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for quick manipulation of FITS image files<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gimp.org\/\">GIMP<\/a> &#8211; the GNU Image Manipulation Program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.siril.org\/\">Siril<\/a> &#8211; an astronomical image processing package (IRIS clone for Linux)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stellarium.org\/\">Stellarium<\/a> &#8211; desktop planetarium software<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Web applications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aavso.org\/\">AAVSO<\/a> &#8211; when appropriate, our research results are archived by the American Association of Variable Star Observers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/\">arXiv<\/a> &#8211; preprint server<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/astrometry.net\/\">Astrometry<\/a> &#8211; adds\/fixes world coordinate system on FITS images<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/minorplanetcenter.net\/\">IAU\/MPC<\/a> &#8211; IAU minor planet center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/irsa.ipac.caltech.edu\/applications\/DUST\/\">IRSA<\/a> &#8211; NASA\/IPAC infrared science archive &#8211; galactic dust and reddening tool<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jdso.org\/\">JDSO<\/a> &#8211; Journal of Double Star Observations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ssd.jpl.nasa.gov\/sbdb.cgi\">JPL\/SBDB<\/a> &#8211; JPL small body database<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/js9.si.edu\/\">js9<\/a> &#8211; web-based version of ds9 (with reduced functionality)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/\">NASA\/ADS<\/a> &#8211; SAO\/NASA astrophysics data system<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/simbad.harvard.edu\/simbad\/\">Simbad<\/a> &#8211; database of astronomical objects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/skynet.unc.edu\/ASTR101L\/index.php\">Skynet enhanced labs<\/a> &#8211; undergrad lab exercises developed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov\/\">SkyView<\/a> &#8211; NASA-hosted image server from radio to gamma ray<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webda.physics.muni.cz\/webda.html\">WEBDA<\/a> &#8211; observational data on stars in open clusters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News servers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/astropix.html\">APOD<\/a> &#8211; astronomy picture of the day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/astrobiology.com\/\">AstroBiology.com<\/a> &#8211; collection of news related to life in the universe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/heavens-above.com\/main.aspx\">heavens-above<\/a> &#8211; satellite tracker and live sky chart<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in-the-sky.org\/\">in-the-sky<\/a> &#8211; calendar of celestial events<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/\">Phys.org<\/a> &#8211; science and technology news<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/\">Science alert<\/a> &#8211; independent online news service<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/\">Space.com<\/a> &#8211; NASA, space exploration, and astronomy news<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceweather.com\/\">SpaceWeather<\/a> &#8211; 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