Astronomers

A c++ user-mode Linux driver for the Boltwood Cloud Sensor II (a weather station designed for astronomers). Features . Better support for memory dumps . Changes to compile with gcc 4.4 Platforms: *nix

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

Nova is a free Integrated Observational Environment for amatuer astronomers. It will combine ephemeris functionality with the capability to control telescopes and CCD cameras. Platforms: *nix

Asynx Planetarium is a easy to use planetarium program and solar system simulator. It can display the night sky from any location on earth between the year 1760 and 9999 and covers over 10000 stars, the planets, all messier objects, all 88 constellations and the moon with phase. Fast animations:... Platforms: Windows, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server

WJO What's Up is the answer for observers wanting to look at all those fuzzies but unsure what is above the horizon, high enough in the sky to be worth looking at and bright enough to see/image with your scope. No need to prepare lists, just get out there and observe. The lazy person's ultimate... Platforms: Windows

This is a simple program that displays a map of the north celestial pole, it can be configured to show the same view as your polar alignment telescope. PolarView's main purpose is for accurate polar alignment in the field. All good astronomers will know that the pole star 'Polaris' or the 'North... 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

Astronomy Calculators is a small, easy to use application, specially designed to offer users a collection of small and simple calculator utilities. The aim of these calculator is to help amateur astronomers with the mundane calculations for optics and telescopes, and for conversions. for... Platforms: Windows

PTBSync is a tool to synchronize your PC time with an an atomic clock via the internet. It offers 65 Time servers (NTP) worldwide to choose from. In addition to time synchronization, PTBSync also includes a complete personal organizer for reminders and repetitive events such as birthdays,... Platforms: Windows

Gravity Simulator allows you to study the orbits of planets, moons, asteroids, or any object in the universe, by performing n-body simulations.You can recreate simulations performed by professional astronomers, or experiment with simulations of your own creation. Gravity Simulator's rotating... Platforms: Windows

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun. The second largest planet in the Solar System. First is Jupiter. Most people know about Saturn's rings due to its amazing. For centuries, astronomers thought that Saturn - it's the only planet that has the bright ring. Saturn's rings are usually easy for... Platforms: Windows

Tara is an open source Java based Starchart application. The primary audience is amateur astronomers who wish to customize their own star charts for an observing session. Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

PlanetFinder is an on-line learning module. It instructs students how astronomers fit model Doppler velocity curves to data representing extra-solar planetary systems. This module can be run from the University of Colorado servers, or downloaded, installed, and hosted on your local servers. Platforms: Mac

PlanetFinder is an on-line learning module. It instructs students how astronomers fit model Doppler velocity curves to data representing extra-solar planetary systems. This module can be run from the University of Colorado servers, or downloaded, installed, and hosted on your local servers. Platforms: Mac

PlanetFinder is an on-line learning module. It instructs students how astronomers fit model Doppler velocity curves to data representing extra-solar planetary systems. This module can be run from the University of Colorado servers, or downloaded, installed, and hosted on your local servers. Platforms: Mac

PlanetFinder is an on-line learning module. It instructs students how astronomers fit model Doppler velocity curves to data representing extra-solar planetary systems. This module can be run from the University of Colorado servers, or downloaded, installed, and hosted on your local servers. Platforms: Mac

PlanetFinder is an on-line learning module. It instructs students how astronomers fit model Doppler velocity curves to data representing extra-solar planetary systems. This module can be run from the University of Colorado servers, or downloaded, installed, and hosted on your local servers. Platforms: Mac

PlanetFinder is an on-line learning module. It instructs students how astronomers fit model Doppler velocity curves to data representing extra-solar planetary systems. This module can be run from the University of Colorado servers, or downloaded, installed, and hosted on your local servers. Platforms: Mac

astLib is a set of Python modules that provides some tools for research astronomers. It can be used for astronomical plots, some statistics, coordinate conversions, common calculations and manipulating FITS images with World Coordinate System (WCS) information through PyWCSTools - a simple... Platforms: *nix