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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
Photometry
Spectroscopy
Image manipulation
GIMP
Camera controlling
Our single reflex mirror camera supports remote control via tethered shooting on a laptop. One needs a driver package
and a controlling software
Entangle, recommended
Darktable, (too) high number of functions
Orientation at the night sky
Stellarium
Object visibility
http://catserver.ing.iac.es/staralt/index.php
Here you can find a small introduction to Stellarium. (Translation in progress)
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
Stellarium mobile (needs payment)
GFS and WRT summary
Astro Panel
Apple
P.M. Planetarium (needs payment)
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 :
- a virtual machines that run some Linuxversion
- or one of the several other SSH client for Windows