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>> Monday, July 23, 2012




Many of the software's used by Astronomers can be downloaded from here


http://astrotips.com/


Other software's can be found from here.


    AA+
    C++ implementation for the algorithms as presented in the book 'Astronomical Algorithms' by Jean Meeus
    ASTRONOM
    Planetary information software
    ATC Advancede Telescope Control
    Telescope control and automated supernovae search
    AVIS FITS Viewer
    FITS image viewer
    Aberrator
    Star-testing software that can show all the common telescope defects (astigmatism, coma, pinch, tube-currents, etc.)
    Adastra FREESTAR
    Accessible free planetarium with multiple viewplanes, accurate reports, live orbital tracking, and astronomical dictionary
    Alcyone Ephemeris
    An astronomial ephemeris calculator covering the period 3000 BC to AD 3500 that calculates heliocentric, geocentric, and topocentric positions and much more
    AstroSnap and AstroSnap Pro
    AstroSnap (Freeware) and AstroSnap Pro (Shareware) are two astronomical imaging programs especially designed for webcams
    AstroGrav
    Allows you to study how astronomical objects move and interact under the force of gravity
    AstroNotes
    Minimalistic browser-based application for archiving and managing observing and imaging data
    AstroCalculator
    Optical and Imaging calculator. Use for all aspects of Astrophotography from imaging characteristics, resolution to exposure and more.
    AstroPlanner
    Observation planning and logging with telescope control
    AstroMB
    Manage astronomical images and catalogs, allow robotic observations, astrometry and photometry
    Astromist
    Palm OS astronomy tool which helps you to organize your observation session
    AstroExcel
    Free astronomy Excel spreadsheet calculations and graphs
    Astrometrica
    Software for doing astrometry of Minor Planets
    Astronomer's Digital Clock
    Displays time, date, and Julian day
    Astra Image
    Image processing for astronomical images
    AstroVizier
    Provides a detailed physical ephemeris for the major bodies of the solar system. Surface maps are given for Mercury, Venus, Moon, Mars, Pluto and grid maps are provided for the gas giants and the sun.
    Astronomy Calculator
    Provides sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset and lunar phase information for any location on Earth
    Astro Timer PPC
    Pocket PC Software designed for recording the timings of lunar grazings, ocultations, transits, meteor showers and any other astronomical observation that needs a record of the date and time to the nearest 10th of a second.
    AstroPlanner
    Astronomical observation planning, logging and telescope control software
    AstroCalc
    Calculates the position of planets and give their appearance
    AstroGemini Screen Savers
    Astronomy screen savers
    Astronomy Software by AeroSpaceGuide
    Guide to the Best Astronomy and Space Software online
    Astronomical Observation Log
    Log down your observations and import a pic or sketch of the object your observing.
    AstroStack
    Free program that takes a series of video images and combines them into one
    Astro
    French astronomy program, especially for Dobson's owners
    Astroart
    Image processing for astronomical images

    AutomaDome
    Dome control software
    Bentec Services Limited
    Free software for hyperaspherical optical design
    Best Pair
    Software for picking the two best stars for auto alignment with Meade & Celestron scopes
    Binary Maker
    Accurately calculates light and radial velocity curves for almost any type of binary, simultaneously displaying the theoretical and observed curves as well as a 3-D model of the orbiting stars
    C88
    An informational tool for amateur astronomers
    CADET
    Image processing program specific to astronomical images that supports FITS, Bitmap and JPEG formats
    CCD Astrometry
    Software for doing astrometry of Minor Planets
    CCDOPS
    SBIG CCD camera control software
    CCDSoft
    Combines both CCD camera control functions and astronomical image processing functions into a single package
    CLEA
    Windows Software Modern Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy
    CNebulaX
    Freeware. Deep sky astronomy software for star charts with 25 million stars and 1.25 million deep sky objects.
    Cartes du ciel
    Free sky atlas for windows that provides access to catalogs and photographs (Sky charts in english)
    Celestial Maps
    Sky atlas for windows and DOS
    Celestia
    A free real-time space simulation that lets you experience our universe in three dimensions
    Charon
    Minor planet astrometry software

