Software
This page is being redeveloped from the archival website.
- AstroImageJ — For precision photometry and image processing
- Data processing using Julia and Python
- Telescopes and instrumentation
- NASA TESS follow-up
Archival links
Use our archive while we work on this new site.
Our Java and Python software runs anywhere on Windows, Mac, and Linux
- AstroImageJ - Powerful image processing and photometry for astronomy in Java
- AstroCC - Coordinate converter for astronomy in Java
- Alsviðr - Algorithms for visualization and image data reduction with Python and Julia
- TESS - Utilities for working with TESS data
Our observatory software
- ASI Image - Science imaging with ASI/ZWO 16-bit CMOS cameras using Julia
- PyDome - Astronomical dome control in Python
- PyFocus - Astronomical telescope focus control in Python
- XmCCD - Scientific CMOS or CCD camera control including XPA and scripted operation for ASI/ZWO and selected legacy cameras
- XmTel - Telescope control including XPA and scripted operation
Software archive
On-line interactive resources
- JS9 - Online FITS image viewer
- HP15C - Online RPN HP15C calculator emulator
- Eduational javascript physics and astronomy module project
- Sky tonight with Messier and Caldwell objects
- Interactive map of the entire sky
- Interactive local sky with planets
- Aladin Sky Atlas (on-line)
- Sky-Map (on-line)
- Stellarium (on-line)
- Celestrak
Tested and recommended software for astronomy
- XEphem for visual access to astronomical data and remote telescope operation (Linux and Mac OS X)
- Stellarium for realistic night sky (Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows
- Grace for 2D plotting and data analysis (Linux)
- SAOImage DS9 for astronomical data visualization (Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows)
- PyAstronomy - University of Hamburg's comprehensive collection of astronomy utilities in Python
- CFITSIO - Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) library and utilities
- Astropy - Widely used Python library for astronomy
- Skyfield elegant astronomy for Python
- Astromatic.net for astronomical pipeline software
- Astrometry.net for precise celestial coordinates
- Partiview for 3D visualizion (Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows)
- Digital Universe in Partiview and Open Space from the Hayden Planetarium