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List Of Software For Astronomy Research And Education
Listed here are software packages useful for conducting scientific research in astronomy, and for seeing, exploring, and learning about the data used in astronomy. {, class="wikitable sortable" !Package Name !Pro 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? , - , glue , Pro , GUI and command line , Yes , Manipulates , No , Yes , Yes , Basic, plus python terminal , Mac, Win, Linux , Yes , Free , NASA ( JWST), NSF , http://glueviz.org , Yes , - , WorldWide Telescope , Pro/Am , GUI , Yes , Displays , TOAST , No , Limited , Limited (histograms) , Browser , Yes , Free , American Astronomical Society (originally by Microsoft) , http://worldwidetelescope.org/webclient , Yes , - , Google Sky , Am , GUI , Yes , Displays , Mercator , No , No , No , Browser , Yes , Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 consists of machine language instructions supported by an individual processor—typically a central processing unit (CPU) or a graphics processing unit (GPU). Machine language consists of groups of binary values signifying processor instructions that change the state of the computer from its preceding state. For example, an instruction may change the value stored in a particular storage location in the computer—an effect that is not directly observable to the user. An instruction may also invoke one of many input or output operations, for example displaying some text on a computer screen; causing state changes which should be visible to the user. The processor executes the instructions in the order they are provided, unless it is instructed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
The National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) was the United States national observatory for ground-based nighttime ultraviolet-optical-infrared (OUVIR) astronomy. The National Science Foundation (NSF) funded NOAO to provide forefront astronomical research facilities for US astronomers. Professional astronomers from any country in the world could apply to use the telescopes operated by NOAO under the NSF's "open skies" policy. NOAO was operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) under a cooperative agreement with the NSF. Its headquarters in Tucson, Arizona were co-located with the headquarters of the National Solar Observatory. The budget for NOAO during the 2017 fiscal year was nearly $23 million. NOAO was founded in 1984 to join the operations of the Kitt Peak National Observatory in the United States with the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. On October 1, 2019, NOAO merged its operations with the Gemini Observatory and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Research Council (Canada)
The National Research Council Canada (NRC; french: Conseil national de recherches Canada) is the primary national agency of the Government of Canada dedicated to science and technology research and development, research & development. It is the largest federal research & development organization in Canada. The Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development (currently, François-Philippe Champagne) is responsible for the NRC. Mandate NRC is an Government agency, agency of the Government of Canada, and its mandate is set out in the ''National Research Council Act''. Under the Act, the NRC is responsible for: * Undertaking, assisting or promoting scientific and industrial research in fields of importance to Canada; * Providing vital scientific and technological services to the research and industrial communities; * Investigating standards and methods of measurement; * Working on the standardization and certification of sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Solar System, various galaxies or other simulations, while at the same time interacting and maintaining control over gravity, time, and other objects in the universe, such as moons, planets, asteroids, comets, and black holes. The original ''Universe Sandbox'' was only available for Windows-based PCs, but an updated version was released for Windows, macOS, and Linux in 2015. ''Universe Sandbox'' was designed by Dan Dixon, who released the first version in May 2008. Dixon worked full-time on the project since 2010, founding the company Giant Army the following year. Since then, he has hired eight additional designers for the company. Work on a new version of the game, originally called ''Universe Sandbox²'', began in 2014. In November 2018, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SpaceEngine
SpaceEngine (stylized as SPΛCE ΞNGINE) is an interactive 3D planetarium and astronomy software developed by Russian astronomer and programmer Vladimir Romanyuk. It creates a 1:1 scale three-dimensional planetarium representing the entire observable universe from a combination of real astronomical data and scientifically-accurate procedural generation algorithms. Users can travel through space in any direction or speed, and forwards or backwards in time. SpaceEngine is in Software release life cycle#Beta, beta status and up to version 0.9.8.0E, released in August 2017, it was and still is available as a freeware download for Microsoft Windows. Version 0.990 beta was the first paid edition, released in June 2019 on Steam (service), Steam. The program has full support for VR headsets. Properties of objects, such as temperature, mass, radius, spectrum, etc., are presented to the user on the HUD (video gaming), HUD and in an accessible information window. Users can observe celestial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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