    Circe
    Astrometrical software for minor planets and comets
    Coeli - Stella 2000
    Real-time Windows planetarium with logbook, telescope control, and 3 integrated encyclopedic reference works.
    CoolSky
    Sky simulator for amateur astronomers that uses OpenGL technology
    Cute Little Astronomy Program (CLAP)
    Astronomy program displays the sun moon and planets for any location in the Northern Hemisphere.
    CyberSky
    Colorful, easy-to-use planetarium program


    DarkAdapted
    Modifies your screen gamma settings so that you may preserve your dark adaptation while using your computer
    designerSKY
    Planetarium like starchart
    Deepsky
    Observining and planning software for observers, telescope control, log book, control panels
    Desktop Universe by Main-Sequence Software
    The fusion of a full-color photographic star atlas with a desktop planetarium program
    Deep Sky Database
    Online resource for building customized observing lists
    Deep-Sky Planner
    Observation Planning & Logging Software for Astronomers
    Desktop Lunar Calendar
    Desktop Lunar Calendar is simple, fun and easy to use calendar. It is accurate anywhere in the world.
    DeepSkyStacker
    Freeware for astrophotographers that simplifies all the pre-processing steps of deep sky pictures and is specialized in dealing with RAW files from DSLRs. TIFF, JPEG, BMP and PNG files are also supported
    DeskMoony
    Calculates current moon phase and draws it nicely.
    Deepsky Free
    Deepsky Free is the free version of Deepsky Astronomy Software
    Delphinus
    Freeware designed to control Canon DSLR Cameras by Serial Port (RS-232)
    Digital Universe
    Advanced astronomical simulator
    Dimension 4
    Time synchronization utility
    Drift Scan Imaging
    Drift scan software for CCD cameras
    EarthDesk
    Real time rendered Earth desktop with sunight, moonlight and clouds
    Earth Centered Universe Pro v4.0
    Planetarium and telescope control program designed for the requirements of amateur astronomers and professionals alike
    Eagle Lander 3D
    Authentic simulation of the Apollo lunar landings and includes accurate renditions of scenery, flight dynamics and the lunar module
    EasySky
    Star charting (planetarium software), 3D solar system, and animations
    Eclipsing Binary Simulator
    Visualise the orbit and synthetic light curve of binary star systems
    Eclipse Finder for S60 Devices
    Tiny Astronomical application for MIDP 2.0 devices, can calculate the Detailed Information of any Solar and Lunar Eclipses Phenomenon with extreme accuracy
    EfeCalc
    Calculates the position, rise times, and set times of the Sun, Moon, Planets, Stars; Solar and Lunar Eclipses (with maps generation)
    Encyclopedia Galactica
    Planetarium software, explore the moon features, 3D solar system
    Esquire Nautical Almanc
    Fully operational almanac
    Find Orb
    Computes orbital elements from observations
    FlashSkies
    Online Flash Planetarium for every Browser
    Four By Jove
    Provides a very precise position for the four main moons of Jupiter within +/- 8 km. Jupiter events like transits, shadow transits, eclipses and occultations are shown in a graphical form. Mutual events such as occultations and umbral eclipses can be shown in graphical form as well.
    Focus Corrector
    ActiveX image processing software, sharpens images
    GeoFusion Mars demo
    The GeoPlayer Mars program allows you to explore the Red Planet from outer space to deep in Valles Marinaris. You can fly through valleys and over craters on desktop PCs and laptop computers with a graphics accelerator This is a free low resolution version of a the GeoFusion CD.
    Gravity Simulator
    Software generates orbits using an in build integrator
    Gravitation3D
    Uses OpenGL to simulate star fields, planet trails, sun lighting, gravity wells, and much more
    GrandTour
    Simulate space as seen from the Voyager and Giotto spacecraft
    Guide
    Star Charting software
    Hallo Northern Sky
    Planetarium program for Windows
    HomePlanet
    Astronomy, space, and satellite tracking package
    Hr Trace
    Free VBA programmed Excel spreadsheets devoted to open cluster study
