Program for astronomers KStars 3.7.0

KStars is free, open source, cross-platform astronomy software. It provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from anywhere on Earth, at any date and time. The exhibit includes up to 100 million stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects, all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon, as well as thousands of comets, asteroids, supernovae and satellites. For students and teachers, it supports adjustable simulation speeds for viewing phenomena occurring over long periods of time, the KStars astro calculator for conjunction predictions, and many common astronomical calculations.

System requirements:

Windows 10 (x64) and higher

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For the amateur astronomer, it provides an observation scheduler, a celestial calendar tool, and a field of view editor for calculating the field of view of equipment and displaying them. Find interesting objects with the What Happened Tonight? tool, plot altitude and time for any object, print high-quality star maps, and access a wealth of information and resources to help you explore the universe! KStars includes the Ekos Astrophotography Kit, a complete astrophotography solution that can control all INDI devices, including numerous telescopes, CCDs, DSLRs, focusers, filters and more. Ekos supports high-precision tracking using an online and offline astrometry solver, autofocus and auto-aiming capabilities, and single or multi-image capture using a powerful built-in sequence manager.

Opportunities for teachers

If you are an instructor, you can recommend KStars to your students to use as a teaching tool. If you are a student, you can learn about the sky using KStars.

Here are a few things you can do at KStars to study astronomy and astrophysics:

Change your geographic location to see how the sky changes depending on your latitude
Understand the difference between sidereal days and solar days by changing the speed of the simulation
Attach tracks to planets and set the simulation speed to high to see their trajectories as they run. retrograde movement
When technical terms are underlined in blue, click them to open an explanation from the included AstroInfo project.
Explore coordinate systems by switching between equatorial and horizontal coordinates and perform coordinate transformations in the KStars astro calculator.
Learn about a variety of astronomy and astrophysics topics through the AstroInfo Project (part of the KStars Directory, accessible through the Help menu).
Set the time a couple thousand years ahead to see the effects of precession.
Toggle the effects of gravitational lensing around the Sun to understand Eddington’s experiment.
Switch to equatorial coordinates, set the simulation period to 1 year, double-click the star to keep it in focus, and zoom in to see the light aberration effects
Switch to the equatorial coordinate, set the simulation speed to 1 year, double click on the empty area to see the effects of precession and nutation.
Set the time to the distant future to see how constellations change shape due to the regular movement of stars (for example, in Gemini).
Right-click any item and open the Details window to easily access a wealth of information, online resources, images, and professional surveys.
Get sky snapshots for any location from the right-click context menu.
Manage your observatory using KStars comprehensive astronomical hardware support.
KStars speaks your language – you will most likely find a translation/localization for your region.
Imaging/Astrophotography Capabilities
Whether you work at a professional observatory or are a hobbyist astrophotographer, KStars can help you photograph the sky. The Ekos imaging suite ensures a smooth and hassle-free workflow, eliminating the need to switch between multiple software tools for each part of the workflow.

With extensive INDI support, KStars can control virtually any astronomical equipment, including telescope mounts, motorized focusers, filter wheels, and CCD and CMOS cameras.
Use the FOV calculator to calculate the field of view of your imaging system.
Ekos, KStars’ astrophotography package, provides a complete astrophotography workflow in KStars. Ekos can help with polar alignment, focusing, auto-aiming and locking.
The FITS Viewer allows you to view FITS data files.
Calculate connections between celestial objects to find a meeting point you can capture.
KStars speaks your language – you will most likely find a translation/localization for your region.
Opportunities for visual observation
KStars has a comprehensive set of features that enhance your visual surveillance workflow. With Observation Planner, all you have to do is add objects to your list. KStars takes care of organizing them in order of surveillance, and with one click you can download DSS images for offline comparison to monitor sites where Internet access is unavailable or poor. If you can’t take your laptop with you to your observing site, you can always export high-quality vector graphics of the sky that can be printed for use as search maps.

