Software Download Page

The links here will download the three applications in the AstroGrid Desktop Suite. Note that any saved preferences and smart lists from an earlier version will be retained when you upgrade!

To get an overview of what the applications do, visit the About AstroGrid Desktop page.

To check out what you need to do with the downloaded files, visit the Step-by-Step page.

To understand how to use the software, visit the Help pages.

	VO Desktop jar file	Version 1.2.3.1 17MB	This is the core application, containing : VOExplorer, Astroscope/Helioscope, File Explorer, Task Runner, and Query Builder. It also provides the background services - Astro Runtime and SAMP. Read Release Notes
	VO Desktop OS X Application	Version 1.2.3.1 16MB	Alternate packaging of the VO Desktop application, for OS X
	TOPCAT jar file	Version 3.4-1 16.3MB	With TOPCAT you can manipulate tables and make plots; crossmatch catalogues; and many more related tasks. Read Release Notes Please note: Internet Explorer may want to save this jar file as a zip file. In this case, please rename it to a jar file after it has finished downloading.
	AstroGrid Python egg file	Version 1.0.4 0.6MB for Python2.5	With AstroGrid Python you can call VO services inside your own pythn scripts. Requires Astro Runtime to be running, which comes with VO Desktop. Note that this link downloads the version required if you are running Python2.5 - check the Python scripting page for information on how to set this up. If you are using Python2.4 you will need to download a compatible version of the egg file from here.
	Astro Runtime Development Kit	Version 1.2.3.1 1.3MB	Astro Runtime is middleware that makes it simple to call Virtual Observatory services from any programming language. This development kit contains tutorial, API documentation and examples.