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software
Software is a set of computer programs and associated documentation and data. This is in contrast to hardware, from which the system is built and which actually performs the work.
At the lowest programming level, executable code consist ...
packages useful for conducting
scientific research in
astronomy
Astronomy () is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry in order to explain their origin and evolution. Objects of interest include planets, moons, stars, nebulae, g ...
, and for seeing, exploring, and learning about the
data
In the pursuit of knowledge, data (; ) is a collection of discrete values that convey information, describing quantity, quality, fact, statistics, other basic units of meaning, or simply sequences of symbols that may be further interpret ...
used in astronomy.
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!Package Name
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Pro
Pro is an abbreviation meaning " professional".
Pro, PRO or variants thereof may also refer to:
People
* Miguel Pro (1891–1927), Mexican priest
* Pro Hart (1928–2006), Australian painter
* Mlungisi Mdluli (born 1980), South African retire ...
Am
!Interface
!Connects to Online
(e.g. VO) Data
!Displays
or Manip. FITS Images
!Tiled Multi-Resolution All-Sky image Handling
!Displays
or Manip.
Spectra
!Handles Cubes
(Volumes)
!Statistics?
!OS
!Has API
!Cost
!Suppt'd
or Sold by
!website
!Currently Supported?
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,
glue
Adhesive, also known as glue, cement, mucilage, or paste, is any non-metallic substance applied to one or both surfaces of two separate items that binds them together and resists their separation.
The use of adhesives offers certain advant ...
, Pro
, GUI and command line
, Yes
, Manipulates
, No
, Yes
, Yes
, Basic, plus python terminal
, Mac, Win, Linux
, Yes
, Free
,
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeedin ...
(
JWST),
NSF
, http://glueviz.org
, Yes
, -
,
WorldWide Telescope
WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is an open-source set of applications, data and cloud services, originally created by Microsoft Research but now an open source project hosted on GitHub. The .NET Foundation holds the copyright and the project is manage ...
, Pro/Am
, GUI
, Yes
, Displays
, TOAST
, No
, Limited
, Limited (histograms)
, Browser
, Yes
, Free
,
American Astronomical Society
The American Astronomical Society (AAS, sometimes spoken as "double-A-S") is an American society of professional astronomers and other interested individuals, headquartered in Washington, DC. The primary objective of the AAS is to promote the adv ...
(originally by Microsoft)
, http://worldwidetelescope.org/webclient
, Yes
, -
,
Google Sky
Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D computer graphics, 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposition, superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and geog ...
, Am
, GUI
, Yes
, Displays
, Mercator
, No
, No
, No
, Browser
, Yes
, Free
,
Google
Google LLC () is an American Multinational corporation, multinational technology company focusing on Search Engine, search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, software, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, ar ...
, https://www.google.com/sky/
, No
, -
,
IRAF
, Pro
, GUI and command line
, Yes
, Display & Manipulates
, No
, Yes
, Yes
, Limited
, Mac, Linux
, Yes
, Free
,
NOAO
, https://iraf-community.github.io
, Yes
, -
, ds9
, Pro
, GUI
, Yes
, Manipulates
, No
, Yes
, Limited
, Limited
, Mac, Win, Linux
, No
, Free
,
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeedin ...
, http://ds9.si.edu/site/Home.html
, Yes
, -
, js9
, Pro
, GUI
, Yes
, Manipulates
, No
, Yes
, No
, Limited
, Browser
, No
,
,
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeedin ...
, https://js9.si.edu
, Yes
, -
,
Aladin
, Pro
, GUI and command line
, Yes
, Displays & Manipulates
, HiPS
, No
, Yes
, Limited (histograms)
, Mac, Win, Linux
, yes (java plugins)
, Free
, CDS
, https://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/Desktop
, Yes
, -
,
Aladin Lite
, Pro/Am
, GUI
, Yes
, Displays
, HiPS
, No
, No
, No
, Browser
, Yes
, Free
, CDS
, http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/AladinLite/
, Yes
, -
, ESASky
, Pro/Am
, GUI
, Yes
, Displays
, HiPS
, No
, No
, No
, Browser
, No
, Free
,
ESA
, http://sky.esa.int
, Yes
, -
,
Starry Night (planetarium software)
, Am
, GUI
, No?
, No
, Yes
, No
, No
, No
, Mac, Win
, No
, $
, Simulation Curriculum Corp
, http://www.starrynight.com/starry-night-7-professional-astronomy-telescope-control-software.html
, Yes
, -
, Legacy Survey Sky Browser
, Pro/Am
, GUI
, Yes
, Displays
, Yes
, No
, No
, No
, Browser
, No
, Free
,
NOAO,
AURA
Aura most commonly refers to:
* Aura (paranormal), a field of luminous multicolored radiation around a person or object
* Aura (symptom), a symptom experienced before a migraine or seizure
Aura may also refer to:
Places Extraterrestrial
* 1488 ...
