After more than 20 years of development, the Stellarium 1.0 virtual planetarium was released. The project is available as Windows, MacOS and Linux applications, as well as a web version and mobile applications.
The release first version has increased the detail of the objects, updated the lighting model, improved support for high-resolution displays, and the client ' s Windows client ' s location function is now also supported.
The project library in the standard set includes more than 600,000 stars, including more than 120,000 from the European Hipparcos Space Telescope archive. With additional catalogues, a virtual observation of 210 million stars is available. All the planets of the solar system and their main satellites are present. Each available object can be brought closer to a detailed study. It is possible to produce an artistic image of constellations in various styles.
The Stellarium virtual planetarium is available as Windows, MacOS and Linux software in major formats, as well as in a web version. There are also mobile applications for Android and iOS.