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VirtualCelestialGlobe 1.2.7b World Globe 0.0.7 A simple java 3d virtual celestial and world globe. Rotate the globe, magnify it, select the level of detail to show stars and constellations, and the ecliptic. Source code available to everyone to modify it. Star catalogue from Wikipedia. Available plain text star catalogue. Total stars number now reaches 1038. Using Phong shading. No Open GL.

Library of Java code to interact with the data-recording formats (RPFITS and PSRFITS) used at the Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF). It also provides tools for extracting metadata from the files for supply to Virtual Observatory instances.

BoPlanets is a virtual planetarium showing the planets relatively to any observing planet. The planets can be viewed in ecliptical-, equatorial- or horizontal view. The times of rise, transit and set of a planet can be determined. Click on the link below to the web site of BoPlanets to see the help file of BoPlanets.

...It will be a Web 2.0 environment where users can do research in astronomy by observing with robotic telescopes, and/or analyzing data that other users have acquired with GLORIA, or from other free access databases, like the European Virtual Observatory (http://www.euro-vo.org).

...With Java 2, it provides an open-source solution for listening to harmonies so generated by planetary motion. This program can run on any computer provided with a Java Virtual Machine (Rev 1.5 or greater). JAVA 2, system independent. Purpose:to encourage research in harmony in astronomy, math and music. Obstacles:math, DSP/synthesis, networks, astronomy. Features:audio, database, graphics Technologies: Telnet, .WAV audio, oggvorbis, other audio

Virtual telescope written in Java for mobile phones. Uses CLDC1.1 and MIDP2.0. Tested on mobile phone with 2MB RAM and 60MB storage. The largest catalog uses TYCHO2(2.5M stars) and NGC+ IC(13k DSO) .Sky plotted in dark red. Has desktop version also.

Universal Worker Service is a pattern for asynchronous web-services that is used in the VIrtual Observatory field.

AstroWeka is a set of extentions to Weka, a popular data mining program, which which allows it to work directly with astronomical data in the Virtual Observatory.

CosmicOS is a framework for creating stand-alone messages suitable for sending to ourselves in the distant future, or to use in SETI research. It is inspired by Hans Freudenthal's language, Lincos, and Carl Sagan's book, Contact.