====== Software recommendation ======
There's a lot of software that can be used for astrophysics and the laboratory courses. Here we list some recommendations that proofed to be useful at some point.  

===== Data reduction =====
The analysis of data is the main goal in the laboratory courses, some of which are described/linked below.

==== Image and data visualization ====
  * [[http://hea-www.harvard.edu/RD/ds9/site/Home.html | DS9]]
  * [[http://www.mpe.mpg.de/~ott/QFitsView/ | QFitsView]] (has more functions than DS9)
==== Deep-Sky imaging =====
  * [[http://www.fitswork.de/software/softw_en.php | Fitswork]]

==== Spectroscopy ====
  * [[http://www.astrosurf.com/buil/us/iris/iris.htm | IRIS]]
  * [[http://www.astrosurf.com/vdesnoux/ | Visual Spec]]

===== Image manipulation =====
=== GIMP ===
[[http://www.gimp.org/ | gimp]]

===== Text editing =====
==== Latex ====
=== Windows ===

A minimal installation of the basic Latex packages:
[[https://miktex.org/ | MikTex]]

The large installation (Caution! It can take >30min to install everything.):
[[https://www.tug.org/texlive/ | TexLive]]

=== Linux ===

For Linux we also have TexLive. The following packages are required:
  texlive texlive-lang-german texlive-doc-de texlive-latex-extra
===== Camera controlling =====

Our single reflex mirror camera ([[https://polaris.astro.physik.uni-potsdam.de/wiki/doku.php?id=en:ost:ccds:grunddaten#dslr|Cannon 700D]]) supports remote control via [[en:dslr:tethered_shooting#|tethered shooting]] on a laptop. For this purpose one needs the following driver package

[[http://gphoto.org|gphoto2]]

and a controll software:

[[https://www.entangle-photo.org|Entangle]], recommended

[[https://www.darktable.org|Darktable]], (too) high number of functions


===== Orientation at the night sky =====
=== Stellarium  ===
[[http://www.stellarium.org/en/ | Stellarium - Astronomy program that simulates a planetarium]]

We also have a [[en:software:Stellarium|small introduction]] to Stellarium.

=== Object visibility===
[[http://catserver.ing.iac.es/staralt/index.php]]



===== Apps =====
There are many Apps in the stores, even though most are not very useful for study purposes. A small selection is listed below.
(Some might be in German.)

==== Android ====

=== Sky Map ===
[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.stardroid&hl=en|GooglePlay]]

=== SkEye Planetarium ===
[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lavadip.skeye|GooglePlay]]
=== Stellarium  mobile ===
**Free version:**
[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noctuasoftware.stellarium_free|GooglePlay]]\\
**Paid plus version:**
[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noctuasoftware.stellarium_plus|GooglePlay]]

/*
=== GFS and WRT summary ===
[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_Sibboid13.GFS_Mittel_Europa&hl=en|GooglePlay]]
*/
=== Astro Panel ===
[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=Lewis.sevenTimer2&hl=en|GooglePlay]]

=== Phases of the moon ===
[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.universetoday.moon.free&hl=de|GooglePlay]]

==== Apple ====

=== P.M. Planetarium (needs payment) ===
[[https://apps.apple.com/de/app/p-m-planetarium-von-p-m/id284980812|App Store]]

===== SSH clients =====
For the data reduction a linux work station is provided. For the remote login on this machine from a Windows computer one of the following software options is required :
  * [[http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/|MobaXterm]]
  * [[http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/|PuTTY]] (the SSH client) in combination with [[http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/|Xming]](the X window server)
  * a virtual machines that run some Linuxversion
  * or one of the several other SSH client for Windows

We also have a [[en:praktikum:zugang|guide]] on how to use these software solutions to get access to our workstation.