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| Astra Image |
image processing for astronomical images |
Commercial |
| Astroart 1.5 |
image processing for astronomical images Plugins for
various CCD's astrometry etc. |
Commercial |
| Astrometrica |
Astrometrica is a tool for scientific grade astrometric and
photometric data reduction of CCD images. It reads SBIG (ST-4, ST-4X,
ST-5, ST-6, ST-7 and ST-8), Cookbook (CB 211 and CB 245), HiSys (HiSys 11,
22, 24, 33 and HiSys 44), FITS (8 bit, 16 bit and 32 bit Integer files)
and TIFF (8 bit and 16 bit uncompressed grey scale) image files up to 2048
x 2048 pixels in size. - DOS |
Shareware |
| Astronomica |
Astronomica is a planetarium program designed for
Windows 95 that offers very realistic views of entire sky from any place
on the Earth. The main goal of Astronomica is its intuitive and
easy-to-use interface that lets quickly navigate within the map, search
for celestial bodies and obtain extensive information about them. It is
also capable of displaying photographic images, animating the Solar System
objects and creating high quality star charts like those in the sky
atlases. |
Shareware |
| Astronomical
Algorithms |
portable ANSI C implementation of some of the algorithms published
in Astronomical Algorithms by Jean Meeus |
Freeware |
| AstroStack |
AstroStack has some essential tools in order to load
and combine a set of pictures (from an AVI video or a sequence of bitmaps)
and make it into a detailed and noise free image |
Freeware |
| Avis |
FITS viewer for Windows 95, 98 and NT,Opens FITS
files: (8 & 16 bit), supports multiple file opening and drag &
drop from Explorer and other Windows shells. Imports CCD files: like SBIG
ST8, ST7, ST6, ST5, ST4, Starlight, Hisis, Pixcell and others. Imports
graytones TIFF and TGA files. Saves FITS and allows modifications of the
FITS Header. Exports files: as TXT format, RAW, TIF, TGA, BMP and
JPEG |
Freeware |
| CCD |
calculate field of view, pixel coverage, effective
focal lengths, focal ratio, size of chip, approximate size of object on
the chip etc. based on telescope setup, printout observing log etc. CCD
cameras, telescopes and camera lens are easily selected from drop down
lists which include most of the popular cameras and telescopes. Scopes and
cameras can be added, edited or deleted from the lists |
Freeware |
| Computer
Aided Astrometry |
software for doing astrometry of Minor Planets |
Commercial? |
| CCDSoft |
CCDSoft seamlessly integrates both CCD camera control and
astronomical image processing functions into a single
application |
Commercial |
| CCDOPS |
SBIG CCD camera control software updates to CCD software |
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| Cell |
mirror cell design program for 9, 18, and 27 point
floatation cells |
Public Domian |
| CLEA
Windows Software |
Project CLEA -- CONTEMPORARY LABORATORY EXPERIENCES
IN ASTRONOMY-- develops laboratory exercises that illustrate modern
astronomical techniques using digital data and color images. They are
suitable for high- school and college classes at all levels, but come with
defaults set for use in introductory astronomy classes for non-science
majors. Each CLEA laboratory exercise includes a dedicated computer
program, a student manual, and a technical guide |
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| Coeli - Stella 2000 |
generates highly realistic views of the heavens in real time
anywhere in the world |
Commercial |
| CyberSky |
CyberSky displays accurate charts of the sky as seen
from any location on the earth. Sky charts can include stars,
constellations, deep sky objects, and solar system objects, and can be
enhanced by the addition of labels, coordinate system grids, and reference
lines. CyberSky's user-friendly interface allows you to easily change your
view of the sky, search for celestial objects, and display data about
those objects. CyberSky also prints attractive sky charts that you can
take outside with you. |
Shareware |
| Dan's Astronomy
Software |
Jupiter, Saturn, and eclipsing binary star programs |
Freeware |
| Deepsky 2000 |
DeepSky 2000 quickly generates detailed lists that
are easily optimized, and even creates finder charts of those objects if
you so wish. In particular, the 3 panel finder charts showing different
field of views is an excellent idea which makes locating objects at the
telescope a piece of cake. It doesn't stop there - the observer’s logbook
makes life so much easier in recording and cataloguing your
observations |
Commercial |
| Deep-Sky
Planner |
Deep-Sky Planner is an easy-to-use astronomical observing, imaging,
and photography planning tool. It helps you prepare for your time at the
telescope by creating reports of objects from its 10 deep-sky and 3
stellar catalogs that meet the search properties that you specify. It is
also useful to the solar system observer, providing solar, lunar, and
planetary ephemerides, times of astronomical darkness, and dates and times
of planetary phenomena. |
Commercial |
| Deep Space |
Full-featured, observer-oriented star mapping and telescope
control software |
Commercial |
| Dimension
4 |
Dimension 4 synchronizes your PC's time over the
internet |
Freeware |
| dObjects
1.7 |
dObjects is an astronomical database and observing
log program which runs under Windows 95 and Windows NT. It includes a
database of over 34,000 astronomical deep-sky objects. In addition to the
standard observing information about the objects, dObjects' database
includes references to popular astronomical magazines, books, and internet
resources, information you have about objects within your computer, and
the Internet. A Web Services feature lets you view the digitized Palomar
Sky Survey easily, and communicates with other servers keeping you
up-to-date on the most recent web references to objects. An extremely
flexible means of object selection, sorting, and reporting make dObjects
the ideal tool for planning observing sessions, logging your observations
and finding information about the objects of interest to you. |
Shareware |
| Eyepiece
2.7 Light |
Database of 100 scopes and 145 eyepieces Does calculations of all
visual parameters of a scope and prime-focus photo exposure times for
Mesier objects. - DOS |
Freeware |
| Find Orb |
FIND_ORB is a user-friendly program that handles the initial
determination of the orbit using the method of Herget. Given some more
observations, it can find a "best fit" orbit using the method of least
squares . It's sufficiently bright to include the perturbing effects of
the planets and Earth's moon, and may eventually include effects of
Jupiter's four largest moons, Titan, and of the first four asteroids.
