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Astronomy-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Astronomy HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: August 2000</CiteTitle>.
<CiteTitle>Updated: April 2001</CiteTitle>.
Document shares tips and resources to utilize Linux solutions in
the pursuit of Astronomy. </Para>
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Astronomy-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Astronomy HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: August 2000</CiteTitle>.
<CiteTitle>Updated: April 2001</CiteTitle>.
Document shares tips and resources to utilize Linux solutions in
the pursuit of Astronomy. </Para>
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Astronomy-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Astronomy HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: August 2000</CiteTitle>.
<CiteTitle>Updated: April 2001</CiteTitle>.
Document shares tips and resources to utilize Linux solutions in
the pursuit of Astronomy. </Para>
</ListItem>

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<title>Linux Astronomy HOWTO
<author>Elwood Downey and John Huggins <tt/howto@astronomy.net/
<date>$Revision$, $Date$
<date>v1.17, 2001-04-10
<abstract>
This document shares tips and resources to utilize Linux
solutions in the pursuit of Astronomy.
@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ solutions in the pursuit of Astronomy.
<sect1> Knowledge Required
<p>
With all the help from major Linux distributions such as SuSE, Redhat, Caldera and many others, Linux based systems are becoming easier to use. However, there is still some need of understanding of basic UNIX skills to make the most of Linux. Thus, this HOWTO will assume that the reader has at least a basic knowledge of using a UNIX system including the ability to compile and install programs.
A few resources we have found useful over the years include:
<itemize>
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<item> "LINUX Device Drivers", Alessandro Rubini
</itemize>
Similarly, this is not a tutorial or reference for astronomy principles or
astronomical instrumentation. Astronomy is perhaps the grandest of all
sciences, employing widely disparate disciplines in a bold attempt to
understand nothing less than the universe itself. Your interests will lead
in many directions. A few references we have used include:
Similarly, this is not a tutorial or reference for astronomy principles or astronomical instrumentation. Astronomy is perhaps the grandest of all sciences, employing widely disparate disciplines in a bold attempt to understand nothing less than the universe itself. Your interests will lead in many directions. A few references we have used include:
<itemize>
<item> "Astronomy with your Personal Computer", Peter Duffett-Smith
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<p>
$Date$
<p>
The latest version of this document is always available on the <htmlurl url="http://www.astronomy.net/" name="Astronomy Net"> at <htmlurl url="http://www.astronomy.net/howto/Astronomy-HOWTO.html" name="Astronomy HOWTO">.
The latest version of this document is always available on the <htmlurl url="http://astronomy.net/" name="Astronomy Net"> at <htmlurl url="http://howto.astronomy.net/howto/Astronomy-HOWTO.html" name="Astronomy HOWTO">.
<p>
We eagerly accept suggestions from you. Send them to <htmlurl url="mailto:howto@astronomy.net" name="Astronomy HOWTO Editors">.
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In short, we wish to promote dissemination of this information through as many channels as possible. However, we wish to retain copyright on this HOWTO document, and would like to be notified of any plans to redistribute this HOWTO.
<sect1> About the authors
<p>
Elwood Downey has over twenty years experience in software engineering for various astronomy projects. Learn more about Elwood at <htmlurl url="http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/resumes/ecdowney/resume.html" name="Clear Sky Institute">.
<p>
John Huggins has eleven years experience in hardware engineering including eight years associated with an astronomy project. Learn more at <htmlurl url="http://www.va.net/~jhuggins/" name="John's Site">.
<sect> Software
<p>
<sect1> Collections
<p>
Here are some links to collections and other indexes of Linux astronomy
software.
Here are some links to collections and other indexes of Linux astronomy software.
<itemize>
<item> <htmlurl url="http://www.randomfactory.com/lfa.html" name="The Linux for Astronomy CDROM"> </item>
<item> <htmlurl url="http://SAL.KachinaTech.COM/Z/4/index.shtml" name="Scientific Applications on Linux (SAL), Physics and Astronomy"> </item>
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<sect1> Planetarium Programs
<p>
Here is discussion of whole programs for use in finding objects, natural and
man-made, in the sky which run on Linux.
Here is discussion of whole programs for use in finding objects, natural and man-made, in the sky which run on Linux.
<p>
<itemize>
<item> <htmlurl url="http://clearskyinstitute.com/xephem" name="XEphem"> has been the pet project of one of us (Downey) for the past 15-odd years. It has grown to become one of the more capable interactive tools for the computation of astronomical ephemerides.
</item>
<item> <htmlurl url="http://venus.sunquest.com/xsky_blurb.html" name="XSky"> is by Terry R. Friedrichsen, terry@venus.sunquest.com. XSky is essentially an interactive sky atlas.
<item> <htmlurl url="http://www.astrotrf.net:8080/xsky_blurb.html" name="XSky"> is by Terry R. Friedrichsen, terry@venus.sunquest.com. XSky is essentially an interactive sky atlas.
</item>
<item>
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<htmlurl url="http://www.astroarts.com/products/xplns/" name="Xplns"> reproduces real starry sky on your display of X Window System.
</item>
<item>
<htmlurl url="http://www-mips.unice.fr/~biederd/eric/astrhorloge_en.shtml" name="AstrHorloge"> is a small astronomy software that shows a sky map, give you the coordinates of stars and planets.
</item>
<item>
<htmlurl url="http://www.lsw.uni-heidelberg.de/~rwichman/Nightfall.html" name="Nightfall"> is an astronomy application for fun, education, and science. It can produce animated views of eclipsing binary stars, calculate synthetic lightcurves and radial velocity curves, and eventually determine the best-fit model for a given set of observational data of an eclipsing binary star system.
</item>
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<item><htmlurl url="http://hotel04.ausys.se/pausch/comp/ppcomp.html" name="How to compute planetary positions">.
</item>
<item><htmlurl url="http://dimensional.com/~ashe/ccd-astro.html" name="CCD Astronomy on Linux ">A library of routines that help control SBIG cameras.
</item>
</itemize>
<sect1> Other
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<htmlurl url="http://www.sbig.com/sbwhtmls/linux_announcement.htm" name="SBIG"> offers some assistance with operating their ST7 and ST8 CCD cameras under Linux.
</item>
<item>
<htmlurl url="http://dimensional.com/~ashe/ccd-astro.html" name="CCD Astronomy on Linux"> These pages describe a number of facets of using astronomical CCD cameras for image acquisition and processing under Linux.
</item>
</itemize>
<sect> Installation Help
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</itemize>
<sect> Projects using Linux
<p>
Here is a list of astronomy projects using Linux in whole or in part of their instrumentation:
<itemize>
<item>
<htmlurl url="http://www.chara.gsu.edu/CHARA/index.html" name="The CHARA Array"> is an optical interferometer project using Linux in their control system.
</item>
</itemize>
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