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 194 downloads
Caldwell 109 Objects V1.2
Excel – 5.0 MB 127 downloads
Herschel 400 Objects V1.2
Excel – 1.6 MB 104 downloads
Messier 110 Objects V1.2
Excel – 2.0 MB 153 downloads
Nebulae 100 Objects V1.2
Excel – 1.9 MB 147 downloads
Monthly Highlights (CH, BE) V1.2
Excel – 1.9 MB 113 downloads
Dark Nebula V1.2
Excel – 3.7 MB 178 downloads
NEW! Top 100 Astrophotography Objects V1.0
Excel – 21.5 MB 23 downloads
Combined Database V1.0
Excel – 2.8 MB 133 downloads

Astronomy (Star Databases, updated!)

Multiple Star Systems V1.2
Excel – 1.8 MB 92 downloads
Triple Stars V1.2
Excel – 3.1 MB 93 downloads
Binary Stars V1.2
Excel – 1.6 MB 99 downloads
Visual Binary Stars V1.1
Excel – 2.2 MB 130 downloads
Brightest, Nearest Stars V1.2
Excel – 1.4 MB 93 downloads
Star Magnitudes V1.0
Excel – 669.0 KB 87 downloads
Star Data V1.0
Excel – 5.5 MB 114 downloads

Moon, Sun, Planets

Mercury Transits V1.0
Excel – 786.8 KB 78 downloads
Tides (Springs, Neads) V1.0
Excel – 1.1 MB 95 downloads
Venus Transits V1.0
Excel – 1.4 MB 85 downloads
Jupiter's Moons V1.1
Excel – 2.8 MB 145 downloads
Jupiter Great Red Spot V1.0
Excel – 1.1 MB 187 downloads
Time On Mars V1.0
Excel – 3.5 MB 94 downloads
Sun-Earth-Moon Model V1.0
Excel – 1.8 MB 247 downloads
Sun, Moon Position (full day) V1.1
Excel – 2.0 MB 108 downloads
Sun-Earth-Moon Distance V1.0
Excel – 2.5 MB 134 downloads
Sun Position V1.1
Excel – 963.5 KB 107 downloads
Moon Phase-Node Model V1.0
Excel – 1.8 MB 150 downloads
Moon Nodes V1.0
Excel – 980.6 KB 103 downloads
Moon Phases V1.1
Excel – 2.0 MB 215 downloads
Moon Position V1.0
Excel – 831.2 KB 103 downloads
Moon Illuminated Fraction V1.1
Excel – 1.6 MB 110 downloads
Satellite Orbit V1.0
Excel – 3.3 MB 102 downloads
Planet Orbits V1.1
Excel – 1.5 MB 238 downloads
Planet Fact Sheet V1.0
Excel – 461.9 KB 110 downloads
Ring of Saturn V1.0
Excel – 1.3 MB 175 downloads

Astronomy (General)

Telescope Equations V1.0
Excel – 3.7 MB 201 downloads
Spacetime V1.0
Excel – 400.1 KB 127 downloads
Kepler's Laws V1.1
Excel – 1.2 MB 139 downloads
Equation of Time V1.0
Excel – 1.7 MB 116 downloads
H-R Diagram V1.0
Excel – 2.4 MB 199 downloads
Eastern Dates V1.0
Excel – 1.6 MB 100 downloads
Equinoxes, Solstices V1.0
Excel – 1.5 MB 102 downloads
Lagrange Points V1.0
Excel – 961.1 KB 124 downloads
Perihelion, Aphelion V1.0
Excel – 654.6 KB 88 downloads

Astronomical Clocks/Buildings

Antikythera Gear Train V1.0
Excel – 3.6 MB 113 downloads
Antikythera Pin-and-Slot V1.0
Excel – 1.7 MB 109 downloads
Eclipses Abacus V1.0
Excel – 6.1 MB 180 downloads
E. Eisinga Planetarium Gear Train V1.0
Excel – 2.3 MB 100 downloads
Astronomical Clock Prague V1.0
Excel – 820.7 KB 104 downloads
Gear Ratios V1.0
Excel – 11.3 MB 109 downloads

Eclipses

Eclipse Cycles V1.0
Excel – 4.7 MB 114 downloads
Eclipse Data V1.0
Excel – 8.2 MB 112 downloads
Saros-Inex Panorama V1.0
Excel – 1.9 MB 181 downloads

Sundials, Maya Solar System

Analemmatic Sundial V1.0
Excel – 3.3 MB 190 downloads
A Combined Sundial V1.0
Excel – 1.9 MB 92 downloads
Solar System Maya V1.0
Excel – 9.3 MB 96 downloads

Supporting Morsels

Coordinate Transformations V1.0
Excel – 1.0 MB 110 downloads
Utilities V1.1
Excel – 1.2 MB 114 downloads
Sun phases, Daylength V1.1
Excel – 750.7 KB 110 downloads

Prototypes, Experiments

Proto: Black Holes V0.1
Excel – 4.0 MB 86 downloads
Template V0.2
Excel – 1.1 MB 84 downloads
Proto: ΛCDM Model V0.1
Excel – 1.6 MB 83 downloads
Leftovers V1.0
Excel – 130.2 KB 78 downloads

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