    Hypersky
    Computerized star atlas linked to a set of reference works
    IRAF
    Data analysis
    JupSat
    Calculates and displays the positions of Jupiter's four main (Galilean) moons
    JupView PPC
    The positions of Jupiter's satellites, Great Red Spot and a map of Jupiter's features
    K3CCDTools
    Includes video-capturing, autoguiding, frame aligning and stacking and simple post-processing
    Leaving the Cradle
    Interactive 3D simulation of Apollo circumlunar flight. Includes 350 MB of planetary textures.
    Lunar Occultation Workbench
    Computes predictions of occultations by the Moon of the planets and stars
    Lunar Globe: the Virtual Museum of lunar vehicles
    survey the lunar sphere, lunar formations and other objects without an astronomical telescope
    Lunar Phase Pro
    Moon observer's toolkit. Contains lunar phenomena predition tools, interactive moon atlas, searchable database of over 9,000 features and many other tools.
    LunarPhase
    Graphically displays the current phase of the moon and much more
    Lunar Co-longitude
    Computes co-longitude for dates from 1989 to 2020
    Lunar Map Pro
    Produces high resolution lunar maps for use at the telescope
    MODAS
    Modern Optical Design and Analysis Software
    MPL3D Solar System
    Explore the solar sytem and thousands of real extrasolar objects in a 3D interactive simulation of the close universe.
    MaxIm DL
    Image processing software
    Maxclock 3.1
    High-precision clock, displays sidereal and solar times, equation of time, Julian dates, Delta-T, aequatorial and ecliptic coordinates of sun and moon
    Mars MOLA Viewer
    View the actual terrain of Mars, at any point on the surface, as a fly-through real-time 3D rendering
    Mariner 10 Image Browser and Reconstructor
    Software for Mariner 10 TV experiment allows image processing with noise filtering, despeckling, and reconstruction
    Meade Astronomical Software
    Telescope control software
    Meteor Observation Log
    Log is designed around a 3 hour observation session with the capablity to record up to 20 meteors an hour
    MegaStar
    Sky Atlas for Windows
    MicroObservatory
    An astronomical image processing program that works with FITS and GIF files
    Minor Planet Observer
    MPO Connection and Canopus
    Mira
    Image Processing Software
    Moovastar
    Proper motion simulation, simulates star positions in the future and past
    Moon Map for Pocket PC
    A vectorized moon map for the Pocket PC and Palm devices.
    Moon Phase Icon
    Shows the current moon phase in your system tray
    Moon Phase Oracle - Solunar Prediction Software
    Astronomy software for any location worldwide displays information for any time of day
    MyStars!
    Shareware for stargazers
    Newt Telescopes
    A newtonian telescope design program that ray traces the telescope checking for vignetting, optimizes diagonal size, calculates baffle size and position, and a lot more
    NexStar Freeware
    Freeware allowing PC control of all models of NexStar telescopes
    Newton's Aquarium
    A solar system construction set
    NightCal
    Produces a single A4 sheet monthly calendar telling the user when it gets dark, when the Moon rises and sets and what the Moon should look like when it does make an appearance
    Observation Manager
    Free and open Java based observation logging tool that stores it's data in a free and open XML format called COMAST
    OpTiX
    Comprehensive optical design software
    Orbit Explorer
    Physics educational software for high school and college students and teachers
    Orbiter
    Freeware space flight simulation and Solar System exploration program with accurate physics, 3D graphics, and a first-person astronaut's perspective.
    Orbitron
    Satellite tracking software for visual observers and radio amateurs
    PEAS - Periodic Error Analyzing Software
    Program for evaluation and analysis of periodical errors in equatorial mount
    PIXY system 2
    Automated astronomical image examination system
    PICTools
    Convert PIC image files, coming from IRIS (free image processing software) in unsigned 16-bit per colour channel TIFF files
    PLUCOR.EXE
