Toolkits and Observing Utilities Software Astronomy
Toolkits and Observing Utilities Software Astronomy
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GeoAstro Applet Collection - [commercial and freeware - multiplatform] Interactive Java applets display the position, daily and annual path of the sun and the moon, for any time and location.
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NGCView - [commercial, demo available - Win95/98/NT] Astronomical Observation Suite - Astronomical observation and logging software.
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Moon Tool - [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.
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Moonclock - [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.
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Multiyear Interactive Computer Almanac - [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, bu
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Epoch_2000 Temporal Epoch Calculator - 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.
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PyEphem - [open source - multiplatform] A module for performing astronomical computations using the Python scripting language.
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Automated Variable Star Observing - [freeware - Linux] Command-line program to automate reduction of variable star CCD images.
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SkySight - [commercial, Win/Mac] CCD camera control and image processing, includes SkyChart III.
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Calendar software - Windows program which creates sundials and calendars, see the dates and names of the year's moons, and calculate Easter.
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Deepsky 99 - Software for Observers - [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.
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StarTrak - Freeware for handheld computers to help find and track objects of the night sky.
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STD Aurora Monitor Software - [commercial - Win95/98/NT/2000] Advanced auroral activity monitoring software.
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Starchart - Star mapping software - [opensource - POSIX] There is a sky. There are things in the sky. This program draws maps of things in the sky.
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LunarPhase - [commercial, demo available - Win95/98/NT] A tool for displaying a variety of information on the Moon and aspects of its behaviour.
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SBIG Linux Kernel/Library Module - This page contains Linux Kernel/Library Module for SBIG CCD Cameras
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JPL Planetary and Lunar Ephemerides - [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.
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