WinStars 3 is a planetarium for almost any platform. Employing 3D technology to display our solar system in a realistic manner, users may tour the planets, follow a space probe on its long voyage, or observe a celestial event from a distant world, as well as receiving the latest astrophysical news from a live feed.
Updates add new features and functionality, transforming it into an advanced educational tool for discovering our Universe.
After several weeks of work, the second catalogue of the Gaia mission is now integrated into WinStars. As a reminder, the Gaia mission is designed to map in 3D a part of the Milky Way (1%), with an evaluation of the proper velocity of the celestial bodies identified. A herculean task made by a satellite …
On March 7, Google suspended WinStars for non-compliance with the program update method. Indeed, Google requires developers to use two files to download data and update applications. I had chosen to keep the update method developed for the desktop version, which is less expensive in terms of download volume, which seemed to me to be …
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With the latest revision (3.0.72), the program has new features to improve the management of artificial satellites, and a dialog box now allows you to select the satellites that you want to display in WinStars. The result in the “3D navigation” mode: The transit of satellites is also visible in the planetarium mode: The program …
version x64 (Windows 10 only)
https://winstars.net/files/version3/winstars_installer.exe
version x86 (compatible with Windows 7, 8.1 & 10)
https://winstars.net/files/version3/winstars_installer_x86.exe
Release 3.0.76 (2019/04/21):
https://winstars.net/files/version3/winstars_installer.bin
How To Install Winstars3 on Ubuntu ?
– Download the installation file
– Open a terminal window and type :
chmod +x winstars_installer.bin
– and type the next command:
./winstars_installer.bin
– If you want to update the program or uninstall it, please type:
MaintenanceTools