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| Guide V7 |
a powerful general-purpose charting/desktop
planetarium tool. The main purpose of this program is star chart
generation, and it is unsurpassed in this area; but it also provides
immense amounts of data on the objects displayed, ephemerides, telescope
control, and other useful features |
Commercial |
| Hallo
Northern Sky |
Hallo northern sky or HNSKY is a planetarium program
for windows. Have a try. It is free with 10607 deepsky objects and all
stars to magnitude 10.0 and with the original GSC CD's or USNO to
magnitude 15 or more. It displays all planets, the Moon, Sun, moons of
Saturn and Jupiter, Mars, Uranus and Neptune and few hunderd asteroids and
comets. It will run under Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0, 5.0. An old
version 1.62 will run under Windows 3.1 |
Freeware |
| HomePlanet |
a comprehensive astronomy / space /
satellite-tracking package for Microsoft Windows 95/98 and Windows NT
4.0 |
Freeware |
| ImageScientist |
Image
Scientist a CCD image processing program designed with amateur astronomers
in mind. Loaded with the features you need to professionally process your
images, Image Scientist is easy to use since it follows Windows standards,
yet Image Scientist is still priced within the amateur's budget.
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Commercial |
| JupSat V1.14 |
Calculates and displays the positions of Jupiter's four main
(Galilean) moons - Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto for any date and time
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| Luna
Occultation Workbench |
LOW is there for anyone, such as you, who is
interested in computing predictions of occultations by the Moon of the 8
major planets and the 53.920 stars (21.8% of which are Hipparcos stars!)
listed in the XZ94F star catalogue. In addition you can record your
observations and send them by email to be reduced by the International
Lunar Occultation Centre in Japan. You can, among many features, also view
the Moon and the planet or star as they would appear at the time of
occultation. The moon's phase and even the colouring of the moon due to
the Earth's shadow during a lunar eclipse are taken into account! Over the
last year LOW has become the world's defacto standard for predicting and
recording lunar occultations. Join the ranks of many happy users and
download it! |
Freeware |
| LunarPhase |
LunarPhase is a utility for Win 95/98/NT which
provides a range of information on the Moon and, to a lesser degree, the
Sun, graphically displaying the current phase of the moon (in real time).
It uses the user's geographic location, Timezone and Daylight Savings Time
(set on the Configuration screen) for its calculations, so these must be
set up correctly. All times displayed (and printed) are in local time.
