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KStars VS Starry Night (series)

Compare KStars VS Starry Night (series) and see what are their differences

KStars logo KStars

KStars is a Desktop Planetarium for KDE.

Starry Night (series) logo Starry Night (series)

The Starry Night apps are the most comprehensive educational astronomy apps.
  • KStars Landing page
    Landing page //
    2018-11-23
  • Starry Night (series) Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-07-06

KStars videos

Astrophotography: stellarmate kstars and Ekos review

More videos:

  • Review - Part 1: Introduction to KStars

Starry Night (series) videos

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to KStars and Starry Night (series))
Space Simulator
85 85%
15% 15
Virtual Universe
83 83%
17% 17
Education & Reference
83 83%
17% 17
Universe Simulator
79 79%
21% 21

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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

Starry Night (series) mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Starry Night (series) yet. Tracking of Starry Night (series) recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing KStars and Starry Night (series), 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

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.

Solar System Scope - 3D model of the Solar System and night sky in real time