<s>
Digital	B-Application
Universe	I-Application
Atlas	I-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
open	I-License
source	I-License
software	I-License
planetarium	B-Application
application	I-Application
,	O
available	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
Illinois	B-License
Open	I-License
Source	I-License
License	I-License
,	O
and	O
running	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
(	O
10.5	O
and	O
above	O
)	O
,	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
,	O
and	O
IRIX	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
standalone	O
4-dimensional	O
space	O
visualization	O
application	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
programmable	O
Partiview	O
data	O
visualization	O
engine	O
designed	O
by	O
Stuart	O
Levy	O
of	O
the	O
National	B-General_Concept
Center	I-General_Concept
for	I-General_Concept
Supercomputing	I-General_Concept
Applications	I-General_Concept
(	O
NCSA	O
)	O
as	O
an	O
adjunct	O
of	O
the	O
NCSA	O
's	O
Virtual	O
Director	O
virtual	O
choreography	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
database	O
draws	O
on	O
the	O
National	B-Application
Virtual	I-Application
Observatory	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
Celestia	B-Application
and	O
Orbiter	B-Language
,	O
and	O
unlike	O
most	O
other	O
planetarium	O
applications	O
,	O
Digital	O
Universe	O
shares	O
the	O
capacity	O
to	O
visualize	O
space	O
from	O
points	O
outside	O
Earth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Building	O
on	O
work	O
by	O
Japan	O
's	O
RIKEN	O
,	O
its	O
planet	O
renderings	O
and	O
zoom	O
visualizations	O
can	O
match	O
or	O
exceed	O
Celestia	B-Application
and	O
Orbiter	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Celestia	B-Application
and	O
Orbiter	B-Language
,	O
highly	O
accurate	O
visualization	O
from	O
distances	O
beyond	O
the	O
Milky	O
Way	O
galaxy	O
is	O
integral	O
to	O
the	O
software	O
and	O
the	O
datasets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Digital	B-Application
Universe	I-Application
Atlas	I-Application
has	O
spun	O
off	O
a	O
commercial-grade	O
planetarium	O
platform	O
from	O
SCISS	O
called	O
Uniview	O
that	O
was	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
White	O
House	O
star	O
party	O
on	O
October	O
7	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atlas	O
database	O
and	O
Partiview	O
interface	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
professional	O
planetarium	B-Application
software	I-Application
such	O
as	O
Evans	O
&	O
Sutherland	O
's	O
Digistar	O
and	O
Sky-Skan	O
'	O
s	O
DigitalSky	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
