<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Linux Astronomy HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="intro.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="ARTICLE" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="TITLE" ><A NAME="AEN2" ></A >Linux Astronomy HOWTO</H1 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN4" >Elwood Downey</A ></H3 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN7" >John Huggins</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="AFFILIATION" ><DIV CLASS="ADDRESS" ><P CLASS="ADDRESS" > <TT CLASS="EMAIL" ><<A HREF="mailto:howto@astronomy.net" >howto@astronomy.net</A >></TT ><br> </P ></DIV ></DIV ><SPAN CLASS="RELEASEINFO" >$Revision: 1.56 $<BR></SPAN ><P CLASS="COPYRIGHT" >Copyright © 2000-2007 Elwood Downey and John Huggins</P ><P CLASS="PUBDATE" >$Date: 2007/04/17 02:45:46 $<BR></P ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="ABSTRACT" ><A NAME="AEN18" ></A ><P ></P ><P >This document shares tips and resources to utilize Linux solutions in the pursuit of Astronomy. </P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="intro.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="intro.html#AEN24" >Knowledge Required</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="intro.html#AEN51" >Scope</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="intro.html#DISCLAIMER" >Disclaimer</A ></DT ><DT >1.4. <A HREF="intro.html#AEN60" >Version</A ></DT ><DT >1.5. <A HREF="intro.html#AEN69" >Copyright</A ></DT ><DT >1.6. <A HREF="intro.html#AEN76" >Contributions</A ></DT ><DT >1.7. <A HREF="intro.html#AEN83" >Translations</A ></DT ><DT >1.8. <A HREF="intro.html#AEN101" >About the authors</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="software.html" >Software</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.1. <A HREF="software.html#AEN112" >Collections</A ></DT ><DT >2.2. <A HREF="software.html#AEN147" >Planetarium Programs</A ></DT ><DT >2.3. <A HREF="software.html#AEN176" >Portable and Handheld Applications</A ></DT ><DT >2.4. <A HREF="software.html#AEN184" >Simulators</A ></DT ><DT >2.5. <A HREF="software.html#AEN198" >Image Processing</A ></DT ><DT >2.6. <A HREF="software.html#AEN209" >Mathematics</A ></DT ><DT >2.7. <A HREF="software.html#AEN218" >Sun and Moon</A ></DT ><DT >2.8. <A HREF="software.html#AEN232" >Libraries</A ></DT ><DT >2.9. <A HREF="software.html#AEN254" >Games</A ></DT ><DT >2.10. <A HREF="software.html#AEN262" >Other</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3. <A HREF="onlinetools.html" >Online Tools</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="onlinetools.html#AEN285" >Traditional Form Based Programs</A ></DT ><DT >3.2. <A HREF="onlinetools.html#AEN307" >Java Applets</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >4. <A HREF="astroimages.html" >Astronomical Images over the web</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.1. <A HREF="astroimages.html#AEN329" >List</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >5. <A HREF="orgs.html" >Organizations</A ></DT ><DT >6. <A HREF="hardwarecontrol.html" >Hardware Control</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >6.1. <A HREF="hardwarecontrol.html#AEN350" >Telescope Control</A ></DT ><DT >6.2. <A HREF="hardwarecontrol.html#AEN368" >CCD Camera Control</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >7. <A HREF="installhelp.html" >Installation Help</A ></DT ><DT >8. <A HREF="projects.html" >Projects using Linux</A ></DT ><DT >9. <A HREF="revisions.html" >Revision History</A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="intro.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >