KStars is a powerful and intuitive desktop planetarium program for KDE. It shows an accurate graphical representation of the night sky, as seen from any location on Earth, at any time. Come explore the nightsky! KStars is part of the KDE Edutainment Project.

Contents 1 Homepage 2 Authors and Developers 3 Downloads 4 Screenshots 5 Bugs 6 Resources 7 FAQs 8 Documentation 9 Development 10 Join Us 11 Related Links 12 Copyright and License

[edit] Homepage

[KStars Homepage]

[edit] Authors and Developers

• Jason Harris <kstars AT 30doradus DOT org> (original author and current maintainer)
• Jasem Mutlaq
• Pablo de Vicente
• Heiko Evermann
• Thomas Kabelmann
• Mark Hollomon
• Carsten Niehaus
• Akarsh Simha

[edit] Downloads

KStars is included in all official KDE releases, in the [edu.kde.org Science] module.

You can also [download the latest KStars tarball], or take the plunge and try [compiling from SVN].

[edit] Screenshots

[more screenshots...]

[edit] Bugs

Open Bug Reports

[edit] Resources

• KStars Community Forums
• kstars-devel mailing list
• AstroInfo project
• Telescope Control with KStars
• CCD Control with KStars
• Instrument Neutral Distributed Interface wiki page

[edit] FAQs

FAQ in Handbook

[edit] Documentation

KStars Handbook

[edit] Development

KStars is under continuous development by a small group of dedicated hobbyists. Here's our current TODO list.

[edit] Join Us

We are always looking for new members of the KStars team! Come help us make KStars the best desktop planetarium it can be. You can subscribe to our mailinglist to get involved. There's plenty to do for all skill levels and interests.

[edit] Related Links

Other *nix Astronomy programs you may be interested in:

• Celestia
• Stellarium
• XEphem
• Planets 3D

[edit] Copyright and License

copyright (c) The KStars team, 2004-2009

KStars is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL), Version 2.