Star Catalogues
In Stellarium version 0.9.0, star catalogues are split into 9 files, which contain stars of varying brightness. These files can be found in the <installation directory>/stars/default/. Only the smaller four of these files come with Stellarium in the main package to keep the size manageable.
Here is a list of all available catalogues. The RAM needed column is an estimate. (MNG managed to load file 7 with 512 M ram, but only just. YMMV).
| File name | Star Count | Magnitude Range | File Size | RAM needed | Availability |
| stars_0_0v0_0.cat | 5,013 | m < 6.0 | 138K | 256M | In default package |
| stars_1_0v0_0.cat | 21,999 | 6.0 <= m < 7.5 | 602K | 256M | In default package |
| stars_2_0v0_0.cat | 151,516 | 7.5 <= m < 9.0 | 4.1M | 256M | In default package |
| stars_3_0v0_0.cat | 434,064 | 9.0 <= m < 10.5 | 4.2M | 256M | In default package |
| stars_4_1v0_0.cat | 1,725,497 | 10.5 <= m < 12.0 | 17M | 512M | Separate download |
| stars_5_1v0_0.cat | 7,669,011 | 12.0 <= m < 13.5 | 44M | 512M | Separate download |
| stars_6_2v0_0.cat | 26,615,233 | 13.5 <= m < 15.0 | 153M | 512M | Separate download |
| stars_7_2v0_0.cat | 57,826,266 | 15.0 <= m < 16.5 | 333M | 512M (just!) | Separate download |
| stars_8_2v0_0.cat | 116,923,084 | 16.5 <= m < 18.0 | 674M | 1024M? | Separate download |
To try out the large catalogue files download them from here, and put then in the stars/default sub-directory of the Installation Data Directory.
NOTE: when downloading from this page, do not right-click and save as - left click. These are not direct download links - they are links to the list of download mirrors. Left click on them, and wait for your download to start.
