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Sky and Telescope -- Astronomical Software - http://skytonight.com/resources/software/
Links to the BASIC programs that appeared in Sky and Telescope, to shareware/freeware astronomy related software and to vendors of astronomy software. |
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Cartes du Ciel / Sky Charts - http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/
Freeware allowing one to draw charts according to the data of 15 catalogs of stars and nebulae, as well as the position of planets, asteroids, and comets. Available in English and is translated in 8 other languages. |
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Linux for Astronomy cdrom - http://www.randomfactory.com/lfa.html
[commercial - Linux] The new release of Linux for Astronomy includes over 3Gb of Astronomical software precompiled for the Linux (x86) operating system. Applications include a wealth of general purpose image and signal processing tools, as well as the state-of-the-art algorithms in use at observatories and universities worldwide. Facilities for processing the data products of the major space-based instruments (Hubble Space Telescope, EUV, Einstein, ROSAT, and IUE) are also included. |
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LinuxAstro - http://bima.astro.umd.edu/nemo/linuxastro/
Astronomical software on Linux. |
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Astronomy Software Resources - http://space.about.com/cs/software/
Discover links and resources for astronomy software for amateur and professional astronomers and for people interested in astronomy, stargazing and space. |
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Nightfall - http://www.hs.uni-hamburg.de/DE/Ins/Per/Wichmann/Nightfall.html
[open source - Linux/Unix] Interactive program for computing synthetic lightcurves and generating animated views and best-fit models of eclipsing binary stars. |
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Deepsky 2000 - http://www.deepsky2000.net/
[commercial - Windows] Observation planning software for astronomers. Includes telescope control, logging, and charting. |
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AstroTips - Astronomy Software and Amateur Observation Resources - http://astrotips.com
News, reviews, articles, forums and downloads of astronomy related programs for various platforms. |
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Astronomy Common Object Model (ASCOM) - http://ascom-standards.org/
Promoting the use of open scriptable tools for amateur and educational astronomy. |
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Alcyone Software - http://www.alcyone.de/
Features the following programs: an ephemeris calculator, a collection of astronomical data in electronic form, Planet Orbits, C88, and Planetary, Lunar, and Stellar Visibility. |
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Kairos General Calendar Conversion Program - http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/raymondm
[commercial, demo available -- Win95/98/NT] Includes calendars required by historians of astronomy and general historians. Many details are provided for Indian and Jewish calendars and much besides. There is also a display of positions of the Sun, Moon and planets, effectively replacing Tuckerman's tables. A horoscope display, and details of lunar visibility, are calculated from modern parameters. |
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Astronomy Formulas - http://www.jqjacobs.net/astro/astrofor.html
Lunar and solar periodicity formulas, definitions, time formulas, notation, astronomical constants with computer code for a programmable HP 48 by James Q. Jacobs. |
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Lunar Calendars and Eclipse Finder - http://www.hermetic.ch/lcef/lcef.htm
Windows software for converting dates in various lunar and other calendars and for finding lunar phases and eclipses of various kinds. |
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Coeli Astronomy Software - http://www.coeli.com/
Home of Encyclopedia Astronomica: Coeli Solar Guide, Astrogloss A-Z, Aspects of Astronomy, Visual Planets, and the Windows Dictionary of Astronomy. Other educational titles available here include the popular PC software suite Stella 2000. [freeware & shareware - Win 3.x/95/NT/Me/2000] |
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GeoClock - http://geoclock.home.att.net
[shareware MS-W] Sunlight clock with world times and sun and moon positions and coverage. |