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Any stellar constellation software recommended?

I looked around the links but unfortunately there wasn't any stellar constellation software. Could anyone recommend an open source software which is able to compute constellations (visible from earth) of arbitrary history which absolute accuracy?

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Not quite what you're looking for, but there is Spice.

http://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/naif/toolkit.html

It is used for general astrometry (coordinate frame transfer and time references). It also can help you point your camera in the right spot as it can model relativity. AGI's STK is basically a wrapper around this JPL product.

Thanks, I'll have a long close look at it.

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