sky 
default catalogue of over 600,000 stars 
extra catalogues with more than 177 million stars 
default catalogue of over 80,000 deep-sky objects 
extra catalogue with more than 1 million deep-sky objects 
asterisms and illustrations of the constellations 
constellations for 20+ different cultures 
images of nebulae (full Messier catalogue) 
realistic Milky Way 
very realistic atmosphere, sunrise and sunset 
the planets and their satellites 
interface 
a powerful zoom 
time control 
multilingual interface 
fisheye projection for planetarium domes 
spheric mirror projection for your own low-cost dome 
all new graphical interface and extensive keyboard control 
telescope control 
visualisation 
equatorial and azimuthal grids 
star twinkling 
shooting stars 
tails of comets 
iridium flares simulation 
eclipse simulation 
supernovae and novae simulation 
3D sceneries 
skinnable landscapes, now with spheric panorama projection 
customizability 
plugin system adding artifical satellites, ocular simulation, telescope configuration and more 
ability to add new solar system objects from online resources... 
add your own deep sky objects, landscapes, constellation images, scripts... |