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HEALPix
Data Analysis, Simulations and Visualization on the Sphere
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 documentation available at https://healpix.sourceforge.io/documentation.php Wiki Pages: https://sourceforge.net/p/healpix/wiki/Home Exchanging Data with HEALPix (in FITS files): https://sourceforge.net/p/healpix/wiki/Exchanging%20Data%20with%20HEALPix/ GDL and FL users should read https://sourceforge.net/p/healpix/wiki/HEALPix%20and%20GDL/ -
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PROPER Optical Propagation Library
Routines for wavefront propagation in IDL, Matlab, and Python
PROPER is a library of routines for the propagation of wavefronts through an optical system using Fourier-based methods. It was developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for modeling stellar coronagraphs, but it can be applied to other optical systems were diffraction propagation is of concern. It is currently available for IDL (Interactive Data Language), Matlab and Python (3.x). It includes routines for generating complex apertures and obscurations and aberrations (Zernike & PSD-defined). It includes a model of a deformable mirror for wavefront control. The routines perform near and far field propagation with automatic selection of propagators. The latest version is v3.3.1 (IDL & Matlab) and v3.3.4 (Python). Please report any bugs using the Tickets tab. -
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AstroTortilla
Astrophotography assistant
AstroTortilla is a wrapper around common astrophotography tools intended to automate basic tasks such as polar alignment and goto correction. Not in active development presently. -
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QUCAS-PDP Astronomical Image Framework
NOTICE OF CONSOLIDATION & PARTNERSHIP PENDING As of April 2026, the 20
NOTICE OF CONSOLIDATION & PARTNERSHIP PENDING As of April 2026, the 20 pipelines of the QCAUS/PDPBioGen suites are undergoing consolidation for high-scale institutional research. Core 'Ford 2026' algorithms remain the proprietary IP of the Ford Peace and Justice Foundation. Academic users at partner institutions (MTSU) are currently performing validation; all other commercial inquiries must contact the author QCI AstroEntangle Refiner – FDM soliton physics & image processing Magnetar QED Explorer – Magnetar fields, dark photons & vacuum QED Primordial Photon–DarkPhoton Entanglement – Von Neumann evolution in an expanding universe QCIS (Quantum Cosmology Integration Suite) – Quantum‑corrected cosmological perturbations 🔭 Overview These four projects form a complete computational framework for quantum‑inspired astrophysics. Together they enable: Image analysis of galaxy clusters (Abell, Bullet, etc.) using Fuzzy Dark Matter (FDM) soliton overlays. -
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APLpy (the Astronomical Plotting Library in Python) is a Python module aimed at producing publication-quality plots of astronomical imaging data in FITS format. Visit http://aplpy.sourceforge.net/ for tutorials and documentation.
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APOD desktop
See the Astronomy Picture of the Day in your desktop!
[This is not the official application of APOD] APOD desktop is a program that permit see and navigate in the APOD directory of easy and fast form. Official webpage of APOD: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Developed in: Python 3.4 with tkinter GUI Tested on: Windows 10 x64 bits Versions: 0.2 --> 08-02-2017 (actual) 0.1 --> 06-02-2017 Developer: Bryan Casanelli, student of physical civil engineering b.casanelli01@ufromail.cl / bryancasanelli@gmail.com -
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ChiantiPy is a Python package for the CHIANTI atomic database for astrophysical spectroscopy. It provides access to the database and the ability to calculate various physical quantities for the interpretation of astrophysical spectra.
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FABS
Fluorescence and absorption spectroscopy made easy
FABS is a program designed to run a fluorescence/absorption spectrometer on Windows. The program analyzes spectra and provides graphs and data files. Users may choose to input video files from cell phones or other cameras, still images, or even live streams of video from webcams. FABS can perform any necessary calibration and image preprocessing. Experienced users have a number of more advanced options such as background subtraction, adjustments for nonlinearities in detector response, and graph smoothing. FABS was designed with students in mind, as a way to help high schoolers and undergraduates learn about spectroscopy without paying for expensive equipment and software. Accompanying this software is a hardware design, which can be used as a bare-bones spectrometer that will provide quantitative absorption and fluorescence emission spectra at an extremely low cost. It uses only materials that many people can find around their home. -
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QDeblend3D is a dedicated software tool for the deblending of QSO and host galaxy emission in 3D datacubes obtained with optical IFU spectrographs. The GUI allows to control the process and to visualize the results with an integrated cube viewer.
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QuickFlash is a C++-based analysis library for data files generated by the Flash hydrodynamics code. It provides high-performance access to large datasets in low memory situations and other restrictive environments.
