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LinuxAstro
Astronomical software on Linux.
http://bima.astro.umd.edu/nemo/linuxastro/

SpaceWander Virtual Space Trip!
SpaceWander's award-winning multimedia tour of the Universe features real space pictures from NASA
http://www.spacewander.com

Planet Tracker
Classroom-oriented software to teach the concepts of planetary motion. [commercial, demo available - DOS]
http://www.davidchandler.com/pltrack.htm

ORSA - Orbit Reconstruction, Simulation and Analysis
ORSA is a C++ framework for the development of algorithms and programs oriented to the simulation and analysis of the orbital evolution of bodies in space.
http://orsa.sourceforge.net

SkySight
[commercial, Win/Mac] CCD camera control and image processing, includes SkyChart III.
http://www.southernstars.com/skysight/index.html

Navigator Light
Celestial navigation software with star finder, vetor chart and GPS interface. [commercial, demo available. Windows]
http://www.tecepe.com.br/nav

MIIPS
[open source - OpenVMS/Unix] Multipurpose Interactive Image Processing System does astronomical image analysis. The main package runs on OpenVMS, but many subsets can run on Unix. All source code is provided.
http://www.chara.gsu.edu/~gudehus/miips.html