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	Home: Astronomy: Software CATEGORIES:   Computational Astrophysics (8)   Desktop Planetarium and Charting (40)   Education and Multimedia (17)   Image Processing and Data Analysis (28)   Space Simulation (19)   Toolkits and Observing Utilities (20) LINKS: Computing planetary positions http://hotel04.ausys.se/pausch/comp/ppcomp.html  pop a detailed online tutorial on how to compute planetary positions. Hubble Space Telescope -- Wallpaper http://www.screenthemes.com/packs/hubb001/showall.htm [commercial - Win95/98/NT] Thirty full-screen Hubble photos for use as wallpaper and screen saver. Nightfall http://www.lsw.uni-heidelberg.de/~rwichman/Nightfall.html [open source - Linux/Unix] Interactive program for computing synthetic lightcurves and generating animated views and best-fit models of eclipsing binary stars. 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. LinuxAstro http://bima.astro.umd.edu/nemo/linuxastro/ Astronomical software on Linux. 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. Computing planetary positions http://hotel04.ausys.se/pausch/comp/tutorial.html a tutorial with worked examples. AstroTips - Astronomy Freeware and Shareware http://www.stargazing.net/AstroTips Information on selected astronomy free software. Read a comment, see a screenshot and download. Ksetiwatch http://ksetiwatch.sourceforge.net Ksetiwatch monitors multiple SETI@home clients and automatically logs and manages completed work units. GeoClock http://www.geoclock.com/ [shareware MS-W] Sunlight clock with world times and sun and moon positions and coverage. 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. Deepsky 2000 http://www.deepsky2000.net/ [commercial - Windows] Observation planning software for astronomers. Includes telescope control, logging, and charting. Astronomy Common Object Model (ASCOM) http://ascom-standards.org/ Promoting the use of open scriptable tools for amateur and educational astronomy. RISC OS astronomy software links http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/resources.html#soft [commercial & freeware - RISC OS] Direct links to astronomy software available for RISC OS. The Salopian Web http://www.r-clarke.org.uk/astrosoft.htm Software links for astronomers professional, education and amateur. Planetaria, sky charts, and databases for PC, MAC and UNIX/LINUX platforms. 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. Orrery http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/orrer.html Review of the solar system simulator (by Spacetech) for RISC OS workstations. Sky and Telescope -- Astronomical Software http://skyandtelescope.com/resources/software/ Links to the BASIC programs that appeared in Sky & Telescope, to shareware/freeware astronomy related software and to vendors of astronomy software. Astronomy Explorer http://www.eoascientific.com/science_education_software/astronomy/astronomy_software.html A full-length academic approved course in astronomy on CD-ROM that studies the universe, stars, galaxies, quasi-stellar objects and blacks holes, and our Solar System. AstroMB http://www.astromb.com Advanced software for astrometry, photometry, robotic observations. Huge database of images and catalogs. Works with MaximDL and ASCOM. Free downloads. Approximate Astronomical Positions http://www.xylem.f2s.com/kepler/ Astronomical calculations including coordinate conversion, position and circumstances of the Sun and Moon, the positions of the planets, and the times of sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset. Designed for applications where high accuracy is not needed. 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. 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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