SIGs/Astronomy/AstroSpin

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Fedora Astronomy Spin

Summary

The goal is to create a Live media spin containing a set of tools for astronomers and astrophysicists. This includes observatory control as well as scientific data analysis and astrophotography.

Status

• Targeted release: Fedora 23
• Last updated: 09th Jun 2015

Owner

• Name: Lupinix

Benefit to Fedora

At the moment, there is no such distribution which offers a set of professional open-source tools for astronomers and astrophysicists and Fedora is very popular in astronomers' environment (that it is strongly linux-based).

User Experience

• Powerful completely open-source and free tool for amateurs and professionals.