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Appendix 3: Imaging Software
(Software references as of May, 2020)
The following is presented to develop key concepts of imaging and astrophotography, including terminology, equipment used, software used, fundamental concepts of image processing, and common vocabulary. You are encouraged to seek out more detailed works that can be found in print and on the internet. Free software is indicated as (free).
The tools for imaging are constantly changing. If you discover and have success with other imaging tools for Windows or another OS, let the program coordinator know and we will update the information presented here.
A more complete list for iOS and INDI will to be added soon.
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Standards |
ASCOM |
INDI ASCOM Alpaca |
INDI ASCOM Alpaca |
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Planetary Imaging |
FireCapture AstroSurface |
SIRIL Planetary-imager |
Planetary-imager Kstars with INDI |
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DSO Imaging |
MaximDL Nebulosity APT The Sky Prism Voyager Sequence Generator Pro (SGP) Nighttime Imaging ‘N Astronomy (NINA) |
Nebulosity The Sky AstroImager Kstars with INDI |
Kstars with INDI |
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Live Stacking |
SharpCap ASIStudio (ZWO only) AstroToaster |
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Guiding |
PHD2 MetaGuide |
PHD2 AstroGuider |
Kstars with INDI Lin Guider PHD2 |
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Processing |
Registax AutoStakkert! WinJUPOS GIMP AstraImage PixInsight PhotoShop |
SIRIL GIMP Photoshop PixInsight
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Kstars with INDI GIMP PixInsight
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Stacking |
DeepSkyStacker PixInSight AstroToaster Astrometric STAcking Program (ASTAP) |
SIRIL |
Kstars with INDI |
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Planetarium |
Sky Chart / Cartes du Ciel Stellarium |
Sky Chart / Cartes du Ciel Stellarium Luminos |
Sky Chart / Cartes du Ciel Stellarium |
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Plate Solving |
AstroTortilla* Astrometric STAcking Program (ASTAP)
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Automation |
Sequence Generator Pro |
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Astroberry |
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Photometry |
Astrometric STAcking Program (ASTAP) |
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Fundamentals of Imaging Observing Program Coordinator:
Dan Crowson
5 Nightfall Court
Dardenne Prairie, MO 63368
(314) 494-5224
E-mail: dcrowson@crowson.com