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                    1) image processing astronomy software for pc/mac
                    2) astronomical mage processing curriculum activities & remote access telescopes
                    3) other image processing curriculum activities available on the web
 
 

image processing astronomy software for pc/mac

software	operating system &  hardware	availability  & cost	image formats supported	audience	e-mail contact
Hands-On Universe (HOU)	Windows 486 or better  or  Mac series II or better	proprietary; available only with HOU workshop training	16-bit FITS	high-school, middle-school	sed@athena.lbl.gov
Imagine-32	PC 386 33MHz or higher; Math coprocessor (runs under DOS only)  Mac	$100 for 1 copy with manual  $10 for additional copies  w/o manual	FITS	educators, astronomers	sa@imagingsystems.com (Sergio Adame) for the Imagine-32 software
Maxim Diffraction Limited  Software	Windows 95/98  NT 4.0	$299	FITS,  TIFF,  JPEG, BMP	amateur astronomers, educators	dgeorge@cyanogen.com
MIRA AP	DOS, Windows 95, Windows 3.1, or OS/2	$399	FITS, TIFF	amateur astronomers, educators	MIRAinfo@axres.com
NIH Image	Mac	freeware	PICT, PICS, TIFF, Quicktime, PDS	educators (originally medical imaging)
Quantum Image	Windows NT, Windows 95	$199	FITS, BMP,  JPEG, TIFF, GIF		order@quantumimage.nu
ScionImage	Windows 95, NT	freeware	TIFF	educators
Remote Astronomy Software [combines CCDSoft (CCD controller & image processor)  & TheSky (planetarium  program)]	Power Mac with Softwindows  PC 386 or better	$249 for  CCDSoft $295 for  RAS (discount to  TIE participants)		educators, amateur astronomers

 

astronomical image processing curriculum activities  &  remote access telescope projects

program	Curriculum or Remote Access Telescope ?	image format supported	open to image requests?	image archive open?	statement of purpose	e-mail contact
Astronomy Village	C	TIFF				astrov@cet.edu
Automated Telescope Facility (ATF) University of Iowa	Curriculum T	FITS, GIF	yes, with registration	yes		rlm@astro.physics.uiowa.edu (Robert Mutel)
Bradford Robotic Telescope	T	FITS, GIF	yes with registration	yes with registration		john@telescope.org (John Baruch)
Hands-On Universe (HOU)	C T	16-bit FITS	open to program participants only (high school, middle school)	yes	click here	(asbellcl@olympus.stmarys.ca) (Jodi Asbell-Clarke)
Hubble Space Telescope (HST) NASA	Curriculum T	GIF, JPEG, TIFF	proposals are generally submitted only by professional astronomers	FITS archive	click here	carolc@stsci.edu (Carol Christian)
Image Processing for Teaching Project (IPT)	C	TIFF	some classroom activities available free		click here	ipmagisos@aol.com (Melanie Magisos)
MicroObservatory Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	T	FITS,  GIF	yes, if enrolled in  the program;  enrollment presently by invitation only	yes	click here	rgould@cfa.harvard.edu (Roy Gould)
Remote Access Astronomy Project (RAAP) UC-Santa Barbara	Curriculum T	FITS	yes	yes		tfuller@rot.ucsb.edu (Tom Fuller, for telescope)  jatila@cfi.ucsb.edu (Jatila Vanderveen-Hicks  for curriculum)
Telescopes in Education (TIE) Mt. Wilson Observatory	C T		access to program participants (middle-school-college)	some GIF samples	click here	102223.555@compuserve.com (Mary Cragg)