Do you prefer Stellarium or Cartes Du Ciel?

[Simms]

I started off with Stellarium and found it great - its certainly prettier - but on the off chance I downloaded Cartes Du Ciel the other day and was blown away by the functionality of it - sure, Stellarium is much prettier to look at, but the CdC just seems to lay out the info a lot clearer and seems a bit more `hardcore`. Does anyone here use both and if so whats your preference?

[Earl]

Stellarium for playing with

CdC for interfacing with EQmod and imaging with.

[steppenwolf]

CdC for me every time. No clutter just raw data - love it!

[twotter]

I've only used Stellarium. It does what I want it to and looks good as well, so I don't see a need to try anything else at the moment.

[Demonperformer]

CdC ... but this could be due to the fact that I was unable to get Stellarium to work until I updated my computer ...

[spaceboy]

I can't for the life of me work with CDC. I find it so awkward to navigate and notice my PC struggles with it for some reason. Stellerium although lacking the features of CDC is so much more user friendly and pleasant on the eyes.

[lukebl]

CdC wins hands down. Functional and no-nonsense. I really don't want all the unnecessary bling of Stellarium!

[Whippy]

CduC gets more use with me almost purely for it's excellent calendar function, all the info you need and then some! In fact I have that as a seperate shortcut on my desktop. Stellarium is great for a quick look and getting my visual bearings. Like a lot of stuff, both have their weaknesses and strengths .

Tony..

[Crunchard]

Stellarium had a very annoying bug for me - the text kept going all wierd. Followed most of the fixes but in the end stopped using it.

Tried Starrynight but obviously that is payware.

CdC is the next thing I will be checking out...

[Astro Imp]

I downloaded both and ran both side by side for some time but eventally found I used Stellarium more and more. I find the Stellarium interface easier to navigate and it does all I want it to. I guess its just a case of what you're comfortable with.

[RogerTheDodger]

Stellarium for playing with

CdC for interfacing with EQmod and imaging with.

Same for me.

[Telrad]

I run CdC for planning an evening's viewing and Stellarium for fun with EPs etc, plus all the gizmos

[RikM]

I use Stellarium mostly. I downloaded CdC with the intention of making finder maps, but it is not happy running on my PC and I don't find it very easy to get on with.

I might yet persevere but I will do a re-install first and see if that fixes the bugs.

[Nexus 6]

CdC was mentioned to me a few years back so I tried it but must admitt I preferred using a sky atlas, then I tried stellarium which I really like.

[Bizibilder]

I have both but CdC gets 99% use. It is also my EQMOD/imaging preferred choice - 100%!

[martin_h]

Both/either whichever one gets me where I need to be, Stellarium is processor hungry, but as I use it with Stellarium Scope and only image 1 target a night I close it down when I'm on target.

[Macavity]

Moved over to CdC/EQMod too. Still a fan of tradition Windoze interfaces.

Just discovered one can beautify the default, slightly jagged appearance...

[Bart]

I find CdC is more functional, not as pretty, but if using the upgraded catalogue with pictures, CcD wins for me

[Gra]

I use both, but does anyone know if you can print from Stellarium?

[Daniel-K]

just downloaded cdc but in the observertory menu the citys only go down to the lett m so i cant select liverpool

any ideas?

[mcrossley]

You can't yet (other than print screen), there is a Print Sky plugin under development by Pep Pujols and you can download a test build of Stellarium that incorporates it, but by all accounts it is still buggy.

[RogerTheDodger]

just put your lat/long in.

[Tim]

I love Stellarium for quickly checking things like, DSO positions in regard to my garden, positions of Jovian moons etc, and satellite/comet tracking.

But for running my kit I use Hallo Northern Sky, a real bare bones planetarium app which uses very little resources.

I do have CdC somewhere, never used it though.

[brantuk]

I like both - they have their own pro's and con's - but CdC is the more "technical" one whereas Stellarium might appeal more to the beginner at first

[zedds]

Not tried CdC yet. I`ve used Stellarium since i got practical about astronomy and it has helped quite alot.