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Astronomy Software Resources and Freeware

Freeware for amateur and professional astronomers and for people interested in astronomy, stargazing and space. Discover links for many types of astronomy software including free astronomy software and other freeware. Find reviews of freeware.
Google Earth Offers New Local Search Experience - Google Launches Free 3D Mapping and Search Product
Dive from space to practically any address you choose. Want to see what your house looks like in a satellite image? Now, you have the chance with Google's free 3D mapping and search product, Google Earth. Google Inc. announced the launch of Google Earth in June of 2005. Google Earth is a satellite imagery-based mapping product that combines 3D buildings and terrain with mapping capability and Google search. Google Earth is a free download.
David Chandler Astronomy Software
Commercial Astronomy Software for astronomy and astronomers.
DeepSky 2000
A suite of Astronomy Software which lets you perform a variety of tasks related to deepsky observing.
Orbit Explorer
Physics educational freeware and astronomy freeware for high school and college students and teachers. You can do lab exercises in gravitational physics, and study elliptical orbits, double stars, escape velocity, Kepler's third law, Lagrange points, the three body problem and more with this astronomy freeware.
Software Bisque Astronomy Software
Makers of a number of astronomy software related products. Astronomy software products include TheSky6, Paramount ME, CCD Soft, T Point, Orchestrate, and many others.
Starry Night
Developed by Space.com, Starry Night is realistic astronomy software for personal computers. One of the best known suites of astronomy software.

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