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Alcyone Software
Features the following programs: an ephemeris calculator, a collection of astronomical data in electronic form, Planet Orbits, C88, and Planetary, Lunar, and Stellar Visibility.
Details...Astronomy Common Object Model (ASCOM)
Promoting the use of open scriptable tools for amateur and educational astronomy.
Details...Astropy
A community Python library for astronomy.
Details...Caglow Central
A free project repository for [semi-]open astronomical software.
Details...DanIDL
Provides a library of functions and routines written in the Interactive Data Language (IDL). Developed mainly for use in astronomy, the library also supplies general scientific and programming applications.
Details...Image Reduction and Analysis Facility (IRAF)
A software system for the reduction and analysis of astronomical data.
Details...Instrument Neutral Distributed Interface (INDI)
The INDI library provides a framework for control and automation of astronomical instruments.
Details...Kairos General Calendar Conversion Program
[commercial, demo available -- Win95/98/NT] Includes calendars required by historians of astronomy and general historians. Many details are provided for Indian and Jewish calendars. There is also a display of positions of the Sun, Moon and planets,
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