So a crescent moon visible in the morning - “(” from the northern hemisphere - is waning, and a crescent moon visible in the evening - “)” from the northern hemisphere - is waxing. The solar system mostly orbits counter-clockwise as seen from the stellar north, so to an observer on the earth, the moon rises and sets “slower” - by one day per lunar month - than the sun.
I’m trying to think this through - it takes me a while. I don’t see very well, and I can’t afford eyeglasses or optics, but this morning before dawn I was treated to a beautiful view of the crescent moon and the morning star Venus, which were rising just before the sun.įor some reason, Venus itself is brightest when it is a crescent, closest to Earth in its orbit, and the sunlight is glancing off the edge of its atmosphere. I installed Stellarium, and tried it out a bit.
#STELLARIUM SOFTWARE INSTALL#
Stellarium is available in the Official Fedora Repositories, so you can install via the Software application on Fedora Workstation, or via the command line with the command: sudo dnf install stellarium Also, if you have a compatible telescope, you can use stellarium to control the positioning of your telescope. Stellarium can also do a lot more, like view how Supernovae looked from earth at previous points in history, show meteor showers, identify and track satellites around earth like the International Space Station, and also follow specific bodies through the sky. You can also set the location to anywhere on Earth (or Mars, or many other bodies) where you want to simulate the night sky Stellarium also draws lines between and labels the multiple stars that make up the constellations, and also has a mode that overlays constellation artwork over the simulated sky. There are also options to show labels for deep-sky objects and exoplanets. Stellarium labels the objects in the night sky that are of interest, and provides directional labels as well to help identify the objects in the sky. Basically, it simulates the night sky and provides labels and other tools to help you know what you are actually looking at.
#STELLARIUM SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD#
Ever looked up at the night sky and tried to identify specific celestial bodies out of the millions you can see? Stellarium is an awesome open source planetarium application available in Fedora to help you identify and track objects in the night sky. Stellarium for Windows 0.21.2 Download Get to know the Universe better 1/2 Stellarium is a stargazing app that enables users to see the names and patterns of stars, constellations, and planets in.
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