KStars is free, open source, cross-platform astronomy software. It provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time.
Features:
+ The display includes up to 100 million stars with addon catalogs.
+ 13,000 deep-sky objects,all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon.
+ Thousands of comets, asteroids, supernovae, and satellites.
+ Sky map moves where you are pointing so you can identify stars, planets, and constellations easily.
+ Adjustable simulation speeds in order to view phenomena that happen over long timescales.
+ Select from different projection systems and color schemes.
+ Several Field-Of-View (FOV) indicators from Telrad to Hubble Space Telescope!
+ Search for any object in existing catalog, and if not found KStars search for it online.
+ INDI Support: Complete INDI support! KStars Lite can connect to your astronomical equipment and can control telescopes, CCDs, DSLRs, focusers, filter wheels, domes, and your whole observatory!
Please report any issues to http://bugs.kde.org
KStars is an Android Education app developed by KDE Community and published on the Google play store. It has gained around 5000 installs so far, with an average rating of 3.0 out of 5 in the play store.
KStars requires Android with an OS version of 4.2 and up. In addition, the app has a content rating of Everyone, from which you can decide if it is suitable to install for family, kids, or adult users. KStars is an Android app and cannot be installed on Windows PC or MAC directly.
Android Emulator is a software application that enables you to run Android apps and games on a PC by emulating Android OS. There are many free Android emulators available on the internet. However, emulators consume many system resources to emulate an OS and run apps on it. So it is advised that you check the minimum and required system requirements of an Android emulator before you download and install it on your PC.
Below you will find how to install and run KStars on PC:
If you follow the above steps correctly, you should have the KStars ready to run on your Windows PC or MAC. In addition, you can check the minimum system requirements of the emulator on the official website before installing it. This way, you can avoid any system-related technical issues.