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The DOGULEAN Planetarium 3.5.0

"Dog-you-LEE-an"

A TITANIC Experience

The Dogulean Planetarium is an interactive solar system simulation. That means you can go where you want, when you want, and look at what you want, the way you want.

These YouTube videos show what you can do:

A Jaunt Around the Solar System (Mouse, Touch)

  Double Sunset on Mercury      Transits 2024

We have more on the Dogulean Planetarium YouTube Channel.

Learning to Use the Planetarium

Option 1: Videos

Start with The Elements.

Continue with The Basics and then Advanced.

Option 2: Just plunge in

  1. Close any browser pages or applications that do heavy-duty graphics. Do this the first few times you use the Planetarium, until you feel confident that your system doesn't have a problem running the Planetarium.
  2. Open Quick Reference in another browser window or tab.
  3. Enter the Planetarium.
  4. Read the disclaimer.
  5. Check the "I have read and understood…" box.
  6. Press the "Continue to the Planetarium" button.
  7. Refer to the Quick Reference to find how to do what you want to do.

If Your System Has Problems

If the Planetarium doesn't work on your device, see the Requirements page to find out if your system is supported. If it should be supported but still has problems, look at Troubleshooting, further down on that page.

A Note on Privacy

The Planetarium is a static web page, running a large Javascript application. It does not communicate with the web server using cookies. It uses the browser's persistent storage to save your control settings between sessions.