Celestia
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
1warn against
Aug 19, 2026first mention
Sep 30, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Both Celestia and Stellarium have "open data" file formats”
“Celestia did all of this and more. 10+ years ago.”
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“Stellaris or Celestia could help them identify stars and constellations”
Caveats and dissent
“it's been in beta since at least 2016, seems mostly defunct”
Threads where it came up
Data: celestia.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 5
“Both Celestia and Stellarium have "open data" file formats”
“it's been in beta since at least 2016, seems mostly defunct”
“Celestia did all of this and more. 10+ years ago.”
Hi there, I see you mention Celestia. I’ve never used it myself but have looked at screenshots and read about it. I built a WebGL viewer for our local solar system only[0]. If you happen to have the time to give any feedback I would sincerely appreciate it - you seem very knowledgeable about this. [0]: https://orrery.ryboso.me/ EDIT: With apologies to OP, I don’t want to hijack your post. I’m currently traveling with
“Stellaris or Celestia could help them identify stars and constellations”