This is the Linux app named VirtualCelestialGlobe whose latest release can be downloaded as VirtualCelestialGlobe.jar. It can be run online in the free hosting provider OnWorks for workstations.
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VirtualCelestialGlobe
DESCRIPTION
VirtualCelestialGlobe 1.2.7b
World Globe 0.0.7
A simple java 3d virtual celestial and world globe.
Rotate the globe, magnify it, select the level of detail to show stars and constellations, and the ecliptic.
Source code available to everyone to modify it.
Star catalogue from Wikipedia.
Available plain text star catalogue.
Total stars number now reaches 1038.
Using Phong shading.
No Open GL.
Package contains also Astronomical tools:
Planetarium
Star Visibility
Julian date
Angle Converter
Time Converter
Day Light Length
Audience
Developers, End Users/Desktop
User interface
Java Swing, Java AWT
Programming Language
Java
This is an application that can also be fetched from https://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualcelestialglobe/. It has been hosted in OnWorks in order to be run online in an easiest way from one of our free Operative Systems.