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Weather Cast
A desktop weather app powered by AI
Weather app is a desktop weather app for Windows OS that shows detailed weather information for the searched city. The dashboard shows the current temperature of the city, description of temperature, pressure, wind, humidity, dew point, uv index, local time, air pollution index. -
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*WARNING* gtburst moved to github (https://github.com/giacomov/gtburst). ########################################## gtBurst is a tool to download data, analyze and simulate Gamma-ray Bursts and Solar Flares as observed by the NASA Fermi satellite.
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lxnstack
A program to align and stack astronomical images.
Lxnstack is a program designed to align and stack astronomical images (both planetary and deep-sky). The features of latest version are: * Several stacking methods (average, median, sigma-clipping, ...) * Two automatic align method: align-points; phase correlation, * One manual align method. * sub-pixel precision (0.1 pixel for phase correlation and 0.01 pixel for manual alignment). * Automatic image derotation. * FITS file support (by installing the python2 package 'astropy') * Hot pixels suppression algorithm * CR2 files native support * Can load/save video * Grayscale RAW image support * Editing of result image's levels. * Light curve generation -
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Implementation in Python of some of the statistical methods provided by "asurv", the survival analysis software.
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ATpy (Astronomical Tables in Python) is a Python module aimed at dealing with tables of astronomical data with a common API. To date, the following formats are supported: FITS, VO, and IPAC tables, and SQLite, MySQL, and PostgreSQL databases
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Python driver interface for Scientific CCD cameras produced by Apogee Instruments Inc. Currently only usb cameras are supported.
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AstroMate
Please see AstroTortilla -project instead.
AstroMate is a project for automating repeating astrophotography tasks, such as equatorial mount polar alignment and target centering, by integrating existing tools and especially plate solving to the ASCOM telescope control interface. This project has been replaced by AstroTortilla. -
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Application for logging, planning, and searching astronomy observations. Written in Python/Tkinter with support for xmlrpc/SOAP as a secondary goal.
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Astrophotography Lab
A collection of useful tools for astrophotographers
Astrophotography Lab (APLab) is a free program intended for anyone interested in astrophotography. It has two main purposes: - Interpreting data extracted from your astrophotos to produce useful information. - Using this information as a help for further improving your imaging results. The program consists of four main tools: an analyser tool, a calculator tool, a simulator tool and a plotting tool. The tools are connected, allowing you to transfer information between them, and easily go all the way from measuring your camera's sensor to finding the optimal settings for your next imaging session. APLab supports a wide range of CCD and DSLR cameras and telescopes by default, and you can easily add the necessary information for your own equipment. Check out the home page (linked to below) for more information and download links. -
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Automated supernova finder is a software package to automatically compare FITS images to a nominated reference image with the aim of finding supernovae or other optical transient phenomena.
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CMD Plot Tool
Calculates and plots Colour Magnitude Diagrams from Astronomical data
CMD Plot Tool calculates and plots Colour Magnitude Diagrams (CMDs) from astronomical photometric data, e.g. of a star cluster observed in two filter bandpasses. It can handle multiple file formats (plain text, DAOPHOT .mag files, ACS Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters .zpt files) to generate professional and customised plots, without the usual steep learning curve. Development using Python, OOP and a formal software development lifecycle model (Agile) allowed for the creation of an application that can be deployed on multiple systems. It works “out of the box” and does not require any installation of development environments, additional libraries or resetting of system paths. The tool is available as a single application/executable file, with the source code, on Sourceforge. Sample data is also bundled, to demonstrate its complete functionality to users. Other functionality within this application is the ability to convert DAOPHOT magnitude files to CSV format. -
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Celestial Precomputation
Sight Reduction for Air Navigation with Python
Warning: I found an error if the DR position is on the southern hemisphere. The PUB249 pdf files did not show this error and are correct (as far as I checked). All Revisions 8+ and the Windows release have been fixed. This Python TK application calculates a good set of stars for a 3 star fix, makes all calculations similar to the FAAs Celestial Computation Sheet (see FAA doc FAA-H-8083-18). Also, you can create a PDF file that generates Pub 249 Vol 1 for any epoch you specify. The PUB249 as PDF is found under "Files". I wrote this for my aircraft bubble octant :-) It is mainly useful for air navigation as it assumes a bubble sextant but may be used for normal sextants as well. Requires Ephem and ReportLab (optional for PDF output) Not to be used for real-world navigation! -
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A client program compatible with the INDI standard (see http://indi.sourceforge.net) for remote telescope and device control. It works under Windows as well as Linux. It is writen in Python and uses the GTK in order to display the GUI.
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GIRAFFE Data Reduction
GIRAFFE Data Reduction Software
GIRAFFE Base Line Data Reduction Software is a set of python scripts and modules and a C library to reduce FITS images produced by the Very Large Telescope (VLT) FLAMES instrument. -
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Galactus
A neutral hydrogen galaxy modeling and fitting tool
Galactus is a new astronomical modeling package. The aim is to model and fit datacubes from radio synthesis telescopes. Galactus is the only HI tool which can predict the HI (self-)absorption.
