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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 2009 Exoplanets
STC/SSC

50K
Brad
71 exoplanets discovered in 2009. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot 2010 Exoplanets
STC/SSC

14K
Brad
19 new exoplanets discovered in early 2010 (Jan-March 2010). More information about this addon
click to see screenshot 2010 Exoplanets II
SSC/STC

30K
Brad
This add-on contains 38 new exoplanets discovered in April-Oct 2010. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot 2M1207 & Exoplanet
STC/SSC

1.3K
Brad
Sstar 2M1207 and it's known exoplanet. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot 51Pegasi/b
SSC/JPG/PNG

56M
MiR
A new map for the exoplanet 51Pegasi/b. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot 55_Cnc binary
SSC/STC

33K
Luigi C.
This add-on contains data to update the Celestia default Rho1 Cnc system to a binary system: RHO1 Cnc A & RHO1 Cnc B More information about this addon
click to see screenshot 61 Vir Exoplanets
SSC

2K
Brad
The three planets currently known to orbit the star 61 Virginis (61 Vir). More information about this addon
click to see screenshot 8 Open Clusters
155K
Friendship7
Eight Open clusters. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Alpha Centauri exoplanet
SSC

982B
Luigi C.
Exoplanet ALF Cen Bb More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Alternative Constellations and Asterisms
CELX/DAT

16M
Marco Klunder
Contains the original and some alternative Constellations and Asterisms. 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 Barnard's Star b
SSC/PNG

5M
Gurren Lagann
This addon adds Barnard's Star b, an rocky exoplanet. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Binary Star Catalog
STC

53K
Luke
Catalog of about 130 binary or multiple star systems that are not included in the default version of Celestia 1.6.1. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Black Widow Pulsar and Companion
SSC/STC/JPG/PNG

252K
Edasich
Pulsar System PSR B1957+20 (i.e QX Sge) nicknamed the "Black Widow". 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 CoRoT exoplanets complete catalog
SSC/STC

8K
Deepwatcher
This add-on contains all of the 27 exoplanets from the CoRoT survey. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Corot-7 Planets
SSC/STC/JPG/PNG

6M
Edasich
The two rocky planets of Corot-7. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Cygnus X-1
SSC/STC/3DS/JPG/PNG

8.4M
Luigi C.
This add-on fixes the data of the star HD 226868 (HIP 98298) and adds the data of the compact companion Cygnus X-1. 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 Epsilon Aurigae
STC/SSC/JPG/PNG

5.2M
Edasich
The eclipsing binary Epsilon Aurigae system, with dust disk around (invisible?) secondary omponent. 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 Exoplanets LC
SSC/STC

35K
Luigi C.
This add-on contains data for some stars and related exoplanets. 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 GAM And
STC

29K
Luigi C.
Replacement for the GAM and the model given with the Celestia 1.6.1 distribution. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot GAM Leo
STC/SSC

2K
Luigi C.
This add-on is an update of the Gamma Leonis star system. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot GAM Vel
STC

1.9K
Luigi C.
This add-on contains data of a model of the sextuple stellar system of Gamma
Velorum, also called Regor. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot GD 356 and the Iron Planet
STC/SSC/PNG

272K
Edasich
Iron-based terrestrial planet orbiting the white dwarf GD 356. More 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 GJ 1214 & Exoplanet
SSC/STC

1.4K
Brad
Star GJ 1214 and it's exoplanet. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Gliese 581
SSC/PNG

135M
John van Vliet
An artists concept of Gliese 581 More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Gliese 876
SSC/PNG

41M
John van Vliet
Artists Concept More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Gould and Lost stars
DAT

121K
richard
Gould designations for southern stars, with other minor corrections and enhancements, including many "Lost Star" designations as per Wagman's book. 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 HAT-P-13
STC/SSC

1.8K
Brad
Star HAT-P-13 and it's two known exoplanets. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot HATNet Transiting Exoplanets
SSC/STC/JPG/PNG

18M
Edasich
The transiting exoplanets detected by HATNet Survey. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot HD 149026 b
SSC/STC/PNG

1.8M
Edasich
The transiting exoplanet HD 149026 b. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot HD 188753 triple star system
SSC/STC

1.8K
Luigi C.
This add-on provides revised STC and SSC files for the triple star system HD 188753 and related planets. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot HD 85512 b
SSC/PNG

3.3M
Leif Giering
Known exoplanet, with a fictional texture. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot HIP 107089 b
SSC

1K
Brad
This add-on contains HIP 107089 b, discovered in 2009. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot HR 8799 Star & Planets
SSC/STC

