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Star gazing
Planetarium

SkyORB allows you to fine tune your observation location
by entering longitude, latitude and elevation
or select from a large database.


Information like sunset and sunrise are computed
and special events like solstices or equinoxes are notified.


If location is set from Earth, moon phases are displayed as well as events like solar or lunar eclipses.


The sky map is drawn with realtime precession and can use a floating point framebuffer rendering with high dynamic range.
You can rotate freely and in realtime in 360 degrees at 60 frames per second.
Moon and other planets are rendered in 3D objects with different level of details.

With a complete Hipparcos star database renderered, a complete set of Deep Space objects (Messiers) available, earth artifical satellite positions, Minor Planets (MPC) can be updated and the latest database can be automatically updated online.