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Aciqra VS KStars

Compare Aciqra VS KStars and see what are their differences

Aciqra logo Aciqra

Aciqra is a virtual sky map and planetarium that shows astronomical objects in the sky from the past, present and future.

KStars logo KStars

KStars is a Desktop Planetarium for KDE.
  • Aciqra Landing page
    Landing page //
    2019-03-17
  • KStars Landing page
    Landing page //
    2018-11-23

Aciqra videos

Trying out Aciqra

KStars videos

Astrophotography: stellarmate kstars and Ekos review

More videos:

  • Review - Part 1: Introduction to KStars

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Aciqra and KStars)
Virtual Universe
14 14%
86% 86
Space Simulator
12 12%
88% 88
Education & Reference
15 15%
85% 85
Universe Simulator
19 19%
81% 81

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, KStars seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 3 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Aciqra mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Aciqra yet. Tracking of Aciqra recommendations started around Mar 2021.

KStars mentions (3)

  • Is there a utility that will read my FITS files and map the image size and locations on a sky map?
    KStars can do this. It can either use the World Coordinate System data from the FITS file or plate-solve to derive the location from the image data. Source: about 1 year ago
  • Best FOSS Astronomy Software
    Kstars is a powerful, flexible astronomy application that you will find useful. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Maps of the stars
    Printed sky atlases are pretty obsolete, now that we have technology. https://edu.kde.org/kstars/. Source: over 1 year ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Aciqra and KStars, you can also consider the following products

Stellarium - Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer.

Planetarium - A browser-based virtual planetarium of stars and planets, customizable to any location and time.

Sky Map - Sky Map (formerly the Google Sky Map) turns your Android-powered mobile phone into a window on the...

SkyView - SkyView is powerful, easy-to-use app that answers questions about stars, constellations, and more.

Celestia - Real-time 3D visualization of space

SkEye - SkEye is an advanced Planetarium that can also be used as a PUSHTO guide for telescopes.