diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/Astronomy-HOWTO.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/Astronomy-HOWTO.sgml index 494d5ca0..7da78336 100644 --- a/LDP/howto/docbook/Astronomy-HOWTO.sgml +++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/Astronomy-HOWTO.sgml @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ $Revision$ - 2000-2004 - Elwood Downey and John Huggins + 2000-2007 + Elwood Downey and John Huggins @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ This document shares tips and resources to utilize Linux solutions in the pursui Knowledge Required -With all the help from major Linux distributions such as SuSE, Redhat 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. +With all the help from major Linux distributions such as SuSE, Redhat 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: @@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ A few resources we have found useful over the years include: - "A Practical Guide to the UNIX System", Mark G. Sobel + "A Practical Guide to the Unix System", Mark G. Sobel - "Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment", the late W. Richard Stevens + "Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment", the late W. Richard Stevens "Running LINUX", Matt Welsh et al. @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Similarly, this is not a tutorial or reference for astronomy principles or astro Scope -The authors define the scope of this HOWTO as primarily an index to Linux tools applicable in some fashion to the pursuit of Astronomy. It is NOT our intention to list WWW astronomy references in general. Our own interests tend more towards the technology than the pure science and so we welcome contributions from others who have found Linux tools which contribute in other ways to Astronomy. Please contact us at the address above. +The authors define the scope of this HOWTO as primarily an index to Linux tools applicable in some fashion to the pursuit of Astronomy. It is NOT our intention to list WWW astronomy references in general. Our own interests tend more toward the technology than the pure science and so we welcome contributions from others who have found Linux tools which contribute in other ways to Astronomy. Please contact us at the address above. @@ -122,11 +122,11 @@ The authors define the scope of this HOWTO as primarily an index to Linux tools or service mark. - Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen + Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as endorsements. - You are strongly recommended to take a backup of your system + You are strongly recommended to take a backup of your system before major installation and backups at regular intervals. @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ We eagerly accept suggestions from you. Send them to German Translation courtesy of Michael Moltenbrey +Japanese Translation courtesy of Shouhei Nagaoka -Japanese Translation courtesy of Shouhei Nagaoka +Turkish Translation courtesy of Ismail Aykut @@ -216,10 +216,10 @@ We thank the following for their translation efforts: About the authors -Elwood Downey has over two decades experience in software engineering for various astronomy projects. Learn more about Elwood at Clear Sky Institute. +Elwood Downey has over two decades experience in software engineering for various astronomy projects. Mr. Downey is currently the software and systems engineer for the Nasmyth Telescope in New Mexico. Learn more about Elwood at Clear Sky Institute. -John Huggins has over fifeteen years years experience in hardware engineering including eight years associated with an astronomy project. Learn more at John's Site. +John Huggins has over twenty years experience in hardware engineering including eight years associated with an astronomy observatory project. He also maintains a twelve year old popular astronomy web site called www.astronomy.net; It includes forums, AstroGuide and astronomy articles. Learn more about John at John's Site. @@ -240,21 +240,6 @@ Here are some links to collections and other indexes of Linux astronomy software - - - The Linux for Astronomy CDROM - - - - - Scientific Applications on Linux (SAL), Physics and Astronomy - - - - - Linux Applications and Utilities Page, Science and Math - - AstroMake is a utility intended to make installations of some common astronomical packages (in binary form) easy. @@ -262,12 +247,32 @@ Here are some links to collections and other indexes of Linux astronomy software - The linuxastro mailing list also contains a list of applications and packages. For more information, see linuxastro. + Linux Applications and Utilities Page, Science and Math - Astronomy at sourceforge.net + Linux for Astronomy CDROM... now the Open Source Astronomy CDROM project + + + + + Scientific Applications on Linux (SAL), Physics and Astronomy + + + + + Scisoft is a project within ESO to provide a collection of astronomical software utilities, mostly public domain tools developed outside ESO, in a uniform