Solar Model

Solar Model is a software tool that can be used in order to help individuals learn more about the Milky Way and our Solar System, by navigating through a 3D environment.

Surprisingly enough, this utility is portable, which means that the installation process can be easily skipped. Consequently, you should know that it is not going to add files or other items to the hard drive or the Windows registry without your approval, as installers usually do.

Another important piece of information is that you can copy the program files to an external data device, such as a pen drive, and thus, run it on any computer you have been granted access to.

The interface you are met with presents quite a well-organized and clean design, which means that all user categories can find their way around it with great ease, regardless of their previous experience with the IT world.

This software app enables you to view the entire galaxy from the outside. Aside from that, you can set it up to display the view from a particular planet or satellite to another space object. It is possible to bring up information about all these items, as well as increase the Milky Way’s speed.

A ruler and labels can be hidden or shown, a Solar System measurer can be launched and you can take screenshots with this tool, and save them to the hard drive, in a JPG format. The resolution can be modified, a full screen mode can be activated and snapshot quality can be controlled through a scroll bar.

To sum up, Solar Model is a pretty efficient piece of software, when it comes to viewing information about the galaxy and our Solar System. CPU and memory usage is minimal, the response time is good and there are enough options to keep you researching for quite a while.