Astronomy

SwapSwapVM is an AppleScript application made with Smile written to change thetarget volume (disk; partition) for the Virtual Memory swapfiles in OS X10.2.x Jaguar. It has been vigorously tested on various configurations underOS X 10.2.0 through 10.2.6. SwapSwapVM requires a default installation...

Skywatching Widget... The Skywatching Center is your astronomical best buddy! It points out whatNs most captivating in the sky each night, or the next morning before dawn. Times and directions are indicated. Click the charts or title for more information. Designed for all ages. Suitable for...

A free IDL (Interactive Data Language) compatible incremental compiler (ie. runs IDL programs). IDL is a registered trademark of Research Systems Inc. Full syntax compatibility with IDL 6.0 ALL IDL language elements are supported, including: - Objects, - Pointers, - Structs, - Arrays, -...


Platforms: *nix

Kaboot Linux Operating system aims to provide an operating system which you can take anywhere and has all your favourite programs on. Kaboot operating system is avaliable as a Live CD or Live USB you can take with you anywhere. A number of different versions are avaliable, two optimised for...


Platforms: *nix

StarCalc is the fastest professional astronomy planetarium and star mapping program today. It illustrates star positions of any instance of the day observed from any geographic locations on the Earth. The star positions can be viewed and presented as images of semi spherical whole sky or any of...


Platforms: Windows

Astro::Constants is a Perl module that contains physical constants for use in Astronomy. SYNOPSIS use Astro::Constants::CGS qw(:long); print "The Schwarzschild radius of the sun is ", 2 * GRAVITATIONAL * SOLAR_MASS / LIGHT_SPEED ** 2, " centimetresn"; or use Astro::Constants::MKS...


Platforms: *nix

The FocusWriter application was designed to be a fullscreen, distraction-free word processor designed to immerse you as much as possible in your work. The program autosaves your progress, and reloads the last files you had open to make it easy to jump back in during your next writing session, and...


Platforms: Mac

This 3D Solar System model enables you to navigate through space and time, observe all the planets in close-up, learn their trajectories, inner structure, history of their exploration, points of interest and more. Use 3D mode to get a more realistic experience! And zoom out to view and spin the...


Platforms: Mac

My3D Star Chart is an OpenSource Astronomy Tool (under the BSD License) for displaying Thirdparty Star Catalouges like the ESA Hipparcos or TYCHO1/2 Database. It has a PlugIn Interface and can be extended and customized.


Platforms: Mac

Dress up your Firefox browser with 3 stunning NASA and space inspired scenes for your Firefox browser. Includes links to cool space sites and a sidebar with photos and videos! These themes are free and we switch your default search engine to ASK and Yahoo! but you can easily switch back to your...


Platforms: Windows

A set of cross-platform tools for connecting via TCP/IP to the VOEvent transient astronomy alert network. Tools include a receiver/broker, a sender/publishing tool, and a VOEvent message checker. Runs on Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

Nowadays the idea of a music of the spheres, or a cosmic music that descends from the planets seems more like poetic philosophy than anything scientific. However, when the scientist Kepler discovered special principles about planetary motion, he also reconsidered the music. Apparently his...


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

The Chandra X-ray Observatory is the worlds most sophisticatedX-ray telescope. Along with the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope, Chandra is one of NASA's 'Great Observatories'. Chandras unique sensitivity and resolving power have made possible significant advances in many...


Platforms: Mac

The FocusWriter application was designed to be a fullscreen, distraction-free word processor designed to immerse you as much as possible in your work. The program autosaves your progress, and reloads the last files you had open to make it easy to jump back in during your next writing session, and...


Platforms: Windows

Beautiful Orion And Stars Field Pro Screensaver. If you love astronomy and stars, you will love this beautiful screensaver taken from an old authority manual camera a decade ago!


Platforms: Windows

ZERNFUN.m and ZERNFUN2.m compute the Zernike functions Znm(r,theta). These functions, which form an orthogonal basis on the unit circle, are used in disciplines such as astronomy, optics, optometry, and ophthalmology to characterize functions and data on a circular domain. ZERNPOL.m computes the...


Platforms: Matlab

A PHP module to help perform advanced astronomical computations, such as planetary positions like those published in the astronomical almanacs.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

A Lambert-orbital boundary value problem can be stated as"Find the orbit/trajectory of a spacecraft that flies from position [r1] to [r2], taking a time [tf] and making [m] complete orbits before arriving at [r2]. "The solution to each Lambert-problem is NOT unique; one can travel to [r2] via the...


Platforms: Matlab

A simple command to convert calendar dates to julian dates. Quite useful intiming situations where you need elapsed time between dates.Also useful for astronomy applications.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

General purpose scientific framework and its astronomy samples


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux