Observatories

You own four observatories and the idea is to keep up the funding on each observatory while taking pictures of stars to get points. Your final score is the product of the four observatories' scores times a multiplier based upon the speed of the game you play. Platforms: Windows

Specview is a Java GUI_based application for 1-D spectral visualization and analysis of astronomical spectrograms generated by a variety of observatories and instruments. Note that we no longer provide file distributions of this software. You are encouraged to visit the specview web site... Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

FITS osax provides an AppleScript interface to the FITS data format. FITS (Flexible Image Transport System), a standard initiated by NASA, was adopted by IAU and is now used by many international data centers to store and provide data from space missions or from ground based observatories. When... Platforms: Mac

RTS2 is project to create an open source environment for control of a fully autonomous observatory. It is running about dozen fully autonomous observatories. Its modular design allow easily addition of new devices (to already huge supported HW list). Features . plug&play device support .... Platforms: *nix

Specview is a Java GUI_based application for 1-D spectral visualization and analysis of astronomical spectrograms generated by a variety of observatories and instruments. Platforms: *nix

In the fight to offer users great and useful programs for free (maybe so as not to lose sight of their rivals at Google), Microsoft have created WorldWide Telescope, which many have now called Google Sky (and it+s also known as Google Herat) from Bill Gates. In effect, this fantastic program... Platforms: Windows

Starry Night Pro has everything the experienced astronomy enthusiast needs to explore the universe. Features include: Enhanced observation planner lets you create detailed lists of targets for an observing session New observation logs allow you to store notes, times, sky conditions, equipment... Platforms: Mac

AstroTimes widget displays the current Universal Time, the Local Sidereal Time, the current Julian Date and the current Modified Julian Date. Since the Local Sidereal Time depends on the longitude, a list of some important astronomical observatories is provided on the back. Platforms: Mac

The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope-bringing together imagery from the world's best ground- and space-based telescopes for the exploration of the universe. WWT blends terabytes of images,... Platforms: Windows, Windows Vista, 7

Bulldoze and build your way through the American past, from the 1950s to the 2000s! Create homes for movie starlets, hippies and more as you weave your way through history, earning cash and Life Rewards for Mark Retro, a kid with a dream. Buy awesome upgrades, like observatories and pirate ships,... Platforms: Mac

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 swiss-army knife for every astronomers, pro or amator. It is intended to provide all necessary informations about stars, observatories, times, telescopes, observing runs, night logs... to make your observations the most efficient, and concentrate on the most important: the few photons you get... Platforms: Mac

Bulldoze and build your way through the American past, from the 1950’s to the 2000’s! Create homes for movie starlets, hippies and more as you weave your way through history, earning cash and Life Rewards for Mark Retro, a kid with a dream. Buy awesome upgrades, like observatories and pirate... Platforms: Mac