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It provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time. The display includes 130,000 stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects,all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon, and thousands of comets and asteroids.</p> <hr/> <h2 id="news">Latest News</h2> <table class="table_box" cellpadding="6"> <tr><th>Date</th> <th>Headline</th></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="newsbox1"><b>March 12th, 2007</b></td> <td class="newsbox1"><a href="news.php#itemUpdatedDaylightSavingsTimerules">Updated Daylight Savings Time rules</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="newsbox2"><b>March 13th, 2006</b></td> <td class="newsbox2"><a href="news.php#itemKStars12released">KStars-1.2 released</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="newsbox1"><b>March 6th, 2006</b></td> <td class="newsbox1"><a href="news.php#itemCometsandAsteroidsUpdated">Comets and Asteroids Updated</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="newsbox2"><b>March 2th, 2006</b></td> <td class="newsbox2"><a href="news.php#itemKStarsCommunityForums">KStars Community Forums</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="newsbox1"><b>June 29th, 2005</b></td> <td class="newsbox1"><a href="news.php#itemIntroducingSVNsnapshotreleases">Introducing: SVN snapshot releases</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="newsbox2"><b>June 5th, 2005</b></td> <td class="newsbox2"><a href="news.php#itemCometsandAsteroidsupdated">Comets and Asteroids updated</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="newsbox1"><b>March 29th, 2005</b></td> <td class="newsbox1"><a href="news.php#itemKStars11p1ImportantfixforKDE33xusers">KStars 1.1-p1: Important fix for KDE 3.3.x users!</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="newsbox2"><b>March 27th, 2005</b></td> <td class="newsbox2"><a href="news.php#itemKStars11availablefordownload">KStars 1.1 available for download</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="newsbox1"><b>March 22th, 2005</b></td> <td class="newsbox1"><a href="news.php#itemNewFeaturesTourforKDE34release">New Features Tour for KDE 3.4 release</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="newsbox2"><b>March 10th, 2005</b></td> <td class="newsbox2"><a href="news.php#itemJointheKStarsDataTeam">Join the KStars Data Team!</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <h3><a name="join">Join Us!</a></h3> <p> Interested in helping develop KStars? We need programmers, of course, but even if you don't code, we can still use your help. If you are an astronomy enthusiast, there is our <a href="astroinfo.html">AstroInfo</a> project. We could also use help writing documentation and translating. Even bug reports and feature requests are a big help, so keep them coming!</p> <p> You can also subscribe to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517043629/http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kstars-devel">kstars-devel</a> mailing list to keep up with the latest KStars activities. </p> <br/> <hr width="50%" align="center"/> <p>Webmaster: Jason Harris<br/> Last update: 2008-01-11</p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="left"> <div class="menu_box"> <a name="cp-menu"/><div class="menutitle"><div> <h2 id="cp-menu-inform">Inform</h2> <a href="#cp-skip-inform" class="cp-doNotDisplay">Skip menu "Inform"</a> </div></div> <ul> <li> <a href="/web/20080517043629/http://edu.kde.org/">KDE-Edu Home</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517043629/http://www.kde.org/">KDE Home</a> </li> </ul> <a name="cp-skip-inform"/> <div class="menutitle"><div> <h2 id="cp-menu-scienceapplications">Science Applications</h2> <a href="#cp-skip-scienceapplications" class="cp-doNotDisplay">Skip menu "Science Applications"</a> </div></div> <ul> <li> <a href="/web/20080517043629/http://edu.kde.org/kalzium/">Kalzium</a> </li> <li class="here"> <a href="/web/20080517043629/http://edu.kde.org/kstars/">KStars</a> <ul> <li> <a href="/web/20080517043629/http://edu.kde.org/kstars/">Main Page</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20080517043629/http://edu.kde.org/kstars/screenshots.php">Screenshots</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20080517043629/http://edu.kde.org/kstars/buzz.php">Reviews</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517043629/http://kstars.30doradus.org/">Community Forums</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517043629/http://kde-files.org/?xcontentmode=643">Scripts & Addons</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517043629/http://docs.kde.org/development/en/kdeedu/kstars/">Handbook</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20080517043629/http://edu.kde.org/kstars/indi.php">INDI</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20080517043629/http://edu.kde.org/kstars/astroinfo.php">AstroInfo Project</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20080517043629/http://edu.kde.org/kstars/i18n.php">i18n</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517043629/https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kstars-devel">Kstars-devel ML</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517043629/https://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?product=kstars&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&order=Importance">Open Bug Reports</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20080517043629/http://edu.kde.org/kstars/todo.php">TODO List</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20080517043629/http://edu.kde.org/kstars/svn.php">SVN How-To</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517043629/http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdeedu/kstars/">Browse SVN (trunk)</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517043629/http://websvn.kde.org/branches/KDE/3.5/kdeedu/kstars/">Browse SVN (3.5)</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20080517043629/http://edu.kde.org/step/">Step</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20080517043629/http://edu.kde.org/marble/">Marble</a> </li> </ul> <a name="cp-skip-scienceapplications"/> <div class="cp-doNotDisplay"> <h2>Global navigation links</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517043629/http://www.kde.org/" accesskey="8">KDE Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517043629/http://accessibility.kde.org/" accesskey="9">KDE Accessibility Home</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20080517043629/http://edu.kde.org/media/accesskeys.php" accesskey="0">Description of Access Keys</a></li> <li><a href="#cp-content">Back to content</a></li> <li><a href="#cp-menu">Back to menu</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menutitle"><div> <h2 id="cp-menu-search">Search:</h2> </div></div> <div></div> <form method="get" name="Searchform" action="/web/20080517043629/http://edu.kde.org/media/search.php"><p style="text-align:center"> <span class="cp-doNotDisplay"><label for="Search" accesskey="4">Search:</label></span> <input style="width:80%" type="text" size="10" name="q" id="Search" value=""/><br/> <input style="width:80%" type="submit" value=" Search " name="Button" id="searchButton"/> </p></form> </div> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> <div id="end_body"></div> <div id="footer"><div id="footer_text"> Maintained by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517043629/mailto:annma@kde.org">edu.kde.org Webmaster</a><br/> KDE<sup>®</sup> and <a href="/web/20080517043629/http://edu.kde.org/media/images/kde_gear_black.png">the K Desktop Environment<sup>®</sup> logo</a> are registered trademarks of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517043629/http://ev.kde.org/" title="Homepage of the KDE non-profit Organization">KDE e.V.</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517043629/http://www.kde.org/contact/impressum.php">Legal</a> </div></div> </div>  </body> </html>