3. Online Tools

I know we said we would not start listing Web sites, but here are a few links to sites which offer fully operational tools running online that we feel are especially useful or interesting, from a browser on any platform.

3.1. Traditional Form Based Programs

Sun and Moon Rise and Set calculator
Web version of MICA
JPL Ephemeris Generator
Solar System Simulator
Clear Sky Clock will show at a glance when we might expect clear and dark skies for one particular observing site.
The Simbad astronomical database provides basic data, cross-identifications and bibliography for astronomical objects outside the solar system.

3.2. Java Applets

GeoAstro Applet Collection by Juergen Giesen
Aladin Interactive Sky Atlas
Cluster simulator NEWS 2007 - WE CANNOT VERIFY THIS PROGRAM - DELETION SCHEDULED
Sky Image Processor an astronomical image processing program which runs over the Web. Hosted at Virginia Tech.
J-Track 3D - Satellite Tracking