Astrocraft
A Customizable and Realistic Astronomy mod. Adds real life stars, planets, meteors and, an orbiting moon with eclipses.
Five planets and the moon all visible at dawn. From left to right, Mercury (white), Venus (white), Mars (red), Jupiter (yellow) and Saturn (green).
The bright white star in the center of the image is Venus. Above you can see a star cluster called the Pleiades.
Two shooting stars radiating from a single point
Neptune (dark blue) seen to the left of Mars (red). Neptune is too faint to see without a spyglass.
When using a spyglass, four moons should appear by Jupiter. On the left: Ganymede and Io (Yellow), to the right: Callisto (quite dim), Europa. If viewed during opposition (like this image is), you can see the bands of Jupiter (Orange).
A star cluster, seen through a spyglass. The Pleiades are also visible without a spyglass, but with less detail
The Milky Way is brighter from high up
Saturn and Jupiter shown in Big Planets mode, which can be enabled in the config menu.
When the moon is in its crescent phase, it will appear nearby the sun, rather than opposite the sun. This means the moon can be up during the day. The sun in this image is also rising at an angle, rather than straight up from east.
The constellation Orion with the moon to the right. The moon is in the "waxing gibbous" phase.
Enable the "Show Constellations" option in "Stars". Astrocraft will render lines between stars to make constellations easier to identify.
An Annular Eclipse occurs when the moon is too far away to completely cover the sun (Total Eclipse), despite being perfectly aligned. Instead the outer edges of the sun form a ring. Total and Partial eclipses are also possible with this mod.
A screenshot of the milky way using a spyglass pointed at zenith, while standing at Y: 320, for maximum visibility. Numerous clusters can be seen.
A lunar eclipse
Mars becomes one of the brightest objects in the sky, as it reaches its closest distance to Earth.
Here are four planets and the moon in a straight line. From left to right: Venus (white), Mars (red), Jupiter (yellow) and Saturn (green-yellow)
All stars in the sky revolve around polaris.
The moon turning red during a lunar eclipse. This rare event occurs when the full moon coincides with the moon crossing the ecliptic.