Stellarium

Version 24.1

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Stellarium overview

Stellarium is an open source desktop planetarium. 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 very simple to use, which is one of its biggest advantages: it can easily be used by beginners.

What’s new in version 24.1

Updated on Mar 26 2024

Added missing stars (GH: #3575)
Added ability to following the current position in Search Tool/Position (GH: #3643)
Added ability to set a sub-arcminute lower limit for angular size (GH: #3647)
Added note on Ephemeris table (GH: #3634)
Added special case for SIMBAD/NCP in Search Tool
Added ability to toggle visibility HIPS surveys via scripting engine (GH: #3613)
Added ability to use comma as decimal separator in Remote Control plugin
Added translations to Lithuanian language
Added distance and heliocentric distance info for Solar system objects into scripting engine
Added major axis, minor axis and orientation angle info for DSO into scripting engine and Remote Control plugin (GH: #3605)
Added an option to force low graphics mode (GH: #3590)
Added code to automatic updating the TLE sources from Celestrack website (GH: #3588)
Added a tabular view for distances of Solar system objects (InfoString).
Fixed bug in Meteor shower plugin (GH: #3616)
Fixed south azimuth usage in Search Tool/Position
Fixed landscape transparency issue (GH: #3512)
Fixed alignment for note in AstroCalc/Ephemeris tool
Fixed CCD frame rotation after changing language (GH: #3627)
Fixed computation of phase angle for satellites
Fixed selection the title of observing lists when he is saved or imported (GH: #3623)
Fixed a tiny bug in Observing Lists dropdown menu
Fixed installation path for manpages in FreeBSD (GH: #3612)
Fixed the major digit of version: automatisation has been removed
Fixed license data for AppData file according to SPDX License List v3.22
Fixed Rise/Transit/Set info (GH: #3602, #3610)
Fixed updating Rise/Transit/Set info after switching location if the object was selected in AstroCalc/RTS tool
Fixed a serious bug in Observing Lists (GH: #3586)
Fix: reduce notification popups in Observing Lists (GH: #3587)
Fixed possible issue for transparency in landscapes (GH: #3512)
Fixed typo in coordinates of Phoenix Dwarf Galaxy (GH: #3576)
Fix: clearing up refs to a few star names
Fixed the informational data (InfoString) for comets
Fixed visibility for orbital properties in the View/SSO dialog
Fixed build without PCH
Fixed missing reference.fab files (GH: #3681)
Fixed find objects from search history (GH: #3671)
Changed core: fall back to fast_float when C++ stdlib doesn't provide from_chars for floats
Changed core: use std::from_chars for parsing ints in OBJ files
Changed core: updating StelLogger (GH: #3614)
Changed SolarSystem: add IAU designation for comets if missing
Changed SolarSystem: add the perihel year to the comet name in case of loading older-style ssystem_minor.ini
Changed Solar System Editor plugin: allow overwrite if possible (GH: #3641)
Changed Exoplanets plugin: switched to use surface temperature for potentially habitable planets
Changed Exoplanets plugin: updated priority to selection of objects
Changed Meteor Showers plugin: Use NELM for local meteor rate (GH: #3549)
Updated Greek (Almagest) sky culture
Updated Remote Control plugin (GH: #2995)
Updated dependencies: QXlsx 1.4.7
Updated dependencies: CalcMySky 0.3.2
Updated default list of locations
Updated catalog of pulsars
Updated translations
Updated discovery circumstances for minor bodies of Solar system
Updated orbital elements and default list of minor planets and comets
Updated list of contributors
Updated list of financial contributors
Updated nomenclature data
Updated SUG: document --low-graphics option
Update properties for CPack-generator of DEB packages
Updated instructions for building planetarium from the source code
Removed fixed sizes from Oculars dialog
Removed "scale" option from desktop file
Removed outdated translatable lines
Removed link to TLE for Starlink satellites with very old orbit data
Removed extra shortcuts from (common|user) desktop in Windows (GH: #3579)

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Information

License

Free

Size

382.9 MB

Developer’s website

https://launchpad.net/stellarium

Downloads

113432

App requirements

Intel 64
Apple Silicon
macOS 11 or later
3D graphics card which supports OpenGL 1.2

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User Ratings

bob-benfer

Jul 9 2022

0.22.2

Version: 0.22.2

Great, but why is East and West reversed on my Mac Stellarium 0.22.1? How to undo? Bob Benfer

norbert-achtelik

Oct 31 2021

0.21.2

Version: 0.21.2

Stellarium will not start on my mac mini (2012) till Catalina 10.15.7 update

fernandez.bruno

May 7 2021

0.21.0

Version: 0.21.0

it has been a treasure during the quarantine times, I love watching the stars in the app and then trying to find them in the sky, loooooove it!

