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Stars
 
This page contains data and textures for Stars.
Note: The format of Celestia's binary star catalog (stars.dat) as well as some options used in .stc files have changed in Celestia v1.4 - please make sure you download files which work with your version of Celestia.
 
Extrasolar: Stars
Screenshot File Size Creator Info
click to see screenshot 8 Open Clusters
155K
Friendship7
Eight Open clusters. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Arches and Quintuplet Clusters
STC

37K
Friendship7
Two star clusters near the center of the galaxy. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Association Cyg OB 2
(spanish) DSC/STC

74K
Miguel
Includes Cyg OB 2 and some Luminous Blue Variable star candidates. Requires Celestia 1.4.0 or later. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Brighter Star Textures
17M
gradius_fanatic
This add-on provides alternative (and brighter) star textures for use within Celestia. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Castor - a sextuple star system
STC/CEL

5.8K
Chuft-Captain
The six stars (3 binary pairs) of Castor in their orbits. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Darker Star Textures
19M
gradius_fanatic
This add-on provides alternative (and darker) star textures for use within Celestia. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot DP Leonis
PNG/SSC/STC

770K
Edasich
DP Leonis A and its newly discovered planetary companion. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Exoplanet 189733b Temperature Map
8.5K
Eric Anderson
Alternate surface for HD189733b. Temperature map created from NASA/JLP-Caltech research. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Flare texture replacement
JPG

9.4K
gradius_fanatic
A replacement star flare texture. For pre-1.50 Versions of Celestia onlyMore information about this addon
click to see screenshot Flare texture Replacement
JPG

21K
McWgogs
Another flare texture. Causes bright stars to look like the " + " found in some HST photos. For pre-1.50 Versions of Celestia onlyMore information about this addon
click to see screenshot Flare texture replacement
JPG

11K
João Marcos
Another flare texture, this one created in Corel Draw. For pre-1.50 Versions of Celestia onlyMore information about this addon
click to see screenshot Flare texture replacements
5 flares JPG
31 flares JPG

2.2M
461K
Pericapolis
First add-on contains 5 replacement flare textures. Second contains 31 new replacement textures. For pre-1.50 Versions of Celestia onlyMore information about this addon
click to see screenshot Generic Brown Dwarf Texture
0.5K/JPG

60K
Planet X
This replacement texture depicts warm, L-Type dwarf stars. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Generic Dwarf Textures
2K/JPG

3.6M
gradius_fanatic
Generic Brown and Red Dwarf textures. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Generic Red Dwarf Texture
1K/JPG

377K
Frank Gregorio
Generic Red Dwarf texture (for Type L and/or Type T) stars. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Gliese 876 dynamics
SSC/XYZV

2.1M
ajtribick
A representation of 10 years of the orbital evolution of the 3-planet system orbiting the star Gliese 876. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Gradient Flares
JPG

131K
Moses P. Whitaker
Five gradient flares, for use only in version 1.4.1, or earlier. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Johan Hevelius' Constellations
Hires DDS textures DDS
Hires PNG textures PNG
Lores DDS textures DDS
Lores PNG textures PNG

19M
63M
6.6M
25M
Jestr
Johann Hevelius' Uranographia (1690) images,translated into Celestia. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Kepler Transiting Planets
SSC/JPG/PNG

4.9M
Edasich
The transiting extrasolar planet candidates discovered with Kepler. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Magnetic Dwarfs
CMODs

22M
Cham
This addon shows fictious representations of some real magnetic white dwarf binaries with their magnetic fields displayed. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot MEarth-1
SSC/STC/PNG

923K
Edasich
The transitioning super-Earth from the MEarth program GJ 1214 b. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Mira Binary System
2K/PNG/3DS/CMOD

16M
Buggs Moran
Mira (Omicron Ceti) and its companion VZ Ceti. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot MOA-2007-BLG-192L
5.4M
Fugazi
The newly-discovered planet MOA-2007-BLG-192Lb, which orbits the brown dwarf MOA-2007-BLG-192L. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Pi1 Cancri
195K
Edasich
The spectroscopic binary Pi1 (81) Cancri and its brown dwarf companions in wide orbit. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Pi2 Ursae Majoris
PNG/SSC/STC

2.6M
Edasich
The giant star Pi2(4)Ursae Majoris and a newly discovered planetary companion. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Pulsars J0737-3039
3DS/CMOD/JPG/PNG

1.6M
Cham
Fictional representation of two very REAL pulsars. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot QS Virginis
778K
Edasich
The cataclysmic variable QS Vir and its extrasolar planetary companion. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Quintuplet Cluster
STC

1.3K
Friendship7
A star cluster near the center of the galaxy. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Sculptor Stars
STC

736K
gradius_fanatic
This add-on places 20,000 fictional stars in Sculptor dpsh, for Celestia 1.6+ More information about this addon
click to see screenshot SMC
19M
gradius_fanatic
This add-on adds a whopping 500,000 stars to the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC.) More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Spatial Distribution of Bright Stars
STC

263K
Selden Ball
Star Catalog file displaying the spatial distribution of bright stars. Special homepage for this Addon More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Star Databases
Version 2.1 A
Version 2.1 C

17M
35M
granthutchison
Pascal Hartmann
Version 2.1 A contains 1016382 stars.
Version 2.1 C contains 2072867 stars.
 More information about this addon
click to see screenshot SWEEPS Transiting Objects
SSC/JPG

700K
Edasich
The transiting exoplanet candidates discovered via the SWEEPS survey. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot T Tauri Stars
STC

18K
Edasich
Several young T Tauri-type stars from star forming regions of Taurus-Auriga and others. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy Stars
510K
Spaceman
Explore the Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy with 10.000 stars. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot WASP-18
7M
Edasich
The transiting extrasolar planet host WASP-18 + planet. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot White Dwarf Sirius-B
1K/JPG

66K
Frank Gregorio
Generic White Dwarf texture for Type WD stellar remnants stars. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot White Dwarfs X-J0806
3DS/PNG

1M
Cham
This is a fictional representation of two real white dwarfs located at about 1600 LY from our Sun. More information about this addon




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