I’ve muddled through pretty decently anyhow but there’s one I’ve consumed a lot of time on and still haven’t been able to get Stellarium to identify it (i.e., haven’t been able to be sure that what I’m looking at in the zoomed-in telescope view is Star X as readily identified from a photograph, due to not being able to zoom in in gradual stages so I can see WTF I’m going). It does not, however, seem to maintain the same directional orientation (and hence the sense of whether the star you’re looking for is to the left and slightly down or off in some other direction). Instead there are a plethora of telescope-mimics that replace this entire view with how you’d see it if you had that particular telescope. Language School Software Pack (see LanguageSupportSoftware below).

Free - may be able to distribute, need to check with vendor. There is no obvious magnifying glass tool, which is what I really want at that point. Stellarium was quite basic back then but has grown into the simulated night-sky package and is probably the best and easiest to use. iTunes and QuickTime - Test/Wine OR Alternative needed. This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. It shows me a view zoomed way out with only the brighter stars showing (plus the one I specified, with an identifiying circle around it). I specify a known star that’s near to one I need a name for.

Someone recommended Stellarium and I’ve been using it. I needed a map or software to identify individual stars.

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