Welcome to Astronomy Morsels!

Explore a collection of astronomy-related spreadsheets (called "morsels").

Access a variety of handy morsels covering topics such as Spacetime (special relativity), Lagrange points (points of equilibrium), telescope equations, moon phases, planetary positions, including satellites and Jupiter's Great Red Spot, Messier/Nebula/Caldwell/Herschel and star observations, eclipse cycles and the Sarox-Inex Panorama, some sundial designs, etc. Also, models of gear trains of astronomical clocks are analysed (e.g., Antikythera). 

All morsels are standalone spreadsheets, without any macros, there are no security issues. All morsels have been carefully reviewed, and calculation results have been compared with other applications. But, Astronomy Morsels expresses no warranty: use is at your own risk.

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Astronomy (Object Databases, updated!)

Deep Sky 500 Objects V1.2
Excel – 5.9 MB 595 downloads
Caldwell 109 Objects V1.2
Excel – 5.0 MB 479 downloads
Herschel 400 Objects V1.2
Excel – 1.6 MB 422 downloads
Messier 110 Objects V1.2
Excel – 2.0 MB 512 downloads
Nebulae 100 Objects V1.2
Excel – 1.9 MB 479 downloads
Monthly Highlights (CH, BE) V1.2
Excel – 1.9 MB 462 downloads
Dark Nebula V1.2
Excel – 3.7 MB 506 downloads
NEW! Top 100 Astrophotography Objects V1.0
Excel – 21.5 MB 381 downloads
Combined Database V1.0
Excel – 2.8 MB 443 downloads

Astronomy (Star Databases, updated!)

Multiple Star Systems V1.2
Excel – 1.8 MB 409 downloads
Triple Stars V1.2
Excel – 3.1 MB 385 downloads
Binary Stars V1.2
Excel – 1.6 MB 407 downloads
Visual Binary Stars V1.1
Excel – 2.2 MB 471 downloads
Brightest, Nearest Stars V1.2
Excel – 1.4 MB 390 downloads
Star Magnitudes V1.0
Excel – 669.0 KB 386 downloads
Star Data V1.0
Excel – 5.5 MB 434 downloads

Moon, Sun, Planets

Mercury Transits V1.0
Excel – 786.8 KB 381 downloads
Tides (Springs, Neads) V1.0
Excel – 1.1 MB 392 downloads
Venus Transits V1.0
Excel – 1.4 MB 378 downloads
Jupiter's Moons V1.1
Excel – 2.8 MB 450 downloads
Jupiter Great Red Spot V1.0
Excel – 1.1 MB 473 downloads
Time On Mars V1.0
Excel – 3.5 MB 383 downloads
Sun-Earth-Moon Model V1.0
Excel – 1.8 MB 577 downloads
Sun, Moon Position (full day) V1.1
Excel – 2.0 MB 466 downloads
Sun-Earth-Moon Distance V1.0
Excel – 2.5 MB 445 downloads
Sun Position V1.1
Excel – 963.5 KB 428 downloads
Moon Phase-Node Model V1.0
Excel – 1.8 MB 504 downloads
Moon Nodes V1.0
Excel – 980.6 KB 425 downloads
Moon Phases V1.1
Excel – 2.0 MB 609 downloads
Moon Position V1.0
Excel – 831.2 KB 443 downloads
Moon Illuminated Fraction V1.1
Excel – 1.6 MB 460 downloads
Satellite Orbit V1.0
Excel – 3.3 MB 395 downloads
Planet Orbits V1.1
Excel – 1.5 MB 559 downloads
Planet Fact Sheet V1.0
Excel – 461.9 KB 395 downloads
Ring of Saturn V1.0
Excel – 1.3 MB 493 downloads
NEW! Rise, Transit, Set Times V1.0
Excel – 1.2 MB 314 downloads

Astronomy (General)

Telescope Equations V1.0
Excel – 3.7 MB 544 downloads
Spacetime V1.0
Excel – 400.1 KB 424 downloads
Kepler's Laws V1.1
Excel – 1.2 MB 451 downloads
Equation of Time V1.0
Excel – 1.7 MB 424 downloads
H-R Diagram V1.0
Excel – 2.4 MB 509 downloads
Eastern Dates V1.0
Excel – 1.6 MB 389 downloads
Equinoxes, Solstices V1.1
Excel – 1.5 MB 306 downloads
Lagrange Points V1.0
Excel – 961.1 KB 408 downloads
Perihelion, Aphelion V1.0
Excel – 654.6 KB 400 downloads

Astronomical Clocks/Buildings

NEW! Antikythera Gear Train V1.1
Excel – 5.1 MB 302 downloads
Antikythera Pin-and-Slot V1.0
Excel – 1.7 MB 389 downloads
Eclipses Abacus V1.0
Excel – 6.1 MB 448 downloads
E. Eisinga Planetarium Gear Train V1.0
Excel – 2.3 MB 373 downloads
Astronomical Clock Prague V1.0
Excel – 820.7 KB 396 downloads
Gear Ratios V1.0
Excel – 11.3 MB 394 downloads

Eclipses

Eclipse Cycles V1.0
Excel – 4.7 MB 411 downloads
Eclipse Data V1.0
Excel – 8.2 MB 415 downloads
Saros-Inex Panorama V1.0
Excel – 1.9 MB 449 downloads

Sundials, Maya Solar System

Analemmatic Sundial V1.0
Excel – 3.3 MB 468 downloads
A Combined Sundial V1.0
Excel – 1.9 MB 371 downloads
Solar System Maya V1.0
Excel – 9.3 MB 383 downloads

Supporting Morsels

Coordinate Transformations V1.0
Excel – 1.0 MB 404 downloads
Utilities V1.1
Excel – 1.2 MB 430 downloads
Sun phases, Daylength V1.1
Excel – 750.7 KB 408 downloads

Prototypes, Experiments

Proto: Black Holes V0.1
Excel – 4.0 MB 365 downloads
Template V0.2
Excel – 1.1 MB 364 downloads
Proto: ΛCDM Model V0.1
Excel – 1.6 MB 356 downloads
Leftovers V1.0
Excel – 130.2 KB 358 downloads

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