spacechart

SpaceChart is a program for displaying maps of the stars in 3D

Version : 0.9.5
Author(s) : Miguel Coca (mcoca@gnu.org), Robert J. Chassell (bob@gnu.org)
License : GPL
Website : http://www.gnu.org/software/spacechart/spacechart.html

Installs from Open Source Astronomy for Linux cd 1
Disk space required for installation is 1.82 Mb

After the package is installed it can be accessed using the command


		/opt/astro/bin/startspacechart

A shortcut will be installed in the KDE/GNOME desktop menu system,
as an entry in the Astronomy submenu

Screenshots

Summary

GNU SpaceChart is a program for displaying maps of the stars in 3D and rotate them. It is capable of showing only a subset of the stars in a given data file, and only those within a given distance of the center of the display. Also, it shows lines between stars that are closer than a given distance.

For installation see the INSTALL file.

Included with the program is the file gliese.dat, which is based on the Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars, 3rd version, which includes all known stars within 25 parsecs of the Sun.