DOS & Windows Astronomy Software

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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
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 ?
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. Freeware
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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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
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. Shareware
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
Minor Planet Observer MPO Connection and Canopus
Mira Image Processing Software
Moon Calc Calculates moon's position, rise-set times, phases etc.. Comes with a star catalogue to display the moon's positionl. - DOS
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. Freeware
Muni-DOS Programs for CCD photometry on a PC
MyStars! Shareware for stargazers
OAK Software Repository - MSDOS collection of astronomical software
OAK Software Repository - Windows collection of science software
OrbFit orbit calculations for minor planets
OrbMaster shows the universe, our solar system, the Earth, and man-made satellites of all kinds
OSLT optical raytrace program
PinPoint 100% automated astrometric image processing for FITS files from any camera
Power Age Sky Simulator planetarium program, a graphic interpretation of the sky
Quick Sat Calculating positions of artificial satellites - DOS
Shadows construct your own sundial
SimSolar Solar System Simulator with Moon Phase display & Galilean Moons of Jupiter Simulator
Sky3D realistic views of entire sky with interactive and three-dimensional view modes
SkyMap planetarium software with telescope control features
SkyTools planetarium program by Skyhound
SOAP satellite orbit analysis program
Sky View planetarium program
StarCalc astronomic program-planetarium for Windows95/NT
StarView planetarium program
STSORBIT PLUS Space Shuttle and satellite tracking program
The Free Virtual Galaxy Project a free 3-D virtual space program based upon data obtained from NASA's ADC
TheSky graphical astronomy program that turns your personal computer into a personal planetarium
PlanetWatch multimedia guide to our solar system for Microsoft Windows 3.1 / 95
RedShift planetarium program
The Earth Centered Universe A Planetarium and Telescope Control Program for Windows 3.1 or 95
SkyChart 2000.0 planetarium program
SkyGlobe Desktop planetarium program
StarStrider 3D planetarium program
Swiss Ephemeris Info high precision ephemeris
Touring the Universe Through Binoculars star atlas designed specifically for use with binoculars
Virtual Reality Star Atlas 2000.0 a three-dimensional astronomy atlas
Vision image processing software
The 3D Solar System solar system 3D simulation
Wildridge Software A comprehensive background in the science of astronomy on a CD
Win Orbit Plots and calculates positions of satellites
WinSpot ray-tracing program for tilted component telescope design
SEDS FTP Site collection of astronomical software
Simtel.Net Archive collection of PC software


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. Charity Ware
ProcyonX Planetarium program for the series 5 (Pro Version Shareware) Freeware

 

Java and JavaScript Astronomy Software

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Jupiter Events JavaScript Application
Julian Date JavaScript Application
J-Track Java applet that tracks Mir, Hubble, UARS and COBE.
Sun Clock Java applet Sun Clock
Sun, Moon and the Earth Applets positions of the Sun and Moon in the sky and much more
KaffeeHaus Desktop planetarium program
Sun, Moon & Earth Applet displays the positions of sun and moon on the horizon
Skynotes Jupiter's moon positions and Moon Phases

 

Astronomy Code

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The Sky Online Astronomy Software Lots of BASIC Code
Astronomy Magazine Code
Duffett-Schmitt: Astronomy With Your PC - programs
Reference Books - Jean Meeus, Peter Duffett-Smith, and others
Sky Publishing Catalog: Astronomical Computing
FAQ: Astronomy Calculations for the Amateur
Approximate Astronomical Positions some code and explainations by Keith Burnett


Online Data Sources

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Star, Asteroid and NGC Catalogs
Astronomical Data Center - Goddard
The WWW Virtual Library: Astronomy and Astrophysics
The Space FAQ
Hawaiian Astronimical Society
Telescopic Companion Books