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Celestia

Name: Celestia
Author: munix9

Celestia provides photo-realistic, real-time, three-dimensional viewing of the Solar System, the Galaxy and the Universe. It is an easy to use,…

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Official site: download.opensuse.org

About Celestia

Celestia provides photo-realistic, real-time, three-dimensional viewing of

the Solar System, the Galaxy and the Universe.

It is an easy to use, freely-distributed, multi-platform, open source,

software package which has become a valuable tool for astronomy education.

Used in homes, schools, museums and planetariums around the world, it also

is used as a visualization tool by space mission designers.

How to install Celestia

Click Download — the project's official release page opens in a new tab.
Download the latest .AppImage file.
Make it executable: right-click › Properties › Permissions › Allow executing as program, or run chmod +x the-file.AppImage in a terminal.
Double-click the file to run Celestia — there's nothing to install, and you can delete the file to remove it.

How to run an AppImage on Linux

Frequently asked questions

Is Celestia free to download?

Yes. The Download button sends you to download.opensuse.org, the developer's official site, where Celestia is available to download. Appimo doesn't host or modify any files.

Is Celestia safe?

Celestia downloads directly from the developer. As always, scan the installer with your antivirus and choose Custom setup to skip any bundled extras.