Gcx is an astronomical image processing and data reduction tool, with an easy to use graphical user interface. An interface to the Sky-View online database allows for searching, downloading, and plotting of images and object lists for a region of the sky.įITS support is also available through The GIMPĪstronomical image processing and photometry

Through the POWplot program, FITS data can be visualized in a large variety of styles. Local files can be created, viewed and edited, files on the internet can be opened read-only through the http and ftp protocols. Leave our solar system entirely and observe the sun as it fades from a brilliant disk to a bright star, disappearing almost entirely as you head off toward the Upsilon Andromeda system to orbit around its innermost giant planet.Ĭelestia is available with a range of front-endsĪ tool for viewing and editing FITS-format filesįv provides a graphical user interface to data stored in FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) files. Orbit a couple kilometers above the surface of a tiny, irregular asteroid, then head off towards Jupiter, watching it grow from a bright point of light into a looming sphere filling your field of vision. Developed at ESO, and used as a base in VirGO, a VO tool for European astronomers.Ĭhoose a point within the Local Group of galaxies, and Celestia will show you an approximation of how it would appear to your eyes were you actually there. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer.

Ubuntu includes many packages useful for astronomy and astrophysics. A wide range of astronomical software is available for Ubuntu.

Stellarium astronomy software