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| Take time out of our busy lives to gaze into the magnificent skies | ||||
| Astronomy | AstroPhotography |
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Online Sky Map Generator
Created by the former CEO of Autodesk (AutoCAD Co.), also has other tools and downloadable applications. HORIZONS Web-Interface Operated by JPL, generates ephemerides for any solar system object with all the options you can think of. Near-Earth Object Program The JPL program that searches for asteroids/comets and assesses collision risk. Site has tools for viewing trajectories and generating ephemerides. Fv FITS Viewer FITS is a common file format for images taken with telescopes. This is a free graphical viewer and editor by NASA. Heavens Above Well known for real-time info/charts of where and when to look at ISS and other satellite orbital passes. |
Bradford Robotic Telescope
The free online telescope located in the Canary Islands. Very cool, but it can take weeks to get the image from a job taken. Registax Free software for stacking multiple astronomy images to improve features, especially in planets. (Windows only) Lynkeos Open-source Mac OS X software for stacking multiple planetary astronomy images to improve features. (Have not tried this myself) Astronomy Picture of the Day A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation. |