PedantMac

Sep 29 2020

0.20.3

5.0

Version: 0.20.3

Perfect sofrware

paulhoffmanoz6

Jul 20 2020

0.20.2

Version: 0.20.2

I absolutely love this program. Perfect for us city dwellers who never have a good view of the sky. I'm lucky in having an iMac Retina so the art really shines. Totally Recommended.

Robert86

Dec 24 2018

0.18.3

Version: 0.18.3

Stellarium 0.18.3 does not appear to be linked for download at this time: This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below. <Error><Code>AccessDenied</Code><Message>Request has expired</Message><X-Amz-Expires>300</X-Amz-Expires><Expires>2018-12-24T10:26:22Z</Expires>

cbinckley

Dec 28 2017

0.16.1

4.5

Version: 0.16.1

Well, this is entirely misleading - "Canonical Ltd." is (according to Wikipedia) "a UK-based privately held computer software company founded and funded by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth to market commercial support and related services for Ubuntu and related projects." They PROVIDE LINKS to Stellarium 0.16.1.2 on "launchpad.net", and it is identified everywhere in the program as "0.16.1" but confirmed as the 16.1.2 release via the Clang version in the About dialog. HOWEVER, the STELLARIUM.ORG website - to which this page SHOULD be directing people - has version 0.17.0 available as of 12/21/17 and provides downloads from its Github repository. My rating is for the Stellarium.org 0.17.0 version of the program.

RJC.NJNYC

Dec 19 2017

0.16.2

Version: 0.16.2

Stellarium 0.16.2, 18 Dec 2017 does not exist

Fced

Oct 9 2017

I love that application, I don't have a telescope, and that software permitted me to see the stars, and recognize them, and their constellation, I use it since a long time ago on my iPad/Mac

Semplicita

Jul 27 2017

0.16.0

Version: 0.16.0

Stellarium 0.16.0 is a stable version per 2017-06-21. Not beta, not 2017-07-27. Also listed as compiled for macOS 10.12+, instead of 10.8+.

Mcr

Nov 11 2016

0.15.0

Version: 0.15.0

This MacUpdate listing for Stellarium is grossly outdated. On this page it states version 0.15.0 as released on Nov 10, 2016, and on this page, notes version 0.15.0 is beta. In actuality, Version 0.15.0 was released July 31. 2016, and is the current (as of the date of this post) STABLE version.

There is a version 0.90.0 released Nov 4, 2016, but that is BETA for testing purposes only. Also, this MacUpdate page says Stellarium is compatible with 10.7; on the developer site the last several versions all say 10.8 or higher (full 64-bit required).

Your best bet is head to the source site https://launchpad.net/stellarium and download from there; frankly I would not trust what MacUpdate is serving up on this page.

Sean-Smith

Feb 9 2016

0.14.72.1

Version: 0.14.72.1

Version 0.14.72.1 is NOT the stable version. It is (and I quote) "FOR TESTING PURPOSES ONLY!"

The current stable version is 0.14.2.

Nov 10 2015

0.13.3

Version: 0.13.3

0.14.0 is out, released October 24, 2015. this page hasn't been updated.

Agf-

Aug 16 2014

0.13.0

Version: 0.13.0

Great software, THX to the developers. My share for the community: Raisting Crop Circle Landscape for Stellarium! Download Raisting Crop Circle Landscape for Stellarium - Panorama from within 2014 crop circle near Raisting Radome, Bavaria, Germany. http://www.gruenderseiten.info/Files/www/1408119324/index.html

Jazzyguy

Jul 22 2014

1.0

It does not launch in 10.9.4.Don't know why but it is no loss because I have Kstars from MacPorts.

Big-Mac-XXL

Sep 12 2013

0.12.2

Version: 0.12.2

Thanks for all the efforts that went in coding this great planetarium software! I love it. No complaints. I'm using it with awe! The cosmos is such a beautiful creation!

MacUpdate-Lon

The Stellarium page states that version 0.12.3 is available as of Sept. 8... BUT the link for the new version yields version 0.12.2 at this point in time.

Tice

Feb 7 2013

0.12.0

Version: 0.12.0

Great and simple to use Planetarium. Thanks for all the work.

Anthony1947

Aug 25 2012

0.11.4

Version: 0.11.4

I tried again from the link at macupdate.com and also from the Developer's launchpad site -- still keeps on going and going and going. I tried this link, and it worked just fine: http://sourceforge.net/projects/stellarium/files/Stellarium-MacOSX/0.11.4/ Ciao.

I tried downloading the new version twice, and it just keeps on going, never finishing the download. I hope someone fixes this soon -- this is a terrific resource to more fully understand the evening sky.

trillsrequest-0e

Oct 1 2023

23.3.0

4.0

Version: 23.3.0

Sep 28 2023