SkyChart
Developer: https://www.ap-i.net/skychart/en/start
- Reviews
- 5 / 5
- Downloads
- 5,594
Downloads
- SkyChart64-bit Windows Installer32-bit Windows Installer64-bit Windows Portable32-bit Windows PortableVisit download page
- SkyChart64-bit macOSVisit download page
- SkyChart64-bit Linux DEBRPi 64-bit Linux DEB64-bit Linux RPM64-bit Linux tar32-bit Linux DEB32-bit Linux RPM32-bit Linux tarRPi 2.3 arm DebARM 64-bit Linux tarARM 32-bit Linux tarVisit download page
Downloads are available on SkyChart’s official website.
SkyChart at a glance
- What it is
- Draws sky charts using data from many star and nebula catalogs
- Price
- Free
- Open source
- Yes
- Runs on
- Windows, macOS and Linux
- Official website
- ap-i.net/skychart/en/start
- Source code
- sourceforge.net/projects/skychart
- Alternatives
- Stellarium and KStars
Change Log
This is mainly a bug fix release for 4.2
Description
SkyChart (also known as Cartes du Ciel) is a free, open source, cross-platform software that allows you to draw sky charts by using data found in a lot of catalogs with stars and nebulae.
The program is a part of a full suite that can be used for astronomical observation such as ccdciel (a CCD capture app), indistarter (app to run an INDI server) and eqmodgui (GUI for Linux INDI Eqmod telescope driver). Developed since 2002, it is one of the best tools for any astronomer. SkyChart runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS.
SkyChart Features
- a full suite that makes the program a tremendous celestial atlas
- more complete when compared with a conventional planetarium
- shows the position of asteroids and planets
- a large number of parameters help you choose the right catalog
- color, dimensions of stars and nebulae, planet representation
- labels and grid coordinates, visibility conditions, superposition of images
- additional catalogs and DSO pictures available for download and install
- Note: SkyChart beta version and additional catalogs can be downloaded and installed from the official homepage here.
