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KStars VS Distant Suns (VR)

Compare KStars VS Distant Suns (VR) and see what are their differences

KStars logo KStars

KStars is a Desktop Planetarium for KDE.

Distant Suns (VR) logo Distant Suns (VR)

Space - Up close and personal
  • KStars Landing page
    Landing page //
    2018-11-23
  • Distant Suns (VR) Landing page
    Landing page //
    2020-10-01

KStars videos

Astrophotography: stellarmate kstars and Ekos review

More videos:

  • Review - Part 1: Introduction to KStars

Distant Suns (VR) videos

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Category Popularity

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Space Simulator
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Web App
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100% 100
Virtual Universe
100 100%
0% 0
Timezones
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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.

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: over 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: almost 2 years ago

Distant Suns (VR) mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Distant Suns (VR) yet. Tracking of Distant Suns (VR) recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

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