Stellarium: A free open-source planetarium for your computer
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HN comment orderI haven't figured out the Wayland solution yet, but on X11 you can use a tool called Devil's Pie to make Stellarium act as your desktop background, which is way more fun than any other desktop I've had: http://mooooo.ooo/stellarium-desktop/
The biggest improvement for my stellarium usage was creating my own landscape¹, as having a quick way to see whether that early morning partial eclipse is behind those trees is really useful. Also, kinda super fun to sit in your office chair spinning around your own garden. I actually created a bunch of landscapes for places that I have reasonable access to, so that I can choose an appropriate place for observations without having to resort to guesswork. I'll note…
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 717
- Total comments
- 87
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-08-30 | Stellarium: free open source planetarium | ryanwaggoner | 5 | 0 |
| 2012-04-04 | Stellarium (Open Source Planetarium) | jgrahamc | 1 | 0 |
| 2012-06-05 | A free open source planetarium for your computer | sindhiparsani | 2 | 0 |
| 2014-01-29 | Stellarium – free, open source planetarium software lets anyone be an astronmer | personjerry | 2 | 0 |
| 2016-05-23 | Stellarium: Free and open source planetarium for your computer | skbohra123 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019-09-07 | Stellarium: A free open-source planetarium for your computerFirst breakout · Best thread | smacktoward | 445 | 56 |
| 2022-03-06 | StellariumHall induction · Latest 20+ point return | throwoutway | 258 | 31 |