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| MegaStar |
MegaStar was the first software to integrate the
Hubble Guide Star Catalog, and combine it with a massive deep sky database
of 84,000 objects. We were the first to implement the "eyepiece view,"
with deep sky objects plotted to scale and galaxies rotated to show
position angle. MegaStar set a new standard back then, and still remains
the premier charting program for data accuracy, functionality and
user-friendliness. |
Commercial |
| MaxIm DL |
image processing, CCD and Telescope control software |
Commercial |
| Messier Logging
System |
log all your observations of the Messier catalog. Comes with a
photo of each and a place to record all your notes and vital information
on your observations |
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| Minor Planet Observer
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MPO Connection and Canopus |
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| Mira |
Image Processing Software |
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| Moon Calc |
Calculates moon's position, rise-set times, phases
etc.. Comes with a star catalogue to display the moon's positionl. -
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| Moon View
3 |
allows you to view the Moon and a celestial object as
it will appear from your location. Simply enter the date, time, your
position and the position angle at which the star or planet is occulted,
and MoonView will render an image of the phenomenon. MoonView takes the
Moon's librations into account and can also display the eclipse phase
during a lunar eclipse. System requirements: MoonView also is a 32-bit
program and thus requires a PC running Windows 95, 98 or NT, 4 MB of RAM
and at least 1 MB of disk space. |
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| Muni-DOS |
Programs for CCD photometry on a PC |
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| MyStars! |
Shareware for stargazers |
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| OAK Software
Repository - MSDOS |
collection of astronomical software |
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| OAK Software
Repository - Windows |
collection of science software |
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| OrbFit |
orbit calculations for minor planets |
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| OrbMaster |
shows the universe, our solar system, the Earth, and man-made
satellites of all kinds |
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| OSLT |
optical raytrace program |
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| PinPoint |
100% automated astrometric image processing for FITS files from any
camera |
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| Power Age Sky Simulator |
planetarium program, a graphic interpretation of the sky |
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| Quick Sat |
Calculating positions of artificial satellites - DOS |
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| Shadows |
construct your own sundial |
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| SimSolar |
Solar System Simulator with Moon Phase display & Galilean Moons
of Jupiter Simulator |
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| Sky3D |
realistic views of entire sky with interactive and
three-dimensional view modes |
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| SkyMap |
planetarium software with telescope control features |
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| SkyTools |
planetarium program by Skyhound |
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| SOAP |
satellite orbit analysis program |
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| Sky View |
planetarium program |
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| StarCalc |
astronomic program-planetarium for Windows95/NT |
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| StarView
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planetarium program |
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| STSORBIT
PLUS |
Space Shuttle and satellite tracking program |
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| The Free Virtual Galaxy
Project |
a free 3-D virtual space program based upon data obtained from
NASA's ADC |
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| TheSky |
graphical astronomy program that turns your personal computer into
a personal planetarium |
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| PlanetWatch |
multimedia guide to our solar system for Microsoft Windows 3.1 / 95
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| RedShift |
planetarium program |
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| The Earth Centered Universe
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A Planetarium and Telescope Control Program for Windows 3.1 or 95
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| SkyChart
2000.0 |
planetarium program |
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| SkyGlobe
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Desktop planetarium program |
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| StarStrider |
3D planetarium program |
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| Swiss Ephemeris Info |
high precision ephemeris |
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| Touring
the Universe Through Binoculars |
star atlas designed specifically for use with binoculars |
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| Virtual
Reality Star Atlas 2000.0 |
a three-dimensional astronomy atlas |
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| Vision |
image processing software |
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| The 3D Solar
System |
solar system 3D simulation |
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| Wildridge
Software |
A comprehensive background in the science of astronomy on a
CD |
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| Win Orbit |
Plots and calculates positions of satellites |
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| WinSpot |
ray-tracing program for tilted component telescope design |
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| SEDS FTP
Site |
collection of astronomical software |
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| Simtel.Net Archive |
collection of PC software |
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Psion Programs |
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| JDay |
Calander date to Julian day
Calander date to
Modified Julian Day
Number of days since 1st Jan 1900 from Julian
Day
Mean Siderial Time at Greenwich, London.
Details of the Moons
Phase
Alt/Az from RA & Dec for a date and time entered. |
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| Solun |
Planetarium and star atlas displays. World map and
globe views, showing the day/night terminator. Orrery and quick
observation solar-system displays. Almanac reports, including lunar month,
rise and set times and eclipses. Solun for EPOC runs on the Psion Series
5, Series 5mx, Series 7, Revo and other compatible machines. Note: Solun
is also available for the Psion Series 3 range including the Series 3a,
Series 3c, Siena and the Acorn Pocketbook II. |
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| ProcyonX |
Planetarium program for the series 5 (Pro Version Shareware)
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Java and JavaScript Astronomy
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| Jupiter Events
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JavaScript Application |
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| Julian
Date |
JavaScript Application |
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| J-Track
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Java applet that tracks Mir, Hubble, UARS and COBE. |
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| Sun
Clock |
Java applet Sun Clock |
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| Sun, Moon and the Earth
Applets |
positions of the Sun and Moon in the sky and much more |
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| KaffeeHaus |
Desktop planetarium program |
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| Sun, Moon & Earth
Applet |
displays the positions of sun and moon on the horizon |
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| Skynotes |
Jupiter's moon positions and Moon Phases |
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Astronomy Code |
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| The Sky Online
Astronomy Software |
Lots of BASIC Code |
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| Astronomy Magazine
Code |
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| Duffett-Schmitt:
Astronomy With Your PC - programs |
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| Reference Books -
Jean Meeus, Peter Duffett-Smith, and others |
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| Sky Publishing Catalog:
Astronomical Computing |
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| FAQ: Astronomy
Calculations for the Amateur |
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| Approximate Astronomical
Positions |
some code and explainations by Keith Burnett |
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Online Data Sources |
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| Star, Asteroid and
NGC Catalogs |
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| Astronomical Data Center - Goddard
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| The
WWW Virtual Library: Astronomy and Astrophysics |
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| The
Space FAQ |
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| Hawaiian Astronimical
Society |
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| Telescopic
Companion Books |
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