    A freely downloadable Ephemeris program which will print out positions of Sun,Moon and planets
    PP3
    Free tool for drawing celestial chars in resolution-independent format (PDF)
    PRODOBS
    Deepsky database written in javascript, allows sophisticated queries, contains sky atlas, finder charts and object-related links to NED, SIMBAD or WEBDA (in german!)
    Perseus
    A vector engine-based planetarium, with USNO2 support, real images 'melt' into the background, 3D graphics for solar system bodies
    Peranso
    Period analysis software for variable stars
    PinPoint
    100% automated astrometric image processing for FITS files from any camera
    PixInsight
    PixInsight is a modular, open-architecture, portable image processing platform available on Linux/UNIX and MS Windows
    PlanetWatch
    Multimedia guide to our solar system
    Planetenprogramm
    Planetarium software, solution to the three body problem, the representation of the star sky and the planets, 3D
    Planetarium
    Displays star charts and other astronomical data on Palmtops
    Planet's Visibility and Orbits
    Free software along with data on planets, asteroids and stars
    Planetarius
    3D view of Major and minor planets, Asteroids, Comets, Full Sky Map, Local Sky Map, Ephemerides using VSOP87/ELP82 solutions
    Polygon Worlds
    Various free software that lets you explore Mars and watch galaxies collide
    Power Age Sky Simulator
    Planetarium program, a graphic interpretation of the sky
    Pocket Stars PDA
    A star chart, ephemeris, and Celestial Navigation calculator for the Pocket PC
    Practices on Observational Astronomy
    Educational software with exercises involving eclipses, saros cycles, and the sky
    RSI New Moon
    Easy-to-use educational software for middle school through college. 3D views of the Moon's phases, the Solar System, and more.
    RTGUI: Windows Real-Time Interactive Astronomy Software
    Controls most 'goto' telescopes, rapidly locate planets, deep-sky objects, and bright stars from catalogs
    RedShift
    Planetarium program
    Registax
    Freeware tool for alignment, stacking and processing of BMP or AVI image sequences.
    SEDS FTP Site
    Collection of astronomical software
    STSORBIT PLUS
    Space Shuttle and Satellite Tracking Software (SOP*.*)
    SUNDI
    Designed to allow you to quickly and easy design and plan the most popular sundials
    Satellite Tracker
    Satellite Tracking Software for many types of telescopes including the full line of Celestron, Meade, Astro-Physics, etc
    Scope Calculator
    Scope Calculator calculates and compares the magnification, field of view, and exit pupil of up to 7 eyepieces when used with a specific telescope
    Screen Saver
    Earth, moon, and planet screen savers
    SimSolar
    Solar System Simulator with Moon Phase display & Galilean Moons of Jupiter Simulator
    SkyChart
    Planetarium program
    SkyGlobe
    Planetarium program
    Sky Atlas
    A program for anyone that wants to know how to identify constellations and other space objects: stars, galaxies, nebulas, planets
    SkyMap
    Planetarium software with telescope control features
    SkyObserver
    Planetarium program for windows
    SkyORB VR
    A real time visual space simulation with ephemeris
    SkyTools
    Planetarium program by Skyhound
    Solar Scouts
    Course based games designed for grade 6 to early college. Topics include the solar system, space and seasons among others.
    Solar System - Earth 3D screensaver
    A realistic screensaver showing a magnificent view of our planet as seen from space
    Solex
    Ephemerides, orbits & planetarium based on numerical integration
    Solar Kingdom
    A 3D Solar System Simulator and Encyclopedia
    Space Weather Applications
    Graphs of current space weather data, interactive map of the Sun
    StarView
    Astronomical database browser and research analysis tool
    Stellar Magic
    Freeware and shareware image processing software. Astronomical image processing tutorial.
    StarMessage - Moon Phase and Night Sky screensaver
    View the moon phases and write your name in the stars of the night sky
    Stellaris
    A shareware program for the amateur astronomer
    Stellarium

