Virtual reconstructions in a desktop planetarium for demonstrations in cultural astronomy

Authors:
Georg Zotti;Wolfgang Neubauer
Affiliations:
Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science, Vienna, Austria,Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology, Vienna, Austria;Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology, Vienna, Austria,Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science, Vienna, Austria
Venue:
EuroMed'12 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Progress in Cultural Heritage Preservation
Year:
2012

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Abstract

Many cultures throughout history have erected sacred and profane buildings orientated according to astronomical principles. A new plugin for the open-source desktop planetarium Stellarium allows the demonstration and interactive exploration of such buildings.