Astronomy Tools, Resources and Astronomer links

General

• 3D Space Tour screensavers
  Animated 3D screensavers with cosmic scenes. Photo-realistic and scientifically correct graphics.
• AstroPlanner
  Astronomical observation planning, logging and telescope control software
• AstroCalc
  Calculates the position of planets and give their appearance
• AstroGemini Screen Savers
  Astronomy screen savers
• Astronomical Observation Log
  Log down your observations and import a pic or sketch of the object your observing.
• AstroStack
  Free program that takes a series of video images and combines them into one
• Celestia
  A free real-time space simulation that lets you experience our universe in three dimensions
• Celestial Maps
  Sky atlas for windows and DOS
• Charon
  Minor planet astrometry software
• Circe
  Astrometrical software for minor planets and comets
• CoolSky
  Sky simulator for amateur astronomers that uses OpenGL technology
• DeepSkyStacker
  Freeware for astrophotographers that simplifies all the pre-processing steps of deep sky pictures and is specialized in dealing with RAW files from DSLRs. TIFF, JPEG, BMP and PNG files are also supported
• DeskMoony
  Calculates current moon phase and draws it nicely.
• Deepsky Free
  Deepsky Free is the free version of Deepsky Astronomy Software
• Delphinus
  Freeware designed to control Canon DSLR Cameras by Serial Port (RS-232)
• designerSKY
  Planetarium like starchart
• Deepsky
  Observining and planning software for observers, telescope control, log book, control panels
• EarthDesk
  Real time rendered Earth desktop with sunight, moonlight and clouds
• Eclipsing Binary Simulator
  Visualise the orbit and synthetic light curve of binary star systems
• EfeCalc
  Calculates the position, rise times, and set times of the Sun, Moon, Planets, Stars; Solar and Lunar Eclipses (with maps generation)
• Encyclopedia Galactica
  Planetarium software, explore the moon features, 3D solar system
• Lunar Phase Pro
  Moon observer's toolkit. Contains lunar phenomena predition tools, interactive moon atlas, searchable database of over 9,000 features and many other tools.
• LunarPhase
  Graphically displays the current phase of the moon and much more
• Lunar Co-longitude
  Computes co-longitude for dates from 1989 to 2020
• Lunar Map Pro
  Produces high resolution lunar maps for use at the telescope

Selected

• How Telescopes Work
  Explains in high detail all about telescopes!
  
• Astronomy
  Online astronomy magazine.
  Extremely interesting information magazine. Ideal for beginners, but extensive enough for the more experienced users!
• Astrophotography
  Sky and Telescopes about astrophotography.
  

Astrophotography, info about telescopes, software, tips & tricks, homemade scopes and lenses etc.
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