, http://legacysurvey.org/viewer
, Yes
, -
, QFitsView
, Pro
, GUI and command line
, No
, Displays & Manipulates
, No
, Yes
, Yes
, Limited
, Mac, Win, Linux
, No
, Free
, Thomas Ott,
MPE
, http://www.mpe.mpg.de/~ott/dpuser/qfitsview.html
, Yes
, -
,
Gaia Sky
Gaia Sky is an open-source astronomy visualisation desktop and VR program with versions for Windows, Linux and macOS. It is created and developed by Toni Sagristà Sellés in the framework of ESA's Gaia mission to create a billion-star multi-di ...
, Am
, GUI and scripts
, Yes
, No
, No
, No
, No
, No
, Mac, Win, Linux
, No
, Free
,
ZAH
, https://zah.uni-heidelberg.de/de/institute-des-zah/ari/gaia2/info-material-fuer-die-oeffentlichkeit-downloads/gaiasky/
, Yes
, -
, FITS Liberator
, Pro/Am
, GUI
, No
, Displays & Manipulates
, No
, No
, No
, No
, Mac, Win
, No
, Free
,
ESA,
ESO,
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeedin ...
, https://spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/
, Yes
, -
, xTime
, Pro
, Utility
, Yes
, No
, No
, No
, No
, No
, Browser
, No
, Free
,
NASA Goddard
, https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/Tools/xTime/xTime.pl
, Yes
, -
, wiseview
, Pro/Am
, GUI
, Yes
, Displays & Manipulates
, No
, No
, No
, No
, Browser
, No
, Free
, Dan Caselden and Paul Westin
, http://byw.tools/wiseview
, Yes
, -
,
Astropy
Astropy is a collection of software packages written in the Python programming language and designed for use in astronomy.
The software is a single, free, core package for astronomical utilities due to the increasingly widespread usage of Pytho ...
, Pro
, GUI and command line
, Yes
, Displays & Manipulates
, Limited
, Yes
, Yes
, Yes
, based on
python
, Yes
, Free
, NumFOCUS
, https://www.astropy.org/
, Yes
, -
, Lightkurve
, Pro
, GUI and command line
, Yes
, Displays & Manipulates
, No
, No
, No
, Yes
, based on
python
, Yes
, Free
, Lightkurve collaboration
, https://docs.lightkurve.org/
, Yes
, -
, Chirp
, Pro
, Alert Software
, Yes
, No
, No
, No
, No
, Yes
, Browser, Google Play, App Store
, No
, Free
, Aurore Simonnet,
EPO Sonoma State University
, http://chirp.sr.bham.ac.uk/
, Yes
, -
,
TOPCAT
image:Topcat Bootsklasse Symbol.PNG, Class Symbol
image:Segelboot Starnberger See Katamaran.jpg, TOPCAT K1 with 18 ft LOA
image:Kata Maran.jpg, TOPCAT K2 with 17 ft LOA
image:Topcat K3.jpg, TOPCAT K3 with 16,1 ft LOA
The Topcat is ...
, Pro
, GUI and command line
, Yes
, Displays & Manipulates
, Limited
, Yes
, Yes(?)
, Yes
, Mac, Win, Linux, Solaris
, Yes
, Free
, Developed mostly in the UK
, http://www.star.bris.ac.uk/~mbt/topcat/
, Yes
, -
,
Space Engine
, Am
, GUI
, No
, No
, No
, No
, No
, No
, Mac, Win, Linux
, No
, $
, Vladimir Romanyuk
, http://spaceengine.org/
, Yes
, -
,
Universe Sandbox
''Universe Sandbox'' is a series of interactive space sandbox gravity simulator educational software video games. Using ''Universe Sandbox'', users can see the effects of gravity on objects in the universe and run scale simulations of the S ...
, Am
, GUI
, No
, No
, No
, No
, No
, No
, Mac, Win, Linux
, No
, $
, Dan Dixon
, http://universesandbox.com/
, Yes
, -
, Astrometry.net
, Pro/Am
, GUI
, Yes
, No
, No
, No
, No
, Yes
, Browser or Mac, Win, Linux
, No
, Free
,
NSF,
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeedin ...
&
NRC
, https://web.archive.org/web/20101015122353/http://www.astrometry.net/
, Yes
, -
, MIST
, Pro
, GUI
, Yes
, No
, No
, No
, No
, Yes
, Browser
, No
, Free
,
NSF,
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeedin ...
& ''
Packard Foundation''
, http://waps.cfa.harvard.edu/MIST/index.html
, Yes
, -
, Banyan Σ
, Pro
, GUI
, Yes
, No
, No
, No
, No
, Yes
, Browser,
IDL code or
python code
, No
, Free
, Jonathan Gagné
, http://www.exoplanetes.umontreal.ca/banyan/banyansigma.php
, Yes
, -
, OpenSpace
, Am
, GUI
, No?
, No
, No
, No
, No
, No?
, Mac, Win
, No
, Free
,
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeedin ...
,
Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation,
AMNH
, https://www.openspaceproject.com/
, Yes
, -
, iDaVIE
, Pro
,
VR and GUI
, No
, Displays
, No
, Yes
, Yes
, Yes
, Win
, No
, Free
, IDIA and
UCT
, https://idavie.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
https://vislab.idia.ac.za/tools
, Yes
, -
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