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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/accrete Accrete] || Accrete is a physical simulation of solar system planet formation. This simulation works by modelling a dust cloud around a Sun-like star, injecting a series of masses which collect dust, and form planets by accretion.
|[[pkgdb:accrete Accrete]] || Accrete is a physical simulation of solar system planet formation. This simulation works by modelling a dust cloud around a Sun-like star, injecting a series of masses which collect dust, and form planets by accretion.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/celestia Celestia] ||Free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions.
|[[pkgdb:celestia Celestia]] ||Free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/stellarium Stellarium] ||Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors.
|[[pkgdb:stellarium Stellarium]] ||Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/redmode Redmode] ||Switch to and from night red mode.
|[[pkgdb:redmode Redmode]] ||Switch to and from night red mode.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/planets Planets] ||Planets is a simple interactive program for playing with simulations of planetary systems.
|[[pkgdb:planets Planets]] ||Planets is a simple interactive program for playing with simulations of planetary systems.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/openuniverse openuniverse] ||OpenUniverse is a solar system simulation.
|[[pkgdb:openuniverse openuniverse]] ||OpenUniverse is a solar system simulation.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/mars-sim mars-sim] || The Mars Simulation Project is a free software Java project to create a simulation of future human settlement of Mars.  
|[[pkgdb:mars-sim mars-sim]] || The Mars Simulation Project is a free software Java project to create a simulation of future human settlement of Mars.  
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/orsa orsa] ||ORSA is an interactive tool for scientific grade Celestial Mechanics computations. Asteroids, comets, artificial satellites, Solar and extra-Solar planetary systems can be accurately reproduced, simulated, and analyzed.
|[[pkgdb:orsa orsa]] ||ORSA is an interactive tool for scientific grade Celestial Mechanics computations. Asteroids, comets, artificial satellites, Solar and extra-Solar planetary systems can be accurately reproduced, simulated, and analyzed.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/justmoon Just Moon] ||Just Moon: a moon viewer.
|[[pkgdb:justmoon Just Moon]] ||Just Moon: a moon viewer.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/ds9 ds9]  || Astronomical Data Visualization Application.
|[[pkgdb:ds9 ds9]]  || Astronomical Data Visualization Application.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/gcx gcx] ||Data-reduction tool for CCD photomet.
|[[pkgdb:gcx gcx]] ||Data-reduction tool for CCD photomet.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/munipack MuniPack] ||MuniPack is a CCD photometry package developed by Filip Hroch under and for Linux.
|[[pkgdb:munipack MuniPack]] ||MuniPack is a CCD photometry package developed by Filip Hroch under and for Linux.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/siril Siril] ||Siril is an astronomical image processing software for Linux.
|[[pkgdb:siril Siril]] ||Siril is an astronomical image processing software for Linux.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/wcstools wcstools]||Software utilities to display and manipulate the WCS of a FITS image.
|[[pkgdb:wcstools wcstools]]||Software utilities to display and manipulate the WCS of a FITS image.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/swarp swarp] ||SWarp is a program that resamples and co-adds together FITS images  using any arbitrary astrometric projection defined in the WCS standard.
|[[pkgdb:swarp swarp]] ||SWarp is a program that resamples and co-adds together FITS images  using any arbitrary astrometric projection defined in the WCS standard.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/opticalraytracer opticalraytracer] ||Utility that analyzes systems of lenses.
|[[pkgdb:opticalraytracer opticalraytracer]] ||Utility that analyzes systems of lenses.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/saoimage SAOimage] ||SAOimage (pronounced S-A-0-image) is a utility for displaying astronomical images in the X11 window environment.
|[[pkgdb:saoimage SAOimage]] ||SAOimage (pronounced S-A-0-image) is a utility for displaying astronomical images in the X11 window environment.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/gpredict gpredict] ||Gpredict is a real-time satellite tracking and orbit prediction application.
|[[pkgdb:gpredict gpredict]] ||Gpredict is a real-time satellite tracking and orbit prediction application.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/xvarstar/ xvarstar] ||XVarStar is a astronomical program written for variable star observers, and is used for searching GCVS catalogue.
|[[pkgdb:xvarstar xvarstar]] ||XVarStar is a astronomical program written for variable star observers, and is used for searching GCVS catalogue.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/corrida corrida] || Meteorites archiver.
|[[pkgdb:corrida corrida]] || Meteorites archiver.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/kdeedu KStars] ||The display includes 130,000 stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects,all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon, and thousands of comets and asteroids.
|[[pkgdb:kdeedu KStars]] ||The display includes 130,000 stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects,all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon, and thousands of comets and asteroids.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/spacechart spacechart] ||A 3D star-mapping program.
|[[pkgdb:spacechart spacechart]] ||A 3D star-mapping program.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/spacechart messigy] ||Messiggy is a database of celestial objects, as cataloged by the French astronomer Charles Messier in the mid-18th century.