way at all four ESO sites. Major data-analysis packages (eg, IRAF/STSDAS, ESO-MIDAS and IDL) are included as well as many smaller utilities. + + + + + The linuxastro mailing list also contains a list of applications and packages. For more information, see linuxastro. + + + + + Sourceforge.net astronomy software @@ -297,7 +302,7 @@ natural and man-made, in the sky. - 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. + XEphem has been the pet project of one of us (Downey) for the past twenty-odd years. It has grown to become one of the more capable interactive tools for the computation of astronomical ephemerides. @@ -313,7 +318,7 @@ natural and man-made, in the sky. -Skymap is an astronomical mapping program written in Fortran and C for unix workstations by Doug Mink of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Telescope Data Center. +Skymap is an astronomical mapping program written in Fortran and C for Unix workstations by Doug Mink of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Telescope Data Center. @@ -325,24 +330,30 @@ natural and man-made, in the sky. -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. +Nightfall is an astronomy application for fun, education, and science. It can produce animated views of eclipsing binary stars, calculate synthetic light curves and radial velocity curves, and eventually determine the best-fit model for a given set of observational data of an eclipsing binary star system. -NOVA free Integrated +NOVA free Integrated Observational Environment for astronomers. + + +Stellarium is free GPL software which renders realistic skies in real time with openGL. + + + - Portable and Handheld Appications + Portable and Handheld Applications The advance of palm computers has taken hold. Linux has made its way to this realm. @@ -366,12 +377,20 @@ Programs that classify themselves as simulators. + Celestia Real-time visual simulation of space for Windows and Unix(Linux) + OpenUniverse Simulates the Solar System bodies in 3D in Windows and Linux + + + Started in summer 2001 just as a simple collection of celestial mechanics C++ classes, the ORSA project now collects many general classes, a graphical interface running under Linux/Unix, Mac OS X and Windows, and a number of tutorial programs. The ORSA project is under heavy development, and at the moment is beta quality software. + + + @@ -394,6 +413,22 @@ Good ol' GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) + + Mathematics + + + +Numarray provides array manipulation and computational capabilities similar to those found in IDL, Matlab, or Octave. Using numarray, it is possible to write many efficient numerical data processing applications directly in Python without using any C, C++ or Fortran code (as well as doing such analysis interactively within Python or PyRAF). + + + + +NumPy is the successor to Numarray. STScI is in the process of migrating all of its software to use numpy, and the next release of stsci_python and STSDAS/TABLES will use numpy in place of numarray. + + + + + Sun and Moon @@ -403,7 +438,7 @@ A surprising number of applications deal with just the Sun and Moon. -wmMoonClock shows lunar ephemeris to fairly high accuracy and is listed at this web site along with several other interesting programs. +wmMoonClock shows lunar ephemeris to fairly high accuracy and is listed at this web site along with several other interesting programs. THIS LINK APPEARS DEAD AND MIGHT BE DELETED SOON. @@ -413,7 +448,7 @@ A surprising number of applications deal with just the Sun and Moon. -XTide is a Harmonic tide clock and tide predictor. +XTide is a package that provides tide and current predictions in a wide variety of formats. Graphs, text listings, and calendars can be generated, or a tide clock can be provided on your desktop. @@ -429,27 +464,27 @@ This section discusses bits and pieces of software that can be used to form the -SLALIB, part of the Starlink Project, is a complete library of subroutines for astrometric computations. +SLALIB, part of the Starlink Project, is a complete library of subroutines for astrometric computations. NEWS 2007 - The Starlink Project is no longer in development, however community support is available in some fashion here. -Astrophysics Source Code Library is a collection of links to numerical astrophysical process models. +Astrophysics Source Code Library is a collection of links to numerical astrophysical process models. -Astronomy and numerical software source codes is a collection of C codes related to astronomy. +Astronomy and numerical software source codes is a collection of C codes related to astronomy. -How to compute planetary positions. +How to compute planetary positions. -CCD Astronomy on Linux. A library of routines that help control SBIG cameras. +CCD Astronomy on Linux. A library of routines that help control SBIG cameras. @@ -465,7 +500,7 @@ Yes, games. - Orbit - Be a space fighter pilot in Windows or Linux. + Orbit - Be a space fighter pilot in Windows or Linux. NEWS 2007 - the original site domain appears to