You may get greeted with something like this the first time you start what is supposed to be a 'planetarium' or 'astronomy software' on a GNU/Linux distribution: Stellarium is not for computer novices or people who aren't interested in software beyond it's utility, if you just want something that lets you look at the constellations in the night sky real quick without having to learn how some advanced planetarium program clearly aimed at professional astronomers works then KStars or even the simple web version of Stellarium would be better alternatives. You can learn how to use the GNU/Linux desktop version of Stellarium if you have an interesting in and familiarity with clunky software. It is actually a quite advanced planetarium program with a lot of advanced functionality beneath the joke of a user interface that is filled with everything but the basic essentials you would need to get any benefit out of it. Stellarium mobile is created by two of the original developers of Stellarium, the Desktop version of this famous astronomy and planetarium software.Stellarium is a pretty advanced free software planetarium program with a user-interface that gets so many basic things wrong that you will likely judge Stellarium to be a completely useless and worthless piece of software the the first time you try it. * 3D rendering of the major solar system planets and their satellites * realistic landscape and atmosphere with sunrise, sunset and light pollution simulation * asterisms and illustrations of the constellations for several sky cultures * a catalog of many nebulae and galaxies, with pictures for some of them * a catalog of over 600,000 stars displayed as a real time zoomable sky map * the control of the direction of view using the device accelerometers

* a very intuitive touch-screen interface

This award-winning astronomy application is finally available on Android featuring: The sensor control will also enable you to identify what you see in the sky in just a few seconds, just by pointing the phone at it! It shows a realistic night sky map in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. Stellarium Mobile is a fully-featured planetarium for your phone.

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