By Tom Warland

How Computers InfluenceAstronomy

Introduction

• What is Astronomy?• Importance and origin

Platforms

• Amateur or Professional• UNIX/Linux

• NASA equipment• XP usage

Applications

• Film• Custom scripts and

programs• Image Reduction and

Analysis Facility (IRAF)• Variables

Telescope Control

• Computerized mounts• Charged Couple Device (CCD)

• Software

Planetarium Software

• What is it?• Celestia

• Compatibility and usage

Remote Access

• Internet• The basic principles

• Benefits

Internet

• Researching• Hidden Archives

• Information Space Station (ISS)

The Hubble Deep Field

Acknowledgements

• http://iraf.noao.edu/ • http://astronomyonline.org/Science/Compute

rs.asp• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasa

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