We have not received a report where this would have caused a problem. Running unknown scripts (which is a Bad Idea(tm) to begin with) could have exploited that by attackers (script authors) writing even command files to vulnerable places. This issue mitigates a potential security issue (reported as CVE-2023-28371), where scripts were allowed to write output text and screenshots to other places on users' systems apart from the Stellarium user data directory or configured screenshot directory.telescope control plug-in (Meade LX200 and Celestron NexStar compatible).Solar System editor plug-in (imports comet and asteroid data from the MPC).ocular simulation plug-in (shows how objects look like in a given ocular).artificial satellites plug-in (updated from an on-line TLE database).Extendable with plug-ins: 8 plug-ins installed by default, including:.Scripting support with ECMAScript (a few demo scripts are included).Photorealistic landscapes (more are available on the website).

More than a dozen different cultures with their constellations.Artistic illustrations for all 88 modern constellations.Images of almost all Messier objects and the Milky Way.Catalog data for all New General Catalogue (NGC) objects.Downloadable additional catalogues for up to 210 million stars.

Default catalogue of over 600,000 stars.

Realistic simulation of the sky, sunrise and sunset.

It is being used in planetarium projectors. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer.

Free for mac instal Stellarium 23.3