I think I found myself a new hobby.

Somebody on the ArchLinux forums created a package for Stellarium. Curiosity made me have a look over the project’s homepage. Due to the clean way programs get on and off my ArchLinux installation using pacman, I’ve told myself it can’t hurt.

My first impression: WOW.
I have never seen OpenGL used scientifically so well. I didn’t know much on astronomer terminologies but using that program is so much fun, I quicky understood them. Zooming in and out on stars, watching Jupiter and it’s sattelites move (& spin) in fast forward motion, watching the sun rise, watching eclipses, watching the constelations rolling on the sky… believe me… it’s incredible. This program is done so well… it’s absolutely amaizing. Even if astronomy might sound geekish, this is not true. Stellarium makes it so fun.

You have to try it. Stellarium is freely available for download for all the major platforms: Linux, Windows, MacOS.

Believe me, you’ll enjoy each and every corner of your on-screen night sky-view…