Open Source GOLA learning aids (realtime software)

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|| Hare Rama Krishna ||

 

Namaskar,

 

The following software (Celestia & Stellarium) may be of use to

students of jyotisha. Both projects are open source project hosted at

Sourceforge.net. I certainly found them very useful in visualising the

geocentric and heliocentric movement of planets in realtime over the

backdrop of various stars.

 

 

* Celestia

The free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three

dimensions. Celestia comes with a large catalog of stars, galaxies,

planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and spacecraft.

 

Current version: 1.4.1 (16 Feb 2006)

 

Main link: http://celestia.sourceforge.net/

Secondary link: http://www.lns.cornell.edu/~seb/celestia/

Download link: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=21302

 

 

* Stellarium

Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It

shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked

eye, binoculars or a telescope.

 

Current version: 0.7.1 ()

 

http://www.stellarium.org/

Screenshots: http://www.stellarium.org/screenshots.html

 

Justin