[inkhead]

I'm looking for a program that runs fullscreen and has most of the solar system modelled that I can fly through or look at orbital data. Anything out there like this? I just want to see our solar system and look out past my little world.

Thanks!

[inkhead]

I found this program actually, maybe it's what I want, Any other applications people recommend:

celestia
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/

[gheff]

Celestia is a great way to see what the universe looks like. Make sure you find the latest and greatest version. There are some "beta" type versions that are very stable and are a bit more polished thans some of the eariler releases. Sorry, I don't have a link handy.

I love to zoom out into the space between galaxies. It really gives you a feel for just how empty space really is.

[chadseld]

Starry Night is very nice.
http://www.starrynight.com/

[gheff]

http://www.stevenbinder.net/

This is the place to find the Celestia for OS X pre-releases. Pre-release 6 is what I've been using and it seems very solid on my system.

[Thinine]

1.4 final is out so I don't see why you'd want to use the prereleases.

[gheff]

Originally Posted by Thinine

1.4 final is out so I don't see why you'd want to use the prereleases.

Yikes! How'd I miss that? You're right.

The last time I looked, right before the holidays, 1.32 was the official release. Sorry for the bad info.

[JoshKurtz]

Celestia is what I use for cruising the cosmos.

[Gamoe]

Another vote for Celestia. It's well done, Open-Source, and available for Mac OS X, Linux and Windoze.