Stellarium has been changing since last year, the interface looks more complex, but you can do more with it. (see previous posts on Stellarium)
Good changes
Just press F1 and you get instructions for all the keystrokes (this helps as the more complex button arrangement can be avoided completely). The keystrokes remain the same as previous versions.
You are no longer tied to Earth. You can view the Earth from another planet, moon, or just as an observer of the whole solar system. This is a screenshot I took (shift+prntscrn to take, then paste into windows Paint program) of Earth from Mars.
You can also look at the night skies from different cultural perspectives, by selecting the culture (eg Chinese, Egyptian, Norse etc) and viewing their constellations and star names... however indigenous Australians are not yet included. It may be tricky as there are many indigineous cultures and they all have different stories.
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