|[[pkgdb:spacechart messigy]] ||Messiggy is a database of celestial objects, as cataloged by the French astronomer Charles Messier in the mid-18th century.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/skychart Cartes du Ciel/SkyChart] ||A software to draw chart of the night sky for the amateur astronomer from a bunch of stars and nebulae catalogs.
|[[pkgdb:skychart Cartes du Ciel/SkyChart]] ||A software to draw chart of the night sky for the amateur astronomer from a bunch of stars and nebulae catalogs.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/nightfall Nightfall] ||Nightfall is an astronomy application for fun, education, and science. It can produce animated views of eclipsing binary stars, calculate synthetic lightcurves and radial velocity curves, and eventually determine the best-fit model for a given set of observational data of an eclipsing binary star system
|[[pkgdb:nightfall Nightfall]] ||Nightfall is an astronomy application for fun, education, and science. It can produce animated views of eclipsing binary stars, calculate synthetic lightcurves and radial velocity curves, and eventually determine the best-fit model for a given set of observational data of an eclipsing binary star system
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/rmap Rmap] ||Rmap is a package that will allow you to generate images of the earth from a distance or fairly zoomed.
|[[pkgdb:rmap Rmap]] ||Rmap is a package that will allow you to generate images of the earth from a distance or fairly zoomed.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/sextractor Sextractor] ||SExtractor is a program that builds a catalogue of objects from an astronomical image.
|[[pkgdb:sextractor Sextractor]] ||SExtractor is a program that builds a catalogue of objects from an astronomical image.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/starplot StarPlot] ||StarPlot is a program for Unix that allows you to view charts of the relative 3-dimensional positions of stars in space.
|[[pkgdb:starplot StarPlot]] ||StarPlot is a program for Unix that allows you to view charts of the relative 3-dimensional positions of stars in space.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/xstar/ xstar] ||N-body simulator
|[[pkgdb:xstar xstar]] ||N-body simulator
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/jday/ jday] || A simple command to convert calendar dates to julian dates. Quite useful in timing situations where you need elapsed time between dates.
|[[pkgdb:jday jday]] || A simple command to convert calendar dates to julian dates. Quite useful in timing situations where you need elapsed time between dates.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/cloudy Cloudy] ||Spectral synthesis code to simulate conditions in interstellar matter.
|[[pkgdb:cloudy Cloudy]] ||Spectral synthesis code to simulate conditions in interstellar matter.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/ggobi GGobi] ||GGobi is a data visualization system for viewing high-dimensional data.
|[[pkgdb:ggobi GGobi]] ||GGobi is a data visualization system for viewing high-dimensional data.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/gnuradio GNURadio] ||Gnuradio is a software defined radio framework.
|[[pkgdb:gnuradio GNURadio]] ||Gnuradio is a software defined radio framework.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/grc GRC] ||The GNU Radio Companion is a preliminary graphical user interface which allows GNU Radio components to be put together graphically.  
|[[pkgdb:grc GRC]] ||The GNU Radio Companion is a preliminary graphical user interface which allows GNU Radio components to be put together graphically.  
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/boinc-client boinc-client] ||A platform for distributed computing.
|[[pkgdb:boinc-client boinc-client]] ||A platform for distributed computing.
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| [[pkgdb:cpl|cpl]] || ESO library for automated astronomical data-reduction
| [[pkgdb:cpl cpl]] || ESO library for automated astronomical data-reduction
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/extrema extrema] ||Extrema is a powerful visualization and data analysis tool that enables researchers to quickly distill their large, complex data sets into meaningful information.
|[[pkgdb:extrema extrema]] ||Extrema is a powerful visualization and data analysis tool that enables researchers to quickly distill their large, complex data sets into meaningful information.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/starlab starlab] ||A package for simulating the evolution of dense stellar systems
|[[pkgdb:starlab starlab]] ||A package for simulating the evolution of dense stellar systems
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| [[pkgdb:funtools|funtools]] || Minimal FITS library and utilities
| [[pkgdb:funtools funtools]] || Minimal FITS library and utilities
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| [[pkgdb:pp3 pp3]] || Creation of sky charts in Postscript or PDF format
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/libindi indi] || Instrument Neutral Distributed Interface
|[[pkgdb:libindi indi]] || Instrument Neutral Distributed Interface
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|[[pkgdb:nexcontrol nexcontrol]] ||Software to control your Celestron NexStar Telescope
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/nexcontrol nexcontrol] ||Software to control your Celestron NexStar Telescope
|[[pkgdb:nightview nightview]] ||NightView is a software package to control of the SBIG's CCD cameras under Linux. It provides full iterative or batch control of a camera and a filter wheel. It is developed on Monte Boo observatory as a main control software of our camera and telescope. The develop is under GPL so a source code is open for possible changes.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/astronomy-bookmarks astronomy-bookmarks] ||Fedora astronomy bookmarks.
|[[pkgdb:astronomy-bookmarks astronomy-bookmarks]] ||Fedora astronomy bookmarks.
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|[https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/python-numdisplay python-numdisplay]
|[[pkgdb:python-numdisplay python-numdisplay]]
||Visualize numpy array objects in ds9.
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Revision as of 12:06, 20 March 2009

