Java for Astronomy

by Matt Oltersdorf

Clocks

Clocks  
Clocks from AstronomyDaily.com
Date and Time Display  
GMT Clock by Gary Nugent http://www.nightskyobserver.com/index.htm
Small Clocks Display Local, UTC, GST, LST
Time Calculator add and subtract hours, minutes and seconds
World Time Zones  
   

Conversion Calculators / Calculators

Astro Calc
Astronomical Conversion Calculator Another astronomical units conversion calculator
Angle Between Two Stars  
Distance Conversion Calculator Length Conversion: kilometers, meters, mm, inches, feet, yards, miles
Stellar Distances:
Astronomical Units, (A.U.), Light Years (L.Y.), Parsecs (PC), kilometers, miles
Advanced Stellar Distance Conversion Astronomical Units, (A.U.), Light Years (L.Y.), Parsecs (PC), kiloparsecs, megaparsecs
Calculator
Magnification Calculator Enter telescope specifications, eyepiece specifications: calculate magnification,  field of view and limiting magnitude
Position of the planets  
Redshift Calculator
Visual Brightness Calculator for deep sky objects
   

Sun and Moon Calculators

Auroral Monitor  
Approximate Position of the Moon  
Calculating the Moon's Position  
Declination, Equation of Time/Length of Day
Equinoxes and Solstices
Lunar Apogee and Perigee Calculator
Moon Rise / Set Times and Lunar Phase Lunar phase by Gary Nugent http://www.nightskyobserver.com/index.htm
Moon Ephemeris  
Solar Calculations 
Sun's Position  
Sunset and Sunrise  
Sun Rise and Set Calculator  
Sunrise/Sunset Calculator
   

Date/ Time Calculators

Julian Date Calculator  
Julian Date Calculator  Calendar Date to Julian Date Calculator
Julian Date Converter  
Local Sidereal Time Clock  
Martian Date Calculator what day is it on Mars?
Web Calendar   

Miscellaneous

File Size/Download Speed Calculator  
Ticker Tape by Gary Nugent http://www.nightskyobserver.com/index.htm
   

For Fun

Build a Scale Solar System  
World Population Calculator For everybody,  not just astronomers
Population Clock by David Levine
U.S. and World Population Clocks  
   

Web Cams

Kitt Peak National Observatory  

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