have been lost, but archive copies are on the Internet. The link has been changed to a Google search URL. @@ -479,16 +514,23 @@ Every list needs a miscellaneous section, and this is it for Software. - IRAF is a gigantic but exceptionally capable astronomical analysis system, shepherded over the past 20-odd years by Doug Tody formally at NOAO. It has accumulated innumerable authoritative contributions from leading astronomers in all areas of astronomical data analysis. If you have a serious interest in astronomical data reduction and significant time to invest, this system will reward you mightily. + IRAF is a gigantic but exceptionally capable astronomical analysis system, shepherded over the past 20-odd years by Doug Tody formally at NOAO. It has accumulated innumerable authoritative contributions from leading astronomers in all areas of astronomical data analysis. If you have a serious interest in astronomical data reduction and significant time to invest, this system will reward you mightily. - - Nightfall Eclipsing Binary Star Program - -Xplanet Very realistic +PyRAF is a new command language for running IRAF tasks that is based on the Python scripting language. It gives users the ability to run IRAF tasks in an environment that has all the power and flexibility of Python. + + + + + Nightfall Eclipsing Binary Star Program + + + + +Xplanet Very realistic rendering program for Earth and other planets and moons. Uses X Windows and OpenGL. @@ -496,7 +538,7 @@ OpenGL. -StarPlot +StarPlot A 3-Dimensional Star Chart Viewer for Linux. Uses C++ and Gtk+. @@ -524,10 +566,10 @@ especially useful or interesting, from a browser on any platform. Web version of MICA - JPL Ephemeris Generator + JPL Ephemeris Generator - Solar System Simulator + Solar System Simulator @@ -536,7 +578,7 @@ especially useful or interesting, from a browser on any platform. -The Simbad astronomical database provides basic data, cross-identifications and bibliography for astronomical objects outside the solar system. +The Simbad astronomical database provides basic data, cross-identifications and bibliography for astronomical objects outside the solar system. @@ -548,16 +590,16 @@ The Simbad ast - GeoAstro Applet Collection by Juergen Giesen + GeoAstro Applet Collection by Juergen Giesen - Aladin Interactive Sky Atlas + Aladin Interactive Sky Atlas - Cluster simulator + Cluster simulator NEWS 2007 - WE CANNOT VERIFY THIS PROGRAM - DELETION SCHEDULED - Sky Image Processor + Sky Image Processor an astronomical image processing program which runs over the Web. Hosted at Virginia Tech. J-Track 3D - Satellite Tracking @@ -602,13 +644,13 @@ The folks at harvard have a list of Image Servers and Image Browsers. -The yearly Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems, ADAAS, Conference Series provides a forum for scientists and computer specialists concerned with algorithms, software and operating systems in the acquisition, reduction and analysis of astronomical data. The program includes invited talks, contributed papers and poster sessions as well as user group meetings and special interest meetings ("BOFs''). All these activities aim to encourage communication between software specialists and users, and also to stimulate further development of astronomical software and systems. +The yearly Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems, ADAAS, Conference Series provides a forum for scientists and computer specialists concerned with algorithms, software and operating systems in the acquisition, reduction and analysis of astronomical data. The program includes invited talks, contributed papers and poster sessions as well as user group meetings and special interest meetings ("BOFs''). All these activities aim to encourage communication between software specialists and users, and also to stimulate further development of astronomical software and systems. -The linuxastro mailing list, linuxastro@majordomo.cv.nrao.edu, is for people who are interested in porting astronomical software to linux. For more information, see linuxastro. +The linuxastro mailing list, linuxastro@majordomo.cv.nrao.edu, is for people who are interested in porting astronomical software to linux. For more information, see linuxastro. @@ -630,14 +672,25 @@ More folks are using Linux to control equipment. Users range from amateur astro -KTelescope is a robust Client/Server control library for Meade's LX200 based telescopes. Is uses the Instrument Neutral Distributed Interface (INDI) protocol. +KTelescope is a robust Client/Server control library for Meade's LX200 based telescopes. It uses the Instrument Neutral Distributed Interface (INDI) protocol. -Talon, -formerly OCAAS, +INDI is an +instrument-neutral distributed interface for operating any remote device over +a reliable byte stream interface. There is an active group writing an +expanding list of drivers for astronomy related equipment including telescopes +and cameras at +sourceforge.net. + + + + + +Talon, +formerly OCAAS, is a complete observatory control and astronomical