SpaceEngine
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SpaceEngine is an interactive 3D planetarium and astronomy software[2] initially developed by Russian astronomer and programmer Vladimir Romanyuk,[3] with development continued by Cosmographic Software as of 2022. It creates a 1:1 scale three-dimensional planetarium representing the entire observable universe from a combination of real astronomical data and scientifically accurate procedural generation algorithms. Users can travel through space in any direction or speed, and forwards or backwards in time.[4] SpaceEngine is in beta status and up to version 0.9.8.0E, released in August 2017, it was available as a freeware download for Microsoft Windows. Version 0.990 beta was the first paid edition, released in June 2019 on Steam. The program has full support for VR headsets.
Original author(s) | Vladimir Romanyuk |
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Developer(s) | Cosmographic Software |
Initial release | 0.74 / June 2010 |
Stable release | 0.990.47.2015
/ 18 April, 2024 |
Preview release | 0.990.46.1980
/ September 20, 2023 |
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Size | 4 GB (software only) to 50 GB (with all optional DLCs: Solar System HD texture packs) |
Available in | More than 20 languages |
List of languages English, Catalan, Croatian, Chinese, Czech, Spanish, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Armenian, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, etc. | |
Type | Space simulation |
License | Proprietary[1] |
Website | spaceengine |
Properties of objects, such as temperature, mass, radius, spectrum, etc., are presented to the user on the HUD and in an accessible information window. Users can observe celestial objects ranging from small asteroids or moons to large galaxy clusters, akin to other simulators such as Celestia, OpenSpace, Gaia Sky, and Nightshade NG. The default version of SpaceEngine includes over 130,000 real objects, including stars from the Hipparcos catalog, galaxies from the NGC and IC catalogs, many well-known nebulae, and all known exoplanets and their stars.[1]