KStars
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.
Homepage
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
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].
Screenshots
![[1]](http://edu.kde.org/kstars/screens/scorpius_rising_small.png){kind=link}
Bugs
Resources
- KStars Community Forums
- kstars-devel mailing list
- AstroInfo project
- Telescope Control with KStars
- CCD Control with KStars
- Instrument Neutral Distributed Interface wiki page
FAQs
Documentation
Development
KStars is under continuous development by a small group of dedicated hobbyists. Here's our currentlist.
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 [2] to get involved. There's plenty to do for all skill levels and interests.
Related Links
Other *nix Astronomy programs you may be interested in:
Copyright and License
copyright (c) The KStars team, 2004 KStars is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL), Version 2.