    StarCalc
    Professional astronomy planetarium & star mapping program for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP with plugin support
    Stella Theater
    Japanese planetarium currently named Planetarium Pro
    Star Atlas Pro
    Deep Sky Star Charts and Telescope Control Software


    StarLight Pro
    StarLight Pro produces animated views of eclipsing binary stars and calculate synthetic lightcurves. The effects of limb darkening, temperature, inclination, stellar size, mass ratio, and star shape are included.
    Starry Night
    Home of Starry Night and Deep Space Explorer
    StellaNavigator
    Astronomy Simulation Software
    StarChartGL
    OpenGL star chart with photo-realistic views of 110,000 stars, 110 messiers and all the planets
    StarStrider
    A software planetarium, a virtual space-ship, an three dimensional star chart, and more
    StarTrak
    Software and database to guide a Dobsonian telescope (or any telescope with altazimuth mount)
    Sun and Moon Almanac
    Graphical Sun and Moon Almanac
    Swiss Ephemeris Info
    High precision ephemeris
    TPoint
    Telescope pointing analysis software
    TS-24
    Crystal Lake Observatory astronomy learning and discovery program.
    TachyonNET for PocketPC
    A complete astronomical package for serious amateurs. It includes Meade Telescope Control.
    Texas A&M Astronomical Software
    Lots of Freeware by Don Carona involving the Jupiter system, the Sun, the Moon, etc.
    TheSky Pocket Edition
    Graphical astronomy program that turns your personal computer into a personal planetarium
    The Free Virtual
    Galaxy Project a free 3-D virtual space program based upon data obtained from NASA's ADC
    TheSky
    Planetarium and telescope control program
    Trefach Astronomy Centre Software
    Network Telescope Control, Blink Comparator and slightly OT GPS Mapper
    Tria Image Processing
    Allows fast and effective Blind Deconvolution (de-blurring) of any image and opens 16 image types, including 32-bit TiFFs and FITS, and provides 16 additional image processing functions
    Tria Image Processing
    The Tria program enables fast and effective deconvolution and blind deconvolution, image math, and image registration. Version 2.0 provides faster processing, improved display, and unique image analysis tools.
    Uniview
    Uniview is a realtime 3D computer graphics platform for astronomy- and Earth-based sciences, used by leading planetariums like Hayden (New York) and Gates (Denver)
    v-Clock
    A Small tool to display current vedic date and time parameters along with panchanga details and planetary positions, developed using swiss ephemeris library.
    VITO AstroNavigator
    GPS application that displays sky map above you accordingly to your current position, time and direction of movement
    VRMars-Spirit - The Red Planet Mars 3D
    Virtual Reality Astronomy Software presenting the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit Mission, powered by the VRPresents technology. It gives the feel of being on the surface of Mars.
    Venera 15/16 Radar Mosaic Browser
    Windows software allows browsing of the Venera 15 and 16 radar maps.
    Virtual Lunar Atlas
    Moon image atlas for Windows
    Visual Spec
    Spectral image analysis software
    Voyager 4
    View the heavens on your computer from any place on Earth, in the Solar System, or beyond
    Where is M13?
    Displays the 3-D positions of deep sky objects within and around the Galaxy.
    Winstars
    Planetarium, showing you the appearance of the sky, as seen from anywhere on Earth, for any date
    Xearth
    provides an image of the Earth correctly shaded for the current position of the Sun
    Xephem
    Star-charting, sky-simulating, ephemeris-generating software
    YoMama
    Yale Observatory iMAge Manipulation Application
    Zubot Suite
    This is a group of programs which allow you to align, rotate, stack, and enhance astronomy pictures.


Macintosh Software
    AstroPlanner
    Astronomical observation planning, logging and telescope control software
    AstroImageBrowser
    Front end to Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) internet repository of astronomical images
    Astro IIDC
    Astronomy and Microscopy oriented application developed from the ground up to make FireWire camera imaging easier on the Mac
    Best Pair
    Software for picking the two best stars for auto alignment with Meade & Celestron scopes
    Binary Stars
    Free astronomical software for Macintosh computers, complete with manuals, teaching binary star concepts, for classroom or personal use.
    CLEA
    Macintosh Software Modern Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy
    Carina Software
    Voyager II, SkyPilot, and SkyGazer
    Celestia
    A scientifically accurate 3D space simulation (uses OpenGL), contains 3D positions of everything from stars to asteroids and artifical satellites (also a large amount of expansion addons are available)
    Digital Universe
    Planetarium software
    EquinoX
    13 different filters for organizing deep sky objects and many controls to adjust the sky display, can run your astro-imaging webcam, has SBIG camera support, and will control your telescope with voice commands
    INFO-MAC Science and Math
    MoonClock, Moon Tool, NightSky, Planet, StarAtlas, MacAstro, MAIA, etc.
    IRAF
    Data analysis
    Macintosh Scientific Software
    Contains scientific software
    MacAstronomica
    Astronomy/astrology program for the Mac
    MoonDock
    Shows moon phase on desktop plus other info
    RedShift
    Planetarium program
    SEDS FTP Site - Macintosh
    Collection of astronomy software
    Scope Calculator (Mac)
    Scope Calculator calculates and compares the magnification, field of view, and exit pupil of up to 7 eyepieces when used with a specific telescope
    SkyORB VR
    A real time visual space simulation with ephemeris
    Starry Night
    Macintosh planetarium program
    Sunlit Earth Widget
    Displays the sunlit part of the Earth as will as the city lights from dark side
    TheSky
    Planetarium and telescope control program
    Where is M13?
    Displays the 3-D positions of deep sky objects within and around the Galaxy.
    Xephem
    Star-charting, sky-simulating, ephemeris-generating software


