SkyChart is software that lets users draw sky charts, making use of the data in 16 catalogs of stars and nebulae.
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Tag: astronomy
KStars – desktop planetarium for KDE
KStars is free, open source, cross-platform Astronomy Software by KDE. It provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky.
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OpenSpace – interactive data visualization software
OpenSpace is an interactive data visualization software designed to visualize the entire known universe.
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Aladin Desktop – main application of the Aladin Sky Atlas suite
Aladin Desktop is software to visualize and manipulate digitized astronomical images or full surveys.
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Virtual Moon Atlas – for Moon observation or survey
Virtual Moon Atlas is software that allows users to observe and study the moon and its surface.
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Ginga – image viewer and toolkit
Ginga is a toolkit designed for building viewers for scientific image data in Python, visualizing 2D pixel data in NumPy arrays.
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Digital Universe Atlas – open source planetarium software
Digital Universe Atlas is a free open source software planetarium application, available under the terms of the Illinois Open Source License.
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ORSA – Orbit Reconstruction, Simulation and Analysis
Orbit Reconstruction, Simulation and Analysis (ORSA) is a framework for scientific grade Celestial Mechanics computations.
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PreviSat – satellite tracking software for observing purposes
PreviSat is a satellite tracking software for observing purposes. It shows positions of artificial satellites in real-time or manual mode.
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mars-sim – general purpose simulator depicting the early development of human settlements on Mars
mars-sim is a Java-based open source project that simulates the activities of the first generation of settlers on Mars.
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SkyViewer – displays HEALPix-based skymaps
SkyViewer is an OpenGL based program to display HEALPix-based skymaps, saved in FITS format files. Written in C++.
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Cosmonium – 3D astronomy and space exploration program
Cosmonium is a 3D astronomy and space exploration program.
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Machine Learning in Linux: astroML – statistical data analysis in astronomy and astrophysics
AstroML is a Python module for machine learning and data mining.
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Best Free Android Apps: SkyWiki – astronomy at your fingertips
SkyWiki offers a simple kit to help you stargaze with your Android phone.
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TermTrack – Track satellites in your terminal
TermTrack is a terminal-based program that lets you track the orbits of artificial satellites. The program is written in Python.
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AWOW AK41 Mini Desktop PC – Astronomy – Week 9
For this week’s blog, we look at how well the most popular open source astronomy programs run on the AWOW AK41.
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Linux at Home: Explore the Universe from your Garden
Astronomy is for everyone, and even with just the naked eye, it’s a fascinating and rewarding hobby for life. Here’s free software to get you started.
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