Space Explorer

Where the pictures come from

• Sun, Earth, Saturn's rings and the Milky Way: Solar System Scope (CC BY 4.0), made from NASA pictures.
• The Moon, the other planets, their moons, Pluto and Ceres: Real Solar System texture pack by the KSP-RO team (CC BY-NC-SA), made from NASA/JPL pictures.
• Venus's clouds: Planet Pixel Emporium.
• Space Station, Hubble, Vesta, Eros, Bennu and Itokawa shapes: NASA 3D Resources.
• Phobos and Deimos shapes: NASA/JPL-Caltech.
• Stars: Yale Bright Star Catalogue. It has every star you can see with your eyes.
• Stars in 3D: the HYG database by David Nash (CC BY-SA 4.0), made from the Hipparcos, Yale and Gliese catalogues.
• The shape of the Milky Way's arms: measurements by Reid and others (2019).

For family use at home.