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DESCRIPTION
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.
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WHAT'S NEW
Release notes not available at developer site nor in download at the time of this posting.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later, a 3D Card with support for OpenGL.


SCREENSHOT

Developer:The Stellarium Project
Downloads:28,108
  - Version d/l:2,013
Education:Science
License:Free
Date:10 Mar 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
RATING
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Mar 11 2009

SEBEHK  I think the dev team finally nailed it. A lot of the video glitches and slowness issues are now gone. I have been reverting back to version 0.9.1 every time because of the glitches and slowness. Version 0.10.2 is definitely a significant improvement.  
(Version 0.10.2)

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Feb 4 2009

JAZZYGUY  The default for viewing is set for Paris,France. It is virtually impossible to set it for your home location as the window with all the Geographical Settings will not scroll down properly . If your city is at the end (or middle) of the alphabet unless you have the balance of the day to attempt maneuvering to it yoou are out of luck. Consequently mine is set to view the sky under Paris skies.  
(Version 0.10.1)

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Feb 4 2009

JAZZYGUY  Very different version of Stellarium. On my G5 with 6GB of Ram and a Radeon 9600 Graphics card it brings up some strange stuff before it settles down. I am not sure I like this GUI as it is more than a little confusing. For exampleI used the search box to search for Saturn and what I got was the horizon and nothing of Saturn that I could find I zoomed in and out with my mouse but found nothing of Saturn.I am loath to rate it at this point as I am not familiar with it as the previous versions.  
(Version 0.10.1)

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Sep 28 2008

BRIAN KENDIG  Crashes on launch for me, too. (G5, 10.5.5) Console says: "dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib"  
(Version 0.10)

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Sep 26 2008

TR2  Running well now (on my Powerbook G4 1.5Ghz machines running OS X 10.4.11)

I downloaded the fixed version here:

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/stellarium/stellarium-0.10.0a.dmg  
(Version 0.10)

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Sep 25 2008

TR2  Crashes on launch ! (using 10.4.11 on PPC) ... but great app. !!  
(Version 0.10)

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Sep 24 2008

A. BUSBEY  I loved the previous version, but I can't get the configuration tools to work in this new one. I click on them and they 'light up' and no window opens. So am also back to using an older verison.  
(Version 0.10)

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Sep 23 2008

GURPLE  Crashes due to missing image /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib and probably others down the chain once that one is available.  
(Version 0.10)

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Sep 23 2008

CYANN  Did the same as Jazzyguy with the same configuration(10.5.5/PPC).  
(Version 0.10)

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Sep 23 2008
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JAZZYGUY  Crashes on launch! Using 10.5/5 on PPC! I went back to 0.8.2 and that version works fine! It looks like they didn't test this at all!  
(Version 0.10)

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Sep 23 2008

THEBRIX2008  It launches and works ... but on my MacBook 2.2GHz there are masses of artefacts on the configuration windows (not on the main screen, which works as ever). No crashes, but it is often hard to make the settings, particularly when dragging scroll bars.

The clumsy configuration bar of previous versions has been replaced by a neat floating L-shaped bar in the bottom left of the display. Its icons are far better designed than before and the font is clear (Helvetica) - it is just a shame it erupts in glitches whenever it is used!  
(Version 0.10)

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Sep 23 2008

IGAUCHO  Hmm, works just fine on my MacBook Pro. I really like the hiding toolbars that they added to this version.  
(Version 0.10)

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