AstroPy
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[open source - multiplatform] Development & integration of tools & numerical algorithms into the Python scripting language.
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C88 - an informational tool for amateur astronomers
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C88 gives detailed information about the celestial sphere objects, visible with naked eyes & for the use of an eyepiece of a modest amateur telescope to observe deep sky objects.
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PyEphem
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[open source - multiplatform] A module for performing astronomical computations using the Python scripting language.
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Calendar software
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Windows program which creates sundials & calendars, see the dates & names of the year's moons, and calculate Easter.
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LunarPhase
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[commercial, demo available - Win95/98/NT] A comprehensive tool for displaying a variety of information on the Moon & aspects of its behaviour.
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GeoAstro Applet Collection
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[commercial & freeware - multiplatform] Interactive Java applets display the position, daily & annual path of the sun & the moon, for any time & location.
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Deepsky 99 - Software for Observers
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[shareware - Win95/98/NT] Deepsky 99 solves an important need for amateur & professional observers. The software allows the user to plan a productive observing session & record what was observed rapidly & easily.
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Moon Tool
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[Windows] A desktop application that displays the times of the various phases of the moon & a picture of the current phase of the moon.
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Multiyear Interactive Computer Almanac
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[commercial - DOS, Macintosh] A software system that gives 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, but it goes beyond traditional almanacs by enabling you to calculate data for specified locations at specified times within a fifteen year interval (1990-2005).
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Moonclock
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[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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Epoch_2000 Temporal Epoch Calculator
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Excel spreadsheet calculates temporal variation in astronomic constants, obliquity of the ecliptic, & illumination angles at any specified latitude. You need only input a date or the latitude.
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SBIG Linux Kernel/Library Module
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This page contains Linux Kernel/Library Module for SBIG CCD Cameras
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Starchart - Star mapping software
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[opensource - POSIX] There is a sky. There're things in the sky. This program draws maps of things in the sky.
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STD Aurora Monitor Software
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[commercial - Win95/98/NT/2000] Advanced auroral activity monitoring software.
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JPL Planetary & Lunar Ephemerides
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[commercial - multiplatform] This CD contains three Jet Propulsion Laboratory Planetary & Lunar Ephemerides along with a toolbox of FORTRAN subroutines that allow the user to obtain the coordinates of the Sun, Moon, & nine major planets.
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NGCView
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[commercial, demo available - Win95/98/NT] Astronomical Observation Suite - Astronomical observation & logging software.
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Automated Variable Star Observing
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[freeware - Linux] Command-line program to automate reduction of variable star CCD images.
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StarTrak
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Freeware for handheld computers to help find & track objects of the night sky.
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SkySight
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[commercial, Win/Mac] CCD camera control & image processing, includes SkyChart III.
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