Celestia – Real-time 3D visualization of space (celestiaproject.space)

Great project! Been using it for years together with VTS [1] to visualize real-time and propagated satellite positions and attitudes, and also star tracker and payload "beams".

[1] https://timeloop.fr/vts/

If someone from celestia is reading this, the english documentation link is not working https://celestiaproject.space/cc/cel-guide-en (Accessed from https://celestiaproject.space/guides.html)

Newer versions for macOS can be downloaded from GitHub (despite the link name):

https://github.com/celestiamobile/MobileCelestia/releases

This website does not work with Oculus Quest browser, it goes to the "oh noes" page, i guess the meta browser has some issues with the bot detection algorithm.

Hidden well enough on the linked site, but easy to find in search; there are mobile versions which work well on tablets etc I just found out. That's this monday lost!

[0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=space.celestia...

Mobile downloads: https://celestia.mobi/download

One thing I kind of always want to see when I find cool resources like this are "How are you funded?". Because if it's not clear then have to there's a high risk it's a rug-pull, virus or might one day be either. There's just too many secretive "Here's a super free perfect tool for you!" rug-pulls out there.

"We're funded by the goodness of a team of volunteers" is a great answer.

Why was it removed from debian?

Is there an option to increase the font size? The text is unreadably small on my 28" 4k display.

Now somebody gotta do it as a mod for KSP, it would be sick to have this level of detail and launch missions through the solar system.

Yes, I know Real Solar System is a thing, but still :D

Decades ago, I patched Celestia to add a Star Trek–style warp speed selector, only to realize that even at maximum warp, I was still crawling along like a snail. At least it was a fun hack.

When I was a kid I used to play a bit with Celestia, but I remember I was pretty scared whilst using it... there was some kind of dread/anxiety I felt just looking at the vast void of space and something giant like Jupiter or Saturn next to it, I always thought an UFO or something was gonna pop out of nowhere.

I don't know if this feeling is common or not but I do remember reading about someone here on on Reddit feeling a similar thing, I believe it to be similar to thalassophobia.

I'm surprised there isn't a version that runs on browsers using Emscripten.

Is it possible to run it on Meta Quest 3? Or maybe someone could recommend the similar project for a VR headset? Thanks!