Astronomical Software Resources

Open Source Software from Moore Observatory
• Colorspec - Color Spectra from Digital Data
• XmTel - LX200 and NexStar Telescope Control
• XmCCD - SBIG CCD Camera Control

  
  

  Linux

• Slackware Linux Project
• SUSE Linux
• SBIG CCD Drivers for Linux
• Apogee CCD Software from The Random Factory

  
  

  Astronomy

• XEphem - Astronomical Ephemeris (Linux and Mac OS X)
• Stellarium - Realistic Night Sky (Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows
• Partiview - Digital 3D Universe (Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows)
• Grace - 2D Plotting Tool (Linux)
• SAOImage DS9 - Astronomical Data Visualization (Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows)
• CFITSIO - Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) Library and Utilities
• FITS Image Format
• Cinepaint - 32-bit Color Image Processing (Linux and Windows)

  
  

  
  
  
  Last update: April 18, 2007
  kielkopf@louisville.edu