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ATMOS - [commercial, demo available - Windows] Amateur Telescope Maker optical design and analysis software. It is a program for designing and analyzing about thirty telescope configurations. Atmos is easy to use and comes at a very affordable price.Cell - [freeware - DOS] A floatation mirror cell design program for reflecting telescopes. Aberrator - [freeware - Windows] Generates star-testing images to show all the common telescope defects (astigmatism, coma, pinch, tube-currents etc). You can specify the charateristics of your scope (diameter, obstruction, spider). You can simulate the effect of your scope on planets (load your own images) and double stars. After simulation you can have a look at the Point-Spread-Function and the Modulation Transfer function. StarTrak - Making Setting Circles - [freeware - Windows] Programs that plot setting circles on your PC's printer.
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