<p>You can equally well just type in a negative year and Stellarium will navigate you into the corresponding year B.C. Don't forget that the year 0 didn't exist. 1 A.D. follows directly after 1 B.C.</p>

<p>A while ago I've confirmed that Stellarium is very accurate down to 1500 B.C. using a babylonian list of lunar occultations of stars. Thus, it should be reasonably accurate for the year 6000 B.C. as well.</p>

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2019-09-12T19:25:10.620Z
Actually in Stellarium there is a year zero. 0 = 1 B.C., -1 = 2 B.C., -3 = 3 B.C. and so on. It's a very important distinction if you're trying to find something on a precise year like an eclipse.
called2voyage
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2019-09-12T19:29:00.097Z
@called2voyage: Yes, I had trouble with that as well. At first I thought Stellarium isn't that accurate at all, until I remembered that one year shift.
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<p>The Stellarium software allows future views of the sky. I need an online resource (planetarium projector?) that shows pre-historical views, and from the Equator at 8,000 years before the present.</p>

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Sky from Equator at 8,000 years Before Present?
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# Sky from Equator at 8,000 years Before Present?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-09-12)

The Stellarium software allows future views of the sky. I need an online resource (planetarium projector?) that shows pre-historical views, and from the Equator at 8,000 years before the present.

**Tags:** positional-astronomy, night-sky


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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-09-12. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

You can equally well just type in a negative year and Stellarium will navigate you into the corresponding year B.C. Don't forget that the year 0 didn't exist. 1 A.D. follows directly after 1 B.C.

A while ago I've confirmed that Stellarium is very accurate down to 1500 B.C. using a babylonian list of lunar occultations of stars. Thus, it should be reasonably accurate for the year 6000 B.C. as well.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Actually in Stellarium there is a year zero. 0 = 1 B.C., -1 = 2 B.C., -3 = 3 B.C. and so on. It's a very important distinction if you're trying to find something on a precise year like an eclipse.  
> **username_1**: @username_2: Yes, I had trouble with that as well. At first I thought Stellarium isn't that accurate at all, until I remembered that one year shift.  

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