UNIX Software
    ESO-MIDAS
    European Southern Observatory Munich Image Data Analysis System VMS, OpenVMS and UNIX systems, including LINUX
    fchart
    Draws practical, well-readable deepsky finder charts in Postscript (EPS) and Adobe PDF format.
    Fireball
    Free windows software to calculate atmospheric trajectory and heliocentric orbit of meteoroids.
    IRAF
    Image Reduction and Analysis Facility
    KStars
    Planetarium software for the KDE desktop environment
    Linux for Astronomy
    Includes over 3Gb of Astronomical software precompiled for the Linux (x86) operating system
    Nightfall Eclipsing Binary Star Program
    Model for eclipsing binary stars, for Linux or any other Unix
    Orbit Reconstruction, Simulation and Analysis (ORSA)
    A framework for celestial mechanics investigations
    QVarStar
    QVarStar is a GCVS (General Catalogue of Variable Stars) catalog browser for Unix
    Skymap
    Planetarium program
    Where is M13?
    Displays the 3-D positions of deep sky objects within and around the Galaxy.
    Xephem
    Star-charting, sky-simulating, ephemeris-generating software
    Xplns
    Displays, calculates, tracks the position of many celestial objects (stars, galaxies, nebulae, constellations, planets, comets, etc.)


Java, JavaScript, and Active Server Pages
    WebCCD
    Produces an artificial image of a star field based on the selected catalog
    3D Solar System
    Navigate through the Solar System, approach any planetary body, orbit it, control the flow of time, textured images
    AcruSky Mobile
    Free Java-planetarium for cell phones
    Aladin
    Sky atlas allowing the user to visualize digitized images of any part of the sky, to superimpose entries from astronomical catalogs or personal user data files, and to access related data and information from the SIMBAD, NED, VizieR, etc.
    AstroViewer
    The AstroViewer planetarium applet shows a sky map for any time and any location on Earth. Individual printable sky maps (GIF, PDF) can be created.
    Astronomy Magazine - Star Dome
    Sky mapping program to plan your observing sessions
    DeepSkyLive
    A free web-based star charting java-applet: draws stars to mag 11.5, can display all NGC objects
    Ephemeris.com
    Sun to Sedna Ephemeris
    Galaxien-Photoscript
    Javascript for galaxy observers in German
    GeoAstro Applet Collection
    Java applets concerning the positions of the Sun and Moon in the sky and much more
    J-Track
    Java applet that tracks Mir, Hubble, UARS and COBE.
    JODAS
    Java based Optical Design and Analysis Software
    JSkyCalc
    Expedites the 'time-and-the-sky' calculations needed by observational astronomers
    Java Observing Tool
    Earth, moon, sun, planets, and star chart Java tools
    Jupiter Events
    JavaScript Application
    Julian Date
    JavaScript Application
    Mobile Planetarium for Java Phones
    Open-source MIDP1.0/2.0 midlet for Java-enabled mobile/cell phones or handheld device that simulates the whole sky
    Picosky
    Sideral time calculator
    picoSky
    Cellular telephone planetarium
    Skynotes
    Jupiter's moon positions and Moon Phases
    Solar System Live
    WWW Interactive
    Solar System Simulator
    Simulate the sky, planets, and satellites as seen from Earth. Acurate renderings and event predictions (transits, shadows, eclipse, ocultation) of any planet and satellite.
    Space Weather Applications
    Graphs of current space weather data from NOAA GOES satellites and other data sources
    Sun and Moon Almanac
    Interactive almanac
    Sunlit Earth Java Desktop Application
    Displays the sunlit part of the Earth as will as the city lights from dark side
    Sun And Moon Times
    Mobile phone software to calculate the rise and set times for the Sun and Moon and the Moon phase.
    The Planets
    Java Application to plot Jupiter's Moons and Saturn's Rings
    Where is M13?
    Displays the 3-D positions of deep sky objects within and around the Galaxy.
    Your Sky
    Interactive web-based planetarium


