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.
The analysis of data is the main goal in the laboratory courses, some of which are described/linked below.
A minimal installation of the basic Latex packages: MikTex
The large installation (Caution! It can take >30min to install everything.): TexLive
For Linux we also have TexLive. The following packages are required:
texlive texlive-lang-german texlive-doc-de texlive-latex-extra
Our single reflex mirror camera (Cannon 700D) supports remote control via tethered shooting on a laptop. For this purpose one needs the following driver package
and a controll software:
Entangle, recommended
Darktable, (too) high number of functions
Stellarium - Astronomy program that simulates a planetarium
We also have a small introduction to Stellarium.
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.)
Free version:
GooglePlay
Paid plus version:
GooglePlay
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 :
We also have a guide on how to use these software solutions to get access to our workstation.