Web Directory

» AstroPy
   [open source - multiplatform] Development and integration of tools and numerical algorithms into the Python scripting language.
   http://www.astro.washington.edu/users/rowen/AstroPy.html

» Automated Variable Star Observing
   [freeware - Linux] Command-line program to automate reduction of variable star CCD images.
   http://astro.corlan.net/avsomat

» Calendar software
   Windows program which creates sundials and calendars, see the dates and names of the year's moons, and calculate Easter.
   http://www.blibbleblobble.co.uk/Downloads/Calendar/

» Deep-Sky Planner
   Astronomical observation planning, logging, reporting, and telescope control software for imagers and visual observers.
   http://knightware.biz/dsp/

» Deepsky 99 - Software for Observers
   [shareware - Win95/98/NT] Deepsky 99 solves an important need for amateur and professional observers. The software allows the user to plan a productive observing session and record what was observed quickly and easily.
   http://www.deepsky2000.com/

» Epoch_2000 Temporal Epoch Calculator
   Excel spreadsheet calculates temporal variation in astronomic constants, obliquity of the ecliptic, and illumination angles at any specified latitude. You need only input a date or the latitude.
   http://www.jqjacobs.net/astro/epoch_2000.html

» GeoAstro Applet Collection
   [commercial and freeware - multiplatform] Interactive Java applets display the position, daily and annual path of the sun and the moon, for any time and location.
   http://www.jgiesen.de/GeoAstro/GeoAstro.htm

» Its Life Jim: Astronomy Software
   Simon Dawes provides a collection of public domain freeware written as observing aids for the enthusiastic amateur astronomer.
   http://www.itslifejim.btinternet.co.uk/DawesAstro/software.htm

» JPL Planetary and Lunar Ephemerides
   [commercial - multiplatform] This CD contains three Jet Propulsion Laboratory Planetary and Lunar Ephemerides along with a toolbox of FORTRAN subroutines that allow the user to obtain the coordinates of the Sun, Moon, and nine major planets.
   http://www.willbell.com/software/jpl.htm

» JWB Software & Services LLC
   Offers Four By Jove, software that provides precise information on the location of the four main moons of Jupiter. Also AstroVizier, which provides a precise and detailed physical ephemeris for the major bodies of the solar system.
   http://webpages.charter.net/waidbaker113/

» LunarPhase
   [commercial, demo available - Win95/98/NT] A tool for displaying a variety of information on the Moon and aspects of its behaviour.
   http://indigo.ie/~gnugent/LunarPhase

» Moon Tool
   [Windows] A desktop application that displays the times of the various phases of the moon and a picture of the current phase of the moon.
   http://www.fourmilab.ch/moontoolw/

» Moonclock
   [shareware - MacOS] Real-time graphical representation of the lunar visual aspect for any time/date/location. Elongation, PA bright limb, RA, DEC, percent illuminated, alt/az, heliocentric lat/long, distance, and radius.
   http://balder.prohosting.com/stouch/MOONCLOCK.html

» Multiyear Interactive Computer Almanac
   [commercial - DOS, Macintosh] A software system that provides high-precision astronomical data in tabular form for a wide variety of objects; it calculates much of the information tabulated in the benchmark annual publication, The Astronomical Almanac, bu
   http://www.willbell.com/almanacs/almanac_mica.htm

» NGCView
   [commercial, demo available - Win95/98/NT] Astronomical Observation Suite - Astronomical observation and logging software.
   http://www.rainman-soft.com/

» PyEphem
   [open source - multiplatform] A module for performing astronomical computations using the Python scripting language.
   http://www.rhodesmill.org/pyephem/

» STD Aurora Monitor Software
   [commercial - Win95/98/NT/2000] Advanced auroral activity monitoring software.
   http://solar.spacew.com/aurora/

» SkySight
   [commercial, Win/Mac] CCD camera control and image processing, includes SkyChart III.
   http://www.southernstars.com/skysight/index.html

» Starchart - Star mapping software
   [opensource - POSIX] There is a sky. There are things in the sky. This program draws maps of things in the sky.
   http://starchart.sourceforge.net/

» Wobbleworks Astronomy
   John Stephen offers Full Moon, a moon phase calculator, and Full Sun, easy-to-use software programs for amateur and home astronomers.
   http://wobbleworks.com/astronomy/