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AstroNotes http://www.astronotes.com/ [commercial - Windows] A tool for recording observations and planning future observing sessions. Allows tracking of progress on common amateur observing programs (Messier, Herschel). Automated Variable Star Observing http://astro.corlan.net/avsomat [freeware - Linux] Command-line program to automate reduction of variable star CCD images. C88 - an informational tool for amateur astronomers http://www.alcyone.de/c88/english/index.htm C88 provides detailed informations about the celestial sphere objects, visible with naked eyes and for the use of an eyepiece of a modest amateur telescope to observe deep sky objects. Calendar software http://www.blibbleblobble.co.uk/Downloads/Calendar/ Windows program which creates sundials and calendars, see the dates and names of the year's moons, and calculate Easter. Deepsky 99 - Software for Observers http://www.deepsky2000.com/ [shareware - Win95/98/NT] Deepsky 99 solves an important need for amateur and professional observers. The software allows the user to plan a productive observing session and record what was observed quickly and easily. Epoch_2000 Temporal Epoch Calculator http://www.jqjacobs.net/astro/epoch_2000.html Excel spreadsheet calculates temporal variation in astronomic constants, obliquity of the ecliptic, and illumination angles at any specified latitude. You need only input a date or the latitude. GeoAstro Applet Collection http://www.jgiesen.de/GeoAstro/GeoAstro.htm [commercial & freeware - multiplatform] Interactive Java applets display the position, daily and annual path of the sun and the moon, for any time and location. JPL Planetary and Lunar Ephemerides http://www.willbell.com/software/jpl.htm [commercial - multiplatform] This CD contains three Jet Propulsion Laboratory Planetary and Lunar Ephemerides along with a toolbox of FORTRAN subroutines that allow the user to obtain the coordinates of the Sun, Moon, and nine major planets. LunarPhase http://indigo.ie/~gnugent/LunarPhase [commercial, demo available - Win95/98/NT] A comprehensive tool for displaying a variety of information on the Moon and aspects of its behaviour. Moon Tool http://www.fourmilab.ch/moontoolw/ [Windows] A desktop application that displays the times of the various phases of the moon and a picture of the current phase of the moon. Moonclock http://balder.prohosting.com/stouch/MOONCLOCK.html [shareware - MacOS] Real-time graphical representation of the lunar visual aspect for any time/date/location. Elongation, PA bright limb, RA, DEC, percent illuminated, alt/az, heliocentric lat/long, distance, and radius. Multiyear Interactive Computer Almanac http://www.willbell.com/almanacs/almanac_mica.htm [commercial - DOS, Macintosh] A software system that provides high-precision astronomical data in tabular form for a wide variety of objects; it calculates much of the information tabulated in the benchmark annual publication, The Astronomical Almanac, but it goes beyond traditional almanacs by enabling you to calculate data for specified locations at specified times within a fifteen year interval (1990-2005). NGCView http://www.rainman-soft.com/ [commercial, demo available - Win95/98/NT] Astronomical Observation Suite - Astronomical observation and logging software. PyEphem http://www.rhodesmill.org/pyephem/ [open source - multiplatform] A module for performing astronomical computations using the Python scripting language. SBIG Linux Kernel/Library Module http://www.geocities.com/jan_soldan This page contains Linux Kernel/Library Module for SBIG CCD Cameras SkySight http://www.southernstars.com/skysight/index.html [commercial, Win/Mac] CCD camera control and image processing, includes SkyChart III. Starchart - Star mapping software http://starchart.sourceforge.net/ [opensource - POSIX] There is a sky. There are things in the sky. This program draws maps of things in the sky. StarTrak http://www.startrak.co.uk/ Freeware for handheld computers to help find and track objects of the night sky. STD Aurora Monitor Software http://solar.spacew.com/aurora/ [commercial - Win95/98/NT/2000] Advanced auroral activity monitoring software. The Sun API http://www.sunlitdesign.com/products/thesunapi [commercial & freeware - Windows] A library of functions for calculating key solar parameters for solar design including sundials.

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