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KStars VS Planetarium

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KStars logo KStars

KStars is a Desktop Planetarium for KDE.

Planetarium logo Planetarium

A browser-based virtual planetarium of stars and planets, customizable to any location and time.
  • KStars Landing page
    Landing page //
    2018-11-23
  • Planetarium Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-07-23

KStars videos

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Astrophotography: stellarmate kstars and Ekos review

More videos:

  • Review - Part 1: Introduction to KStars

Planetarium videos

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Miller Engineering Dark Skys DS1 Home Planetarium Review

More videos:

  • Review - Sega Homestar Planetarium Original vs Flux
  • Review - Planetarium showdown: National Geographic Astro vs Sega Homestar Original vs Sega Homestar Flux

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to KStars and Planetarium)

KStars

Planetarium

Space Simulator
75 75%
Space Simulator
25% 25
Virtual Universe
72 72%
Virtual Universe
28% 28
Education & Reference
73 73%
Education & Reference
27% 27
Universe Simulator
70 70%
Universe Simulator
30% 30

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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: 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

Planetarium mentions (0)

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

What are some alternatives?

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

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

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

Celestia - Real-time 3D visualization of space

Star Chart - Stellarium is a planetarium software that shows exactly what you see when you look up at the stars. It's easy to use, and free. Read more about Star Chart.

Sky Guide - A window to the stars has never been more beautiful and easy to use.

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

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