Astro-related Tools


General

Github

Originally a version control system, but can be used to host all sorts of things from code to data to websites.

Student Pack →

Google Colab

A free Jupyter notebook environment. You can run python code and make full documents with text/images/latex to annotate your code.

Get started →

Coding

Astropy

A python library for doing astronomy.

Astropy project →

Satellites

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Celestrak

A source for current satellite orbit information. Also has a browswer visualizer system to see the orbits in relation to the Earth.

Celestral.com

Planetary Ephemera

JPL-Horizons

Need to know where Mars was on any given date/time? Here's your source.

Web App →

Star/object databases

SIMBAD

Access current data on stars and more

Web App →

Visualizers

World Wide Telescope

Sky simulator in your browser (Windows app also available)

Web Client →

OpenSpace Project

Large application for full on sci-viz of astro data.

OpenSpace Project →

Stellarium

Easy to use sky simulator. Desktop app and browswer based.

Application →

Browser client →