Desktop / planetarium · Windows · macOS · Linux · Open source

KStars

A free, open-source desktop planetarium and observation planner from the KDE project, showing the sky for any date and location with millions of stars and thousands of deep-sky objects. KStars integrates the Ekos astrophotography suite, making it a complete free platform for both planning and capturing images.

Highlights

›Planetarium, planner, and imaging suite in one

At a glance

Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Licence: Open source

Ekos
INDI
Plate Solving

Across the software ecosystem

Ekos

Knowledge connections

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