dcf21
Astronomy researcher and science communicator. Founder of <in-the-sky.org>. Currently working on the Exoplanet Analysis System for the PLATO space observatory.
Institute of Astronomy, CambridgeCambridge, UK
Pinned Repositories
astrolabe
Make your own cardboard model astrolabe
constellation-stick-figures
The files in this repository define stick figures which can be used to depict the 88 astronomical constellations.
eclipse-simulator
A command-line tool for producing animations of solar eclipses
ephemeris-compute-de405
A command-line tool for producing tables of the positions of solar system objects over time.
ephemeris-compute-de430
A command-line tool for producing tables of the positions of solar system objects over time.
jsplot
Javascript graph plotting
planisphere
Make your own cardboard model planisphere
pyxplot9
Pyxplot version 0.9: a vector graphics and plotting package for Linux / MacOS
satellite_log
A quick-and-dirty SQL database for storing the historical orbital elements of satellites, including a script for trawling data from Celestrak and Space Track to populate the database.
star-charter
A command-line tool for producing vector-graphics charts of the night sky in SVG, PDF and PNG formats.
dcf21's Repositories
dcf21/star-charter
A command-line tool for producing vector-graphics charts of the night sky in SVG, PDF and PNG formats.
dcf21/astrolabe
Make your own cardboard model astrolabe
dcf21/planisphere
Make your own cardboard model planisphere
dcf21/ephemeris-compute-de430
A command-line tool for producing tables of the positions of solar system objects over time.
dcf21/ephemeris-compute-de405
A command-line tool for producing tables of the positions of solar system objects over time.
dcf21/constellation-stick-figures
The files in this repository define stick figures which can be used to depict the 88 astronomical constellations.
dcf21/eclipse-simulator
A command-line tool for producing animations of solar eclipses
dcf21/satellite_log
A quick-and-dirty SQL database for storing the historical orbital elements of satellites, including a script for trawling data from Celestrak and Space Track to populate the database.
dcf21/aircraft_log
A quick-and-dirty database and web interface I built for storing an archive of the historical positions of aircraft, as detected using a USB Flight Aware Pro Stick.
dcf21/precession
A special design of planisphere for demonstrating the precession of the equinoxes.
dcf21/commodore-tape-reader
Extract binary files from WAV recordings of audio cassette tapes recorded by 8-bit Commodore computers (e.g. C64, C16, Plus/4 and C128). These will typically have been recorded using a Commodore 1530 / C2N / 1531 datasette.
dcf21/jsplot
Javascript graph plotting
dcf21/pi-gazing
A platform for building motion-sensitive cameras to spot shooting stars and triangulating their paths.
dcf21/plato-wp36-v1
PLATO WP36 Exoplanet Analysis System transit detection pipeline (version 1)
dcf21/pyxplot9
Pyxplot version 0.9: a vector graphics and plotting package for Linux / MacOS
dcf21/4most-4gp
The 4MOST Galactic Pipeline (4GP): core python modules for spectral analysis
dcf21/4most-4gp-scripts
The 4MOST Galactic Pipeline (4GP): command line interface for spectral analysis.
dcf21/acorn-tape-reader
Extract binary files from WAV recordings of audio cassette tapes recorded by 8-bit Acorn computers, including the BBC Micro, Acorn Electron and BBC Master computers.
dcf21/meteor-pi
A platform for building motion-sensitive cameras to spot shooting stars and triangulating their paths.
dcf21/pyxplot7
Pyxplot version 0.7: a vector graphics and plotting package for Linux / MacOS
dcf21/adfslib
Python 3 package for reading Acorn ADFS disc images in ADF file format
dcf21/commodore-basic-list
Produce listings of binary Commodore BASIC files. Compatible with the versions of BASIC shipped with the C64, C16, Plus/4 and C128.
dcf21/drawfile-render
Render Acorn / RISC OS !Draw files to PNG and SVG format
dcf21/plato-wp36-v2
PLATO WP36 Exoplanet Analysis System transit detection pipeline (version 2)
dcf21/pyxplot-web
Pyxplot website
dcf21/pyxplot8
Pyxplot version 0.8: a vector graphics and plotting package for Linux / MacOS
dcf21/repton-datafile-render
Produce maps and sprite charts from data files generated by the BBC Micro and Electron versions of Repton 3 and Repton Infinity.