaukowitsch |
Initial release | 2001 |
Stable release | 0.22.0 / March 27, 2022 |
Is Stellarium any good?
Overall, Stellarium Mobile Plus is one of the better stargazing apps out there, with beautiful visuals, mostly realistic depictions of the stars, and containing more stars than any other app. However, the navigation and database of asteroids are lacking in comparison to its direct competitor, SkySafari 3.
Who invented Stellarium?
Fabien Chéreau (born 17 September 1980 in Villefranche-sur-Saône, France) is a French Research Engineer and computer programmer best known for authoring the planetarium software Stellarium, a free, open source astronomy software package which renders 3D photo-realistic skies in real time.
Is stellarium safe?
Yes, it is okay to download Stellarium from there. When I do download it, my mac tells me that it can’t open it because it was not from the app store and may be harmfull to my computer. it gives me the option to go ahead and open it at my own risk.