Planetarium software tool for observing and studying celestial objects and the night sky.
Hallo Northern Sky is a freeware planetarium app and mapping tool, developed by Han Kleijn for Windows. It's pretty comprehensive.
The download has been tested by an editor here on a PC and a list of features has been compiled; see below. We've also created some screenshots of Hallo Northern Sky to illustrate the user interface and show the overall usage and features of this planetarium program.
Semi-professional free planetarium program to view the night sky
Hallo northern sky can control your telescope via the ASCOM or INDI interface, has a comprehensive up to date deep sky database with 30.000 objects and detailed descriptions.
A star database with millions of stars and hundreds of Deep Sky Survey images which blends in accurately. Additional the program can access the online version of the Deep Sky Survey allowing online update of the asteroid and comet databases and it can search on-line in professional astronomical databases.
Is provided with menu's in 22 languages and it is totally free without any advertisement or restriction!!
Features of Hallo Northern Sky
- 3D View: Realistic 3D view of the night sky.
- Advanced Search: Filtering by type and magnitude.
- Animations: Animations for the movement of planets and moons.
- Celestial Events: Visualization of celestial events such as eclipses.
- Celestial Object Labels: Labels for celestial objects can be displayed.
- Customization: Change colors, symbols, fonts and more.
- Database: Over 8 million stars, deep-sky objects and asteroids.
- Imagery: High-resolution imagery for deep-sky objects.
- Navigation: Easy-to-use click and drag navigation.
- Night Vision: Red-light mode for eyepiece and telescope use.
- Observation Planning: Tools for deep-sky observation planning.
- Planetarium: Detailed information about planets and constellations.
- Printing: Print any celestial view or map.
- Telescope Control: Connect and control your telescope.
- Time Traveling: Moving backward or forward in time.
Compatibility and License
Hallo Northern Sky is provided under a freeware license on Windows from mapping with no restrictions on usage. Download and installation of this PC software is free and 4.3.0 is the latest version last time we checked.
Han Kleijn accepts donations for the continued development of this free software.
What version of Windows can Hallo Northern Sky run on?
Hallo Northern Sky can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit downloads.
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