KStars vs Starry Night (series)
A side-by-side look at KStars and Starry Night (series). For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
KStars
Science & Education
KStars is a free, open source planetarium software for Linux and other UNIX-like systems. It allows users to visualize a realistic and accurate night sky, identify celestial objects like stars and planets, track their movement, and control telescopes for observation.
astronomystarsplanetstelescope-control
Starry Night (series)
Photos & Graphics
Starry Night is a popular digital painting and graphics editor software developed by Imaginova. It specializes in simulating natural media techniques like oil painting, watercolors, pastels etc. Starry Night has an intuitive user interface and tools for blending, smudging, texturing.
paintingdrawinggraphicsnatural-mediaoil-paintingwatercolorpastelblendingsmudgingtexturing
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