Astronomy Code
    Amazon.com Astronomy Books
    Astronomy With Your Personal Computer by Peter Duffett-Smith, Astronomical Formulae for Calculators by Jean H. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms by Jean Meeus, Textbook on Spherical Astronomy by W. M. Smart, Robin Michael Green, Mathematical Astronomy Morsels by Jean Meeus, Fundamental Ephemeris Computations by Paul J. Heafner, Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac by P. Kenneth Seidelmann


Online Data Sources


Other Astronomy Software
    AIPS
    Astronomical Image Processing System


These latest additions also appear above.
    Planetarius
    3D view of Major and minor planets, Asteroids, Comets, Full Sky Map, Local Sky Map, Ephemerides using VSOP87/ELP82 solutions
    Cute Little Astronomy Program (CLAP)
    Astronomy program displays the sun moon and planets for any location in the Northern Hemisphere.
    v-Clock
    A Small tool to display current vedic date and time parameters along with panchanga details and planetary positions, developed using swiss ephemeris library.
    Zubot Suite
    This is a group of programs which allow you to align, rotate, stack, and enhance astronomy pictures.
    AcruSky Mobile
    Free Java-planetarium for cell phones
    Eclipse Finder for S60 Devices
    Tiny Astronomical application for MIDP 2.0 devices, can calculate the Detailed Information of any Solar and Lunar Eclipses Phenomenon with extreme accuracy
    Four By Jove
    Provides a very precise position for the four main moons of Jupiter within +/- 8 km. Jupiter events like transits, shadow transits, eclipses and occultations are shown in a graphical form. Mutual events such as occultations and umbral eclipses can be shown in graphical form as well.
    Gravity Simulator
    Software generates orbits using an in build integrator
    MPL3D Solar System
    Explore the solar sytem and thousands of real extrasolar objects in a 3D interactive simulation of the close universe.
    Observation Manager
    Free and open Java based observation logging tool that stores it's data in a free and open XML format called COMAST
    PICTools
    Convert PIC image files, coming from IRIS (free image processing software) in unsigned 16-bit per colour channel TIFF files
    PixInsight
    PixInsight is a modular, open-architecture, portable image processing platform available on Linux/UNIX and MS Windows
    Planetenprogramm
    Planetarium software, solution to the three body problem, the representation of the star sky and the planets, 3D
    AstroPlanner
    Observation planning and logging with telescope control
    Solar System - Earth 3D screensaver
    A realistic screensaver showing a magnificent view of our planet as seen from space
    Tria Image Processing
    The Tria program enables fast and effective deconvolution and blind deconvolution, image math, and image registration. Version 2.0 provides faster processing, improved display, and unique image analysis tools.
    Uniview
    Uniview is a realtime 3D computer graphics platform for astronomy- and Earth-based sciences, used by leading planetariums like Hayden (New York) and Gates (Denver)
    AstroVizier
    Provides a detailed physical ephemeris for the major bodies of the solar system. Surface maps are given for Mercury, Venus, Moon, Mars, Pluto and grid maps are provided for the gas giants and the sun.
    VRMars-Spirit - The Red Planet Mars 3D
    Virtual Reality Astronomy Software presenting the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit Mission, powered by the VRPresents technology. It gives the feel of being on the surface of Mars.
    Voyager 4
    View the heavens on your computer from any place on Earth, in the Solar System, or beyond

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