That is, available for free and open source : anyone has the right to download, use, distribute and even modify it provided that the terms of its GNU Public License (GPL) are respected. Stellarium is free software in both meanings of the term. Once that version released as non-beta, the project may check for improvements and new features from the original Stellarium, and integrate them as needed. How Stellarium and Stellarium for Java will be sync?Ĭurrently Stellarium for Java is sync with Stellarium 0.8.2. Access the Sourceforge project page here. Stellarium for Java (S4J) is the Java version of Stellarium. The original Stellarium project was started by Fabien Chéreau during the summer of 2001 and uses Sourceforge intensively. Stellarium is very simple to use, which is one of its biggest advantages: it can easily be used by beginners. It renders the skies in realtime using OpenGL, which means the skies will look exactly like what you see with your eyes, binoculars, or a small telescope. Stellarium is an open source desktop planetarium for Java platforms, including Linux/Unix, Windows and MacOSX. General questions What is Stellarium for Java? Stellarium crashes after it has been running for a while.I get very slow rendering, very low framerates on my computer.Is Stellarium available in my language?.How do I use other constellation art in Stellarium?.How do I make my own landscape skin for Stellarium?.How do I show my own deep sky objects in Stellarium?.What do all those values in the configuration file mean?.How do I change the screen resolution to one that isn't specified in the menu?.What are the available keyboard controls?.What are Stellarium's system requirements?.Is anyone using Java to write graphics-intensive or 3D software?.How Stellarium and Stellarium for Java will be sync?.This is the Stellarium for Java FAQ, which contains answers to the most Frequently Asked Questions about the Stellarium for Java 3D planetarium simulator.

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