For stars up to 16th magnitude, it is easy to find a sufficient number of guide stars in the field.
If you want more than the full NGC/IC catalog, you can add your own object catalogs.
KStars’ powerful Observation Scheduler helps you schedule your observation session, arrange objects in observation order, and cache DSS images for offline comparison in just a few clicks.
You can also record your observations in KStars (however, this feature requires some additional work to make full use of).
KStars supports the OAL XML schema for observation logs, making these logs compatible with many log sharing programs and websites.
Calculate your telescope’s FOV for different eyepieces and save them to KStars so you can quickly switch between FOV indicators using the Page Up/Page Down keys.
High quality maps allow you to conduct observations in places without electricity.
Scripting support gives you the ability to write your own scripts to automate the creation of search diagrams, etc.
The experimental star jump feature automatically determines the path from a star to a deep sky object based on your field of view.
The Jupiter Satellites Tool tells you the position of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter, as is commonly seen in astronomical ephemeris books.
Set up KStars to alert you every time it hears about a new supernova in the sky!
Predict connections between celestial objects.
Interface with XPlanet to render planets at any given time.
KStars speaks your language – you will most likely find a translation/localization for your region.
Opportunities for any astronomy enthusiast!
Whether you’re new to astronomy or a general enthusiast, KStars can be your guide as you explore the skies. Already in the developer version, KStars can automatically suggest objects for viewing in the night sky.

KStars displays an accurate image of the sky with planets, moons of Jupiter, 100 million stars, 10,000 deep-sky objects, comets and asteroids.
Predict connections between celestial objects.
Learn more about astronomy and astrophysics through helpful information links and the included AstroInfo project pages.
(Very soon) Get forecasts of interesting astronomical objects to observe with your equipment/sky conditions on any given night.
KStars speaks your language – you will most likely find a translation/localization for your region.

Complete list of important features

Unique Features of KStars
Unique features of KStars that are not found in other free astronomy programs (to our knowledge):

Get sky images from Digitized Sky Surveys and the Internet at large.
Access information resources about celestial objects from KStars.
Print high-quality, customizable star charts with multiple charts at different zoom levels for each object.
A complete Ekos astrophotography suite for seamless image processing
Plan and execute observation sessions and save DSS images for offline use using the Observation Scheduler and Run feature.
Set field of view symbols calculated based on your eyepiece and telescope focal length.
Determine the locations of Jupiter’s moons in the near future and near past and plot them on a map as shown in professional astronomical ephemeris.
Import your own catalogs from KStars.
Access some of KStars’ internal calculations using the Astro-Calculator.
Supernova Alerts: KStars can automatically alert you to new supernovae upon launch!
Click on technical terms/astronomical jargon to open an explanation from the included AstroInfo project.
Use your favorite map projection method to visualize the celestial sphere on a flat screen.
A very powerful tool for finding alliances and contrasts (somewhat experimental).
Calculate switching routes between stars (experimental; incomplete, but functional).
Automatically suggest sky objects for beginners (coming soon).
More translations and localization than most other programs.
Catalogs
Default catalog consisting of 8th magnitude stars.
Additional catalogs consisting of 100 million stars up to magnitude 16.
Default NGC/IC Deep Space Catalog (about 10,000 objects)
Download a more accurate updated NGC/IC catalog
Downloadable catalogs including images of Messier, planetary Abel nebulae
Add your own directories
Telescope/Equipment Control
Integration with INDI, providing support for a wide range of astronomical instruments.
A complete Ekos astrophotography suite for seamless image processing
Other
Corrections for precession, nutation and atmospheric refraction
Tools for searching data from online databases
Script actions using D-Bus
Opportunities for teachers and students:
Adjustable simulation speed to view events occurring over long periods of time
Project Astroinfo to make learning easier with KStars
What’s Happening Tonight tool to find out what objects are visible tonight.
Tool – Height versus time for plotting changes in the height of an object over time (useful for determining the time of observation)
A Celestial Calendar tool that lets you see how the planets move across the sky over time.

What’s new:

Release Notes KStars

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