Little white dots on a black background may not look very interesting, but it's the attention paid to the little dots that ends up making a story and knowledge.and make your year-round observations of the sky easier.

By zooming with your mouse you can change the coverage and by moving the horizon line change the viewpoint to reproduce your observation position. The positions of the planets are in real timeand you can even see the ISS - the International Orbital Station - passing by!Ĭlicking on the stars you can bring up their name as well as the constellation they are part of.

On the interactive page, your latitude and longitude are automatically set to your IP address, but it's also possible to change them to see the sky as it is in Japan or Venezuela. The planetarium is accessed with little or no instruction it is assumed that you have some knowledge of astronomy and sometimes look up at the sky beyond the city lights.

Created by Fabien Chereau and his brother, Stellarium is a simple yet sophisticated online planetarium based on an open source project.

Stellarium on line