Fedora Astronomy Packages

List of Astronomy packages that are already in Fedora. You can also check packages currently under review , proposed packages and refused packages .


Simulators

pkgdb:accrete Accrete Accrete is a physical simulation of solar system planet formation. This simulation works by modelling a dust cloud around a Sun-like star, injecting a series of masses which collect dust, and form planets by accretion.
pkgdb:celestia Celestia Free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions.
pkgdb:stellarium Stellarium Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors.
pkgdb:redmode Redmode Switch to and from night red mode.
pkgdb:planets Planets Planets is a simple interactive program for playing with simulations of planetary systems.
pkgdb:openuniverse openuniverse OpenUniverse is a solar system simulation.
pkgdb:mars-sim mars-sim The Mars Simulation Project is a free software Java project to create a simulation of future human settlement of Mars.
pkgdb:orsa orsa ORSA is an interactive tool for scientific grade Celestial Mechanics computations. Asteroids, comets, artificial satellites, Solar and extra-Solar planetary systems can be accurately reproduced, simulated, and analyzed.
pkgdb:justmoon Just Moon Just Moon: a moon viewer.

Image processing

pkgdb:ds9 ds9 Astronomical Data Visualization Application.
pkgdb:gcx gcx Data-reduction tool for CCD photomet.
pkgdb:munipack MuniPack MuniPack is a CCD photometry package developed by Filip Hroch under and for Linux.
pkgdb:siril Siril Siril is an astronomical image processing software for Linux.
pkgdb:wcstools wcstools Software utilities to display and manipulate the WCS of a FITS image.
pkgdb:swarp swarp SWarp is a program that resamples and co-adds together FITS images using any arbitrary astrometric projection defined in the WCS standard.
pkgdb:opticalraytracer opticalraytracer Utility that analyzes systems of lenses.
pkgdb:saoimage SAOimage SAOimage (pronounced S-A-0-image) is a utility for displaying astronomical images in the X11 window environment.

Observing

pkgdb:gpredict gpredict Gpredict is a real-time satellite tracking and orbit prediction application.
pkgdb:xvarstar xvarstar XVarStar is a astronomical program written for variable star observers, and is used for searching GCVS catalogue.
pkgdb:corrida corrida Meteorites archiver.

Star charts

pkgdb:kdeedu KStars The display includes 130,000 stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects,all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon, and thousands of comets and asteroids.
pkgdb:spacechart spacechart A 3D star-mapping program.
pkgdb:spacechart messigy Messiggy is a database of celestial objects, as cataloged by the French astronomer Charles Messier in the mid-18th century.
pkgdb:skychart Cartes du Ciel/SkyChart A software to draw chart of the night sky for the amateur astronomer from a bunch of stars and nebulae catalogs.

Data processing

pkgdb:nightfall Nightfall Nightfall is an astronomy application for fun, education, and science. It can produce animated views of eclipsing binary stars, calculate synthetic lightcurves and radial velocity curves, and eventually determine the best-fit model for a given set of observational data of an eclipsing binary star system
pkgdb:rmap Rmap Rmap is a package that will allow you to generate images of the earth from a distance or fairly zoomed.
pkgdb:sextractor Sextractor SExtractor is a program that builds a catalogue of objects from an astronomical image.
pkgdb:starplot StarPlot StarPlot is a program for Unix that allows you to view charts of the relative 3-dimensional positions of stars in space.
pkgdb:xstar xstar N-body simulator
pkgdb:jday jday A simple command to convert calendar dates to julian dates. Quite useful in timing situations where you need elapsed time between dates.
pkgdb:cloudy Cloudy Spectral synthesis code to simulate conditions in interstellar matter.
pkgdb:ggobi GGobi GGobi is a data visualization system for viewing high-dimensional data.
pkgdb:gnuradio GNURadio Gnuradio is a software defined radio framework.
pkgdb:grc GRC The GNU Radio Companion is a preliminary graphical user interface which allows GNU Radio components to be put together graphically.
pkgdb:boinc-client boinc-client A platform for distributed computing.
pkgdb:cpl cpl ESO library for automated astronomical data-reduction
pkgdb:extrema extrema Extrema is a powerful visualization and data analysis tool that enables researchers to quickly distill their large, complex data sets into meaningful information.
pkgdb:starlab starlab A package for simulating the evolution of dense stellar systems
pkgdb:funtools funtools Minimal FITS library and utilities
pkgdb:pp3 pp3 Creation of sky charts in Postscript or PDF format
pkgdb:wcslib wcslib An implementation of the FITS World Coordinate System standard

Telescope control

pkgdb:libindi indi Instrument Neutral Distributed Interface
pkgdb:nexcontrol nexcontrol Software to control your Celestron NexStar Telescope
pkgdb:nightview nightview NightView is a software package to control of the SBIG's CCD cameras under Linux. It provides full iterative or batch control of a camera and a filter wheel. It is developed on Monte Boo observatory as a main control software of our camera and telescope. The develop is under GPL so a source code is open for possible changes.

Others

pkgdb:astronomy-bookmarks astronomy-bookmarks Fedora astronomy bookmarks.
pkgdb:python-numdisplay python-numdisplay Visualize numpy array objects in ds9.