analysis system for Linux. @@ -645,7 +698,9 @@ is a complete observatory control and astronomical analysis system for Linux. -XEphem has the capability to communicate with a telescope control daemon process. +XEphem has the +capability to control several telecopes and other devices using the +Instrument Neutral Distributed Interface (INDI) protocol. @@ -660,13 +715,13 @@ is a complete observatory control and astronomical analysis system for Linux. -Apogee Instruments Inc supports their line of professional CCD cameras under Linux. +Apogee Instruments Inc supports their line of professional CCD cameras under Linux. -Finger Lates Instrumentation Manufacturer of CCD cameras and filter wheels and include drivers for Linux. +Finger Lakes Instrumentation Manufacturer of CCD cameras and filter wheels and include drivers for Linux. @@ -678,13 +733,13 @@ is a complete observatory control and astronomical analysis system for Linux. -CCD Astronomy on Linux These pages describe a number of facets of using astronomical CCD cameras for image acquisition and processing under Linux. +CCD Astronomy on Linux These pages describe a number of facets of using astronomical CCD cameras for image acquisition and processing under Linux. -Gccd +Gccd is a gnome-based CCD camera and filter wheel control program. @@ -716,7 +771,7 @@ is a utility intended to make installations of some common astronomical packages -XEphem requires several elements to exist on your machine. Life is much simpler with the CDROM version of the program as it contains an installation script which loads the appropriate precompiled binary for most systems and places all auxiliary files to the correct spots. See XEphem CDROM +XEphem requires several elements to exist on your machine. Life is much simpler with the CDROM version of the program as it contains an installation script which loads the appropriate pre-compiled binary for most systems and places all auxiliary files to the correct spots. See Purchase at XEphem @@ -744,7 +799,7 @@ Here is a list of astronomy projects using Linux in whole or in part of their in -CAOS Club of Amateurs in +CAOS Club of Amateurs in Optical Spectroscopy. @@ -762,6 +817,38 @@ In an effort to record a history of the evolution of this document, we maintain $Log$ +Revision 1.56 2007/04/17 02:45:46 jhuggins +Removed German translation - dead link and could not find with Google. +Verified all links and corrected many. + +Revision 1.55 2005/11/04 01:50:21 jhuggins +Added ORSA and Stellarium. + +Revision 1.54 2005/11/04 01:39:35 jhuggins +Added link to Turkish translation, modied some dates and fixed a spelling error. + +Revision 1.53 2004/06/21 16:34:49 jhuggins +Re-inserted trailing / on directory based URLs to avoid trailing slash redirect requests from web servers. +http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/rewriteguide.html +http://www.google.com/search?q=html+url+trailing+slash + +Revision 1.52 2004/06/21 14:34:24 ecdowney + + +remove trailing / from all URLs. +tweak URL to order XEphem + +Revision 1.51 2004/06/21 06:07:42 ecdowney + + +add links to INDI reference doc and indi.sourceforge.net group. + +Revision 1.50 2004/03/01 13:59:14 jhuggins +Fixed a spelling error reported by Tille. Thanks Tille. + +Revision 1.49 2004/02/25 16:58:10 jhuggins +Added some more links to Python based tools and re-arranged some software listings. + Revision 1.48 2004/02/07 17:58:56 jhuggins Another ulink fix removing expired attribute 'name.' diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/appsSect.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/appsSect.sgml index 250ea640..ce8695c0 100644 --- a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/appsSect.sgml +++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/appsSect.sgml @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ applications, etc. that work on the Linux platform. Astronomy-HOWTO, Linux Astronomy HOWTO -Updated: Feb 2004. +Updated: Apr 2007. Document shares tips and resources to utilize Linux solutions in the pursuit of Astronomy. diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml index a32cd8eb..53390c31 100644 --- a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml +++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ IA-32 (i386) platform. Astronomy-HOWTO, Linux Astronomy HOWTO -Updated: Feb 2004. +Updated: Apr 2007. Document shares tips and resources to utilize Linux solutions in the pursuit of Astronomy. diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/miscSect.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/miscSect.sgml index fcb6ed95..dd9a91b7 100644 --- a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/miscSect.sgml +++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/miscSect.sgml @@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ test cases for developing accessible Linux applications. Astronomy-HOWTO, Linux Astronomy HOWTO -Updated: Feb 2004. +Updated: Apr 2007. Document shares tips and resources to utilize Linux solutions in the pursuit of Astronomy.