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da-luce/astroterm
A planetarium for your terminal! Explore stars, planets, constellations, and more, all rendered right in the command line—no telescope required. ✨🪐
astroterm is a terminal-based planetarium written in C that renders real-time star maps in ASCII. It shows the positions of stars, planets, the moon with accurate phases, and constellation figures, configurable by date, time, and location to view past, present, or future skies. It's lightweight, fast, and packaged for many platforms.
Why now: It was featured on Hacker News, drawing attention to its accurate, customizable ASCII sky rendering.
Who it is for: Terminal enthusiasts, Linux/Unix users, and amateur astronomy fans who want to explore the night sky from the command line.
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