2.2K
Brad
Star HR 8799 and it's three Exoplanets. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot HW Virginis and Planets
5.4M
Edasich
The sdB+M dwarf eclipsing binary HW Virginis and its substellar companions. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot IOT Gru
STC

1.4K
Luigi C.
This add-on provides some fixed data for the IOT Gru binary star system. 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 Kepler Transiting Planets
STC/SSC

4.9M
Luigi C.
This add-on contains stars and relevant transiting exoplanets candidates discovered by the Kepler mission. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Kepler-10
SSC/PNG

12M
John van Vliet
Kepler-10 b and c  More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Kepler-16
CEL/SSC/STC

40K
CMH19
This system has a planet with 2 sunsets. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Kepler-16b exoplanet
SSC/STC

2.2K
SpaceAmoeba
Kepler-16 is a binary star system with a circumbinary exoplanet. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Kepler-22b
SSC/STC/PNG

4.7M
shoginc
Kepler-22b newly discovered habitable planet in the constellation Cygnus. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Kepler-444
STC/SSC/JPG

370K
Adirondack
Kepler-444 with its 5 planets (discorvered on Jan 27, 2015) More information about this addon
click to see screenshot KIC 4862625
STC/SSC

2.1K
Luigi C.
Quadruple star system KIC 4862625 and exoplanet. More information about this addon
no screenshot available Large Stars
STC

3.4K
Joey Pelobel
Includes many large red and blue stars not included in Celestia. Also corrects incorrect star sizes. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Largest Stars
STC

4.5K
Luke
Catalog of all stars with radii over 1000 times the Sun. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot LMC and SMC
DSC/STC

761K
Luke
Adds several thousand real stars to the Large Magellanic Cloud and Small Magellanic Cloud More information about this addon
click to see screenshot M-dwarf-Brown dwarf binary NLTT 41135
PNG/SSC/STC

1.8M
Edasich
This is the eclipsing M-dwarf+Brown dwarf binary system NLTT 41135, discovered by MEarth survey, the same who has detected GJ 1214 b transiting exoplanet. 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 Milky Way Centre
STC/3DS/JPG/PNG

8.4M
Luigi C.
This add-on provides some objects related to the Milky Way centre. 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 Mizar & Alcor
STC

1.5K
Luigi C.
The Mizar-Alcor sextuple system. 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 OGLE-2003-BLG-235 & Exoplanet
SSC/STC

1.5K
Brad
Star OGLE-2003-BLG-235 and it's known exoplanet. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot OGLE-2005-2007 fix
SSC/STC

1.4K
Luigi C.
This add-on fixes some OGLE stars data and related exoplanets data. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot OGLE-2005-BLG-390L & Exoplanet
SSC/STC

1.5K
Brad
Star OGLE-2005-BLG-390L and it's known exoplanet. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot OGLE-2006-BLG-109 & Exoplanets
SSC/STC

2K
Brad
Star OGLE-2006-BLG-109L and it's two known exoplanets. 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 PSR B1828-11 & Quark Planet
5.3M
Edasich
Putative quark planet orbiting the pulsar PSR B1828-11 in Scutum. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Pulsar Jovians
STC/SSC/PNG

4.9M
Edasich
A couple of (putative) Jovian planets orbiting two neutron stars in Sagittarius. 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 Ring System of J1407b
STC/SSC/PNG

19M
ParticleGrasp
The massive ring system surrounding the companion of 1SWASP J140747.93-394542.6 and its "exomoon". 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 Stellar Degenerates
STC

33K
Edasich
Several kinds of stellar degenerates. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Stellar Size Comparison
STC/JPG

167K
Splinterfrag
A comparison of stars arranged by size from VY Canis Majoris the humble Neutron Star. 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 Tau Ceti Solar System
1.1K
David P
Newly discovered planets orbiting Tau Ceti. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot Trappist-1
STC/SSC

2.4K
SpaceAmoeba
TRAPPIST-1, an ultracool dwarf with seven exoplanets. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot TrES Transiting Planets
JPG/SSC/STC

1.1M
Edasich
The four transiting exoplanets detected by the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey. 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 VY Canis Majoris and R136a1
STC

1.1K
Splinterfrag
Puts the largest star known and the most massive star known into Celestia. More information about this addon
click to see screenshot WASP-17 & Exoplanet
SSC/STC

1.4K
Brad
WASP-17 and it's exoplanet. 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 WASP-2
STC/SSC/JPG

137K
ProfRob
Wasp-2b was one of the first discoveries of the Wide Angle Search for Planets survey for transiting exoplanets. This add-on contains an astrophysically accurate simulation (as far as possible) of the system, with some additional notes. 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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