Debian Astro Catalogs packages

Astronomy catalogs

This metapackage will install a selection astronomical catalogs. Please note that due to their size, most catalogs are not included in Debian. Check the CDS web service for additional catalogs if needed.

	Package	Version	Description
Official Debian packages with high relevance
▾	astrometry-data-tycho2	2-4	Astrometry.net Tycho-2 index files
astrometry-data-tycho2: Astrometry.net Tycho-2 index files Description The astrometry engine will take any image and return the astrometry world coordinate system (WCS), a standards-based description of the transformation between image coordinates and sky coordinates. This package installs all index file from the Tycho-2 catalog. Reference Høg, E. and Fabricius, C. and Makarov, V. V. and Urban, S. and Corbin, T. and Wycoff, G., Bastian and U., Schwekendiek, P. and Wicenec, A.: The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars. Astronomy and Astrophysics 355:L27-L30 (2000) (eprint) Maintainer Debian Astronomy Team Ole Streicher Versions 2-4 (sid) 2-3 (stretch) 2-4 (buster) 2-4 (bullseye) 2-4 (bookworm) 2-4 (trixie) Popularity 63 total installations (of 247424 submissions) Debian Maintainer page Bugs Git Upstream Home page Improve entry Upload Screenshot Create tags Close
▾	stardata-common	0.8+nmu1	Common framework to manage astronomy packages
stardata-common: Common framework to manage astronomy packages Description This package allows the installation and removal of astronomy catalogues, converting those catalogues to astronomy programs' data formats. All stardata catalogues conforming to stardata-common policy are converted automatically at installation time to the formats of astronomy programs that support stardata-common. The register-stardata program is transparent for the user; this program is called automatically when any astronomy package conforming to the stardata-common policy is installed, upgraded or removed. Maintainer Francisco Manuel Garcia Claramonte Bastian Germann Versions 0.8 (jessie) 0.8 (stretch) 0.8 (buster) 0.8 (bullseye) 0.8+nmu1 (bookworm) 0.8+nmu1 (trixie) 0.8+nmu1 (sid) Tags ✏ field astronomy role app-data works-with software:package Popularity 12 regular users 12 recent 168 total installations (of 247424 submissions) Debian Maintainer page Bugs Upstream Home page Improve entry Upload Screenshot Close
Debian packages in contrib or non-free
	Package	Version	Description
▾	astrometry-data-2mass	1.1 (contrib)	Astrometry.net 2MASS index files downloader
astrometry-data-2mass: Astrometry.net 2MASS index files downloader Description The astrometry engine will take any image and return the astrometry world coordinate system (WCS), a standards-based description of the transformation between image coordinates and sky coordinates. This package downloads all index files built from the 2MASS survey. The installation requires a working internet connection. Maintainer Debian Astronomy Team Ole Streicher Versions 1.1 (contrib) (stretch) 1.1 (contrib) (sid) 1.1 (contrib) (trixie) 1.1 (contrib) (bookworm) 1.1 (contrib) (bullseye) 1.1 (contrib) (buster) Popularity 13 total installations (of 247424 submissions) Debian Maintainer page Bugs Git Upstream Home page Close
▾	gliese	3.0.95-2 (non-free)	stellar data set from the Third Catalogue of Nearby Stars
gliese: stellar data set from the Third Catalogue of Nearby Stars Description This package provides a star catalog which contains approximately 3800 star records including the known stars nearer to Earth than approximately 80 light-years, taken from the Third Catalogue of Nearby Stars (preliminary edition), Gliese and Jahreiss, 1991. This stellar data set may be viewed with the StarPlot program available from Debian, but can also be used with other astronomical software. Maintainer Francisco Manuel Garcia Claramonte Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña Versions 3.0.95-2 (non-free) (stretch) 3.0.95-2 (non-free) (jessie) 3.0.95-3 (non-free) (sid) 3.0.95-3 (non-free) (trixie) 3.0.95-3 (non-free) (bookworm) 3.0.95-2 (non-free) (bullseye) 3.0.95-2 (non-free) (buster) Tags ✏ field astronomy game toys role app-data use gameplaying Popularity 39 total installations (of 247424 submissions) Debian Maintainer page Bugs Git Upstream Home page Close
▾	yale	5.0.95-3 (non-free)	stellar data set from the Yale Bright Star Catalog
yale: stellar data set from the Yale Bright Star Catalog Description These data come from the [Yale] Bright Star Catalog, 5th Rev. Ed. (preliminary), Hoffleit and Warren, 1991. It contains all the stars with apparent magnitude brighter than +6.5. This stellar data set may be viewed with StarPlot program available from Debian, but can be used with other astronomical software. Maintainer Francisco Manuel Garcia Claramonte Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña Versions 5.0.95-2 (non-free) (jessie) 5.0.95-2 (non-free) (stretch) 5.0.95-2 (non-free) (buster) 5.0.95-2 (non-free) (bullseye) 5.0.95-3 (non-free) (bookworm) 5.0.95-3 (non-free) (trixie) 5.0.95-3 (non-free) (sid) Tags ✏ field astronomy role data Popularity 34 total installations (of 247424 submissions) Debian Maintainer page Bugs Git Upstream Home page Close