software

SOFTWARE FOR ASTRONOMY

Cosmology: illustrating the cosmological principle, solutions to the Friedmann equations and the statistics of galaxy counts: click here
(This software works both with a Mac and a PC. It is best run using Internet Explorer. To run using Netscape 4.x or later on a Mac, you need to install the MRJ plugin.)
Orbits, the Doppler effect, and the Rotation Curves of Galaxies: click here
(On a Windows PC this software requires the installation of Java 2 SDK 1.3 or later. On a Mac this version of Java requires Mac OS X, where it is preinstalled.)
Simulation of a Pulsar Beacon: click here

Simulation of the Orbits of Pluto and Charon: click here

(The above two simulations were developed by Amherst College students in the summer of 2002 under the auspices of a grant from the Mellon Foundation.)