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1. Starry Night
[commercial - Win95/98/NT, Macintosh] A planetarium and solar-system simulator; lets you view the universe from anywhere in our planetary neighbourhood in the past, present, and future.
http://www.starrynight.com - 19-05-2000
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Rating: [8.00] Votes: [2262]
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2. Celestia
A free 3D space simulator that lets you travel through the solar system and beyond to over 100,000 stars. [Windows, Mac; Open source]
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ - 08-01-2001
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Rating: [7.00] Votes: [453]
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3. Guide to the Galaxy - Stella 2000
[Win 9x/Me/NT/2000 shareware] Mixes sky simulator and astronomical encyclopedia with speaking guide. Simulates most aspects of the space-watching experience. Other free astro
http://www.stella2000.com - 21-05-2000
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Rating: [6.00] Votes: [783]
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4. OpenUniverse
[open source - Win95/98/NT/2000 or Unix/Linux & OpenGL] Newest NASA data creates a fast 3D display of our home solar system, 25000 stars, galaxy, planets, moons, asteroids and even controll
http://www.openuniverse.org - 10-09-2001
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Rating: [6.00] Votes: [248]
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5. Sky3D
[shareware - Win95/98/NT] Offers realistic views of entire sky with interactive and three-dimensional view modes.
http://www.sky3d.com/ - 30-06-2000
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Rating: [6.00] Votes: [2367]
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6. Solar Kingdom
[commercial, demo available - Win95/98/NT] A solar system simulator and planetarium, with planetary encyclopaedia.
http://www.silverfrost.com - 13-02-2000
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Rating: [6.00] Votes: [1923]
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7. StarStrider software 3D planetarium
[shareware - Win 98/ME/2K/XP] A 3D software planetarium. Photo realistic real-time 3D renderings of 2 million stars, galaxies, nebulae, and the Milky Way. Includes severa
http://www.starstrider.com/ - 27-06-2003
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Rating: [6.00] Votes: [962]
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8. ChView
[Freeware - Win3.x/95] A three-dimensional aid to viewing some of the nearer stars of our galaxy, navigating the distances between them, and accessing basic stellar information.
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~jaymin/chview/chv0.htm - 10-03-2001
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Rating: [5.00] Votes: [455]
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9. Orrery
[commercial - Acorn/StrongARM RISC OS] An orrery is a physical or virtual model of our solar system.
http://www.photodesk.ltd.uk/space/orrery/index.html - 10-09-2002
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Rating: [5.00] Votes: [1798]
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10. Solar System Applet
[online Java applet] This 3-d solar system applet can be rotated and zoomed with the mouse. Below it are links to other online gravity simulators and resources fo
http://www.burtleburtle.net/bob/physics/solar.html - 06-12-2001
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Rating: [5.00] Votes: [292]
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