Top Most Downloaded Astronomy Software

See stars, planets and nebulae in real timeChances are that not very many people have heard of Stellarium although it is very similar to one of the most popular pieces of software available today – Google Earth. While Google’s software allows you to focus on the earth from a starting point in outer space, Stellarium re...

Real-time space exploration on your computerUnless you are a millionaire or an astronaut, space travel is probably out of reach. Bring it a little closer to home with Celestia.Celestia is a real-time, 3D space simulator that lets you fly around galaxies, checking out all the fascinating things they contain - from plane...

See the current moon phase anytime, anywhereStaring at the moon has something romantic about it, doesn't it? But I'm not sure if staring at this virtual moon produces the same effect. Moonphase is an astronomic tool that tells you exactly what the moon phase is at this very moment – or on any day you choose from the p...

ASTAP, Astrometric STAcking Program, astrometric solver and FITS image viewer. This program can view, measure, "astrometric (plate) solve" and stack deep sky images. Main features: - Stacking of astronomical images including dark frame and flat field correction - Native fast astrometric (plate) solver. - Ali...

SkyChart is a software to draw chart of the night sky for the amateur astronomer from a bunch of stars and nebulae catalogs. See main web page for full download. This software is part of a full suite for astronomical observation: https://sourceforge.net/projects/ccdciel/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/indistarter/ ht...

The EQ mounts' internal electronics provides pointing accuracy to .144 arcsecs. EQMOD connects the EQ directly to a serial comms. This project has the source files for the Public releases of the EQMOD ASCOM driver, associated programs and an EQMOD compatible hardware design. Please note that later test releases for a...

Turn all websites into appsMulti-tasking is a very efficient way of getting things done quickly, but sometimes, the programs you have are just not up to par. For example, web browsers may experience lags and slow-downs when users open too many tabs. Not only that, people would have to go through the trouble of inputtin...

myFocuserPro2 is an ASCOM telescope focuser. Wide range of options available. 191,000+ file downloads. The most popular focuser project. (c) Copyright Robert Brown 2014-2022. All Rights Reserved. Code or portions of code may not be copied or used without appropriate credit given to author. myFP2E WiFi - https://sou...

Lynkeos is a Cocoa® application dedicated to the processing of astronomical digital images taken through a telescope. It is optimized for SSE vectorized instructions sets, multi-processor and multi-core machines. Native MacOS XOptimized for vector unitsOptimized for multi cores / multi processorsAdapted to planetary a...

Xplanet is a solar system simulator which calculates accurate positions for the major planets and satellites. It displays multiple bodies, eclipse shadows, and customizable labels and markers....

Software for Moon observation and survey. Let you visualize the real Moon aspect at every time. Also help to study any lunar formations using feature database and pictures library....

Bring Astrology to your Computer with AstrologAstrolog is a free app designed to help anyone with an interest in astrology. The app features a range of tools that can be used to make a detailed astrological reading.Astrology on your ComputerAnyone familiar with the world of astrology knows that it I more than newspaper...

Project Apollo - NASSP (also known as NASSP or NCPP) is an add-on for the Orbiter space flight simulator. Project Apollo simulates the Apollo missions to Earth orbit and the Moon and the planned post-Apollo missions that never flew....

PreviSat is a satellite tracking software for observing purposes. Very easy to use, it shows positions of artificial satellites in real-time or manual mode. PreviSat is able to make predictions of their passes, predictions of MetOp and COSMO-SkyMed flares, ISS transits and several other calculations. NORAD SGP4 model ...

Gpredict is a real-time satellite tracking and orbit prediction application. Gpredict can track an unlimited number of satellites and display the data in tables and various graphical view. Satellite trackingOrbit predictionDoppler trackingAntenna rotor controlVisualisation ...

Software for pixelization, hierarchical indexation, synthesis, analysis, and visualization of data on the sphere. Please acknowledge HEALPix by quoting the web page http://healpix.sourceforge.net (or https://healpix.sourceforge.io) and publication: K.M. Gorski et al., 2005, Ap.J., 622, p.759 Full software documentatio...

A remote ASCOM focuser based on ESP32/ESP8266 WiFi. DRV8825, ULN2003, L298N, L293DMINI , L9110S, TMC2225, TMC2209, ESP8266 L293D Motor Shield. Support for Webserver, ASCOM REMOTE ALPACA, mDNS as well as TCP/IP. (c) Robert Brown 2014-2022, Holger M, 2019-2021. All rights reserved. Code or portions of code may not be c...

Welcome to the semi professional free planetarium program HNSKY for MS-Windows and Linux. This program can control your telescope via the ASCOM or INDI interface, has a comprehensive up to date deep sky database with 30.000 objects and detailed descriptions. A star database with millions of stars and hundreds of Deep S...

The C-Munipack is an astrophotometry software package, which offers a complete solution for reduction of images carried out by CCD or DSLR camera, intended on a observation of variable stars, exoplanets and minor Solar System bodies. It provides a simple and intuitive graphical user interface. Simple and intuitive gra...

A CCD capture software intended for the amateur astronomer. It include all the features required to perform digital imaging CCD observation of celestial objects. Using the standard drivers protocol INDI and ASCOM it can connect and control the CCD camera, the focuser, the filter wheel and the telescope mount. This soft...