Software
Categories
Links
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.
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.
GeoClock
[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
[commercial - Windows] Observation planning software for astronomers. Includes telescope control, logging, and charting.
Astronomy Common Object Model (ASCOM)
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.
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.
AstroMB
Advanced software for astrometry, photometry, robotic observations. Huge database of images and catalogs. Works with MaximDL and ASCOM. Free downloads.
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.