Linux astro software
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xtide Harmonic tide clock and tide predictor
p5-Geo-METAR A perl module that processes METAR information from NOAA sources
gpsd Daemon that monitors one or more GPSes attached to a host computer
p5-GPS Perl interface to GPS receivers
SETIsupport JAVA application that shows current state of seti@home client
accrete Accrete is a physical simulation of solar system planet formation
celestia Scriptable space flight simulator for X
All linux astro software (ordered by name)
SETIsupport JAVA application that shows current state of seti@home client
accrete Accrete is a physical simulation of solar system planet formation
celestia Scriptable space flight simulator for X
cfitsio Library for reading and writing files in FITS data format
dgpsip Differential GPS over IP communication device
ephem An interactive terminal-based astronomical ephemeris program
gkrellmearth A plugin for GKrellM that displays a rotating earth
gkrellsun A Gkrellm-Plugin that displays the local sun rise and sun set times
glunarclock GNOME applet that displays the current phase of the Moon
gpsman A Tcl/Tk-based GPS management utility
jday Astronomical julian date calculator
ksetisaver A KDE screensaver frontend for the Linux seti@home client
ksetispy Monitors the progress of the SETI@home client
ksetiwatch A monitoring tool for the seti@home client
libnova Astronomical Calculation Library
linux-setiathome Donate idle cycles to the search for space aliens - Linux i686 version
luna Display the moon's phase
match A program for matching star lists
mymoon Show latitude and longitude of the moon
nightfall An interactive binary star application
nova An Integrated Observational Environment for amateur astronomers
openuniverse OpenGL Solar System simulator for X Window System
p5-Astro-ADS An OO Perl interface to the ADS abstract service
p5-Astro-DSS An OO interface to the 1st and 2nd Digital Sky Surveys
p5-GPS Perl interface to GPS receivers
p5-Geo-METAR A perl module that processes METAR information from NOAA sources
p5-SETI-Stats Perl module for local/remote access to SETI@home stats
phoon Displays the phase of the moon
pp3 Creates celestial charts
py-metar Python module that provides access to NOAA's METAR weather reports
pyweather Python script that downloads weather data and can be cronned
rmap Generates images of the Earth centered at a particular location
roadmap Vector-based GPS moving map
saoimage Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory image utility for X
sattrack Real-time satellite tracking and orbit propagation program
sky2000 A binary representation of the Sky2000 star catalog
spacechart SpaceChart is a star chart viewer for GNOME
squeuer A queueing proxy for Seti@Home
sscalc A sunrise/sunset time calculator
starplot 3-dimensional viewer for star charts
sunclock Shows which portion of the Earth's surface is illuminated by the Sun
tkseti Tk-based interface to SETI@Home
wmglobe A neat xearth-like WindowMaker dockapp
wmjupiter Dockapp that displays information on jupiter
wmmoonclock Displays the phase of the moon, plus orbital data
wmsolar A dockapp that displays the solar system viewed from top
wmspaceweather A DockApp that shows the weather at geosynchronous orbit
wmsun A dockapp that displays the rise and set time of the sun
xearth Set the root window to the image of earth
xephem An interactive astronomical ephemeris program
xglobe Displays a view of the Earth (like xearth) with a rendered photo map
xphoon Set the root window to the moon in its current phase
xplanet Draw pictures of the earth textured by an image
xtide Harmonic tide clock and tide predictor
xworld Earth as seen from the direction of the sun
orsa Orbit Reconstruction, Simulation and Analysis
seti_applet An applet that displays current status of seti@home client
openmap Java toolkit for manipulating and displaying geographic data
stardates Displays date in 5 formats (including stardate of course)
aa Self-contained ephemeris calculator
gaia Display geographic maps with optional GPS tracking support
gpsd Daemon that monitors one or more GPSes attached to a host computer
gpstk Toolkit for developing GPS applications
ptiger Displays U.S. Census Burea populated places on a map
pyephem Scientific-grade astronomical computations for Python
tclgeomap Read, manipulate and display geo data
tkgeomap Read, manipulate and display geo data
xeartk Small demo for tkgeomap
xmoontool A version of John Walker's classical moontool for X11/Motif
xrmap Map portions of the earth from a given longitude/latitude
