Description:

KStars lets you explore the night sky from the comfort of your
computer chair. It provides an accurate graphical representation of
the night sky for any date, from any location on Earth. The display
includes 126,000 stars to 9th magnitude (well below the naked-eye
limit), 13,000 deep-sky objects (Messier, NGC and IC catalogs), all
planets, the Sun and Moon, hundreds of comets and asteroids, the Milky
Way, 88 constellations, and guide lines such as the celestial equator,
the horizon and the ecliptic.