It is being used in planetarium projectors. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. What a day I`ve had trying to get Stellarium to work my goto mount, it`s been so hard that I thought I would write it down incase anyone else would like to do it and save themselves alot of time if you don`t have a clue what you are doing like me, so here goes.ġ.Stellarium for Windows (圆4 bit) is a free open source planetarium for your computer.

Install Stellarium 10.2 from Stellarium webite.Ģ. Stellarium Plus - Star Map is a planetarium app that shows exactly what you see when you look up at the stars. Go to Astronomy - StellariumScope and install the Stellariumscope software.ģ. Now the hard part you need ASCOM drivers to be able to use the software, go to the ASCOM website and download ASCOM PLATFORM 5 to your desktop.Ĥ. Now you need the drivers for you mount, look in telescopes and mounts on the left hand side of the webpage, click it and download the drivers for your mount to your desktop.ĥ. It is a system to view stars, constellations, planets, etc, which make your PC a window on the Universe. By Stellarium Free Download Now Developers Description By Stellarium Stellarium (64-Bit) is a free open-source planetarium for your computer. Go to your desktop and double click on the ASCOM platform 5 to install it.Ħ. Stellarium generates realistic 3D landscapes of the part, day or night, that you choose, placing the most important planets, stars and satellite moons in their exact location. The Stellarium database is made up of more than 120000 heavenly. NET Framework 3.5 setup, click yes and it will install. then click on the ASCOM platform 5 again to make sure it has installed.ħ. When it has finished click on the ASCOM driver for your scope on your desktop.ĩ. Click on Stellariumscope and at the top click the driver from list for you scope and tick connect.ġ0. and load up Stellarium and hopefully you can now click on a object and your scope will slew to it. Just a note this is for window XP but should be much the same for other operating systems.

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