Celestia

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Does anyone run Celestia 1.6.1? Unlike Stellarium it is a virtual universe rather than a planetarium. It hasn't been upgraded for a while so I don't know how it would run on Win 8. I run it on Win 7 & Vista with no problems though.

Celestia 1.6.1



Mars from Phobos







Series of three showing Cassini-Huygens deployment.

 

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Skimming across Saturn's rings.



Galileo flypast of Jupiter.




Saturn seen from an orbit above Dione.



Jupiter viewed from Ganymede.

 

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Betelgeuse (alpha Orionis) from around 10 au.



Earthrise from the Moon.



Sunrise from Mercury.