List Of Software For Astronomy Research And Education

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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 consists ...

packages useful for conducting

scientific research The scientific method is an empirical method for acquiring knowledge that has characterized the development of science since at least the 17th century (with notable practitioners in previous centuries; see the article history of scientific m ...

astronomy Astronomy () is a natural science that studies astronomical object, celestial objects and phenomena. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry in order to explain their origin and chronology of the Universe, evolution. Objects of interest ...

, 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 interpreted ...

used in astronomy. {, class="wikitable sortable" !Package Name !

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 retired f ...

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 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, succeeding t ...

( JWST),

NSF NSF may stand for: Political organizations *National Socialist Front, a Swedish National Socialist party *NS-Frauenschaft, the women's wing of the former German Nazi party *National Students Federation, a leftist Pakistani students' political gr ...

, 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 (originally by Microsoft) , http://worldwidetelescope.org/webclient , Yes , - ,

Google Sky Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users ...

, Am , GUI , Yes , Displays , Mercator , No , No , No , Browser , Yes , Free ,

Google Google LLC () is an American multinational technology company focusing on search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and consumer electronics. ...

, https://www.google.com/sky/ , No , - , IRAF , Pro , GUI and command line , Yes , Display & Manipulates , No , Yes , Yes , Limited , Mac, Linux , Yes , Free ,

NOAO 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 astronom ...

, https://iraf-community.github.io , Yes , - , ds9 , Pro , GUI , Yes , Manipulates , No , Yes , Limited , Limited , Mac, Win, Linux , No , Free ,

, http://ds9.si.edu/site/Home.html , Yes , - , js9 , Pro , GUI , Yes , Manipulates , No , Yes , No , Limited , Browser , No , ,

, 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 , owners = , headquarters = Paris, Île-de-France, France , coordinates = , spaceport = Guiana Space Centre , seal = File:ESA emblem seal.png , seal_size = 130px , image = Views in the Main Control Room (120 ...

, http://sky.esa.int , Yes , - ,

Starry Night (planetarium software) ''The Starry Night'' ( nl, De sterrennacht) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Post-Impressionism, Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh. Painted in June 1889, it depicts the view from the east-facing window of his Lunatic asylum, a ...

, 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 ,

, AURA , 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 , 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 ,

ESO The European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, commonly referred to as the European Southern Observatory (ESO), is an intergovernmental research organisation made up of 16 member states for ground-based ast ...

, https://spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/ , Yes , - , xTime , Pro , Utility , Yes , No , No , No , No , No , Browser , No , Free ,

NASA Goddard The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is a major NASA space research laboratory located approximately northeast of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Maryland, United States. Established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center, GSFC empl ...

, 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 , Pro , GUI and command line , Yes , Displays & Manipulates , Limited , Yes , Yes , Yes , based on

python Python may refer to: Snakes * Pythonidae, a family of nonvenomous snakes found in Africa, Asia, and Australia ** ''Python'' (genus), a genus of Pythonidae found in Africa and Asia * Python (mythology), a mythical serpent Computing * Python (pro ...

, Yes , Free , NumFOCUS , https://www.astropy.org/ , Yes , - , Lightkurve , Pro , GUI and command line , Yes , Displays & Manipulates , No , No , No , Yes , based on

, 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 , 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 , 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 ,

& NRC , https://web.archive.org/web/20101015122353/http://www.astrometry.net/ , Yes , - , MIST , Pro , GUI , Yes , No , No , No , No , Yes , Browser , No , Free ,

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Packard Foundation The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is a private foundation that provides grants to not-for-profit organizations. It was created in 1964 by David Packard (co-founder of HP) and his wife Lucile Salter Packard. Following David Packard's death ...

'' , http://waps.cfa.harvard.edu/MIST/index.html , Yes , - , Banyan Σ , Pro , GUI , Yes , No , No , No , No , Yes , Browser, IDL code or

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 ,

, Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation,

AMNH The American Museum of Natural History (abbreviated as AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. In Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 26 i ...

, https://www.openspaceproject.com/ , Yes , - , iDaVIE , Pro , VR and GUI , No , Displays , No , Yes , Yes , Yes , Win , No , Free , IDIA and

UCT The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university stat ...

, https://idavie.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ https://vislab.idia.ac.za/tools , Yes , - Lists of software