DeepSky - I had a chance to use this software and it does a lot. While not as smooth or cohesive as TheSky, it does do several things well. With a bit of a learning curve, one gets a list of available targets for the evening so a plan can be made. An image of the object is available so you have an idea what the target is; so when ready, you can view its location on their built-in chart, send the target info to your goto system and enjoy.
From the, note of what you see can also be performed. It keeps a detailed log, and you can share online. Be sure to give it a go! It has imbedded maps, listings of major Lunar features, and Lunar time tables for anything you want to know. It's a program designed to provide information on the four Galilean moons of Jupiter - and does it well.
Heavenscape software has a nice program called Satellite Tracker. This program allows full control of a Meade or Celestron computer controlled telescope to track the orbiting satellites - like the International Space Station and various communication satellites. Halley - Electronic Catalog of Comets. This is a Windows program that maintains a current list of by database. It includes a fast search and export to ECS format. It provides accurate UT as well as Sun and Moon rise and set time and much more.
The program includes the current sun, moon, eclipses and ephemerides for all the planets, minor planets and comets. DeepSky - This program is a large and useful program. A quick setup to tell the program where you live will allow it to list available DeepSky objects in view for the evening. There is also an observers log and an optional add-on for telescope control. Click on an object of interest and you are presented with a DSS image.
You can view a Moon map and create custom star charts. This will be the longest list as there are many of these types of programs available. I will keep the descriptions short for this list. This next batch of software specializes in telescope control - either from another room or across the globe.
This list is by no means complete. These just happen to be the apps I use, have used or seen. If you know of any that should be listed here, please let me know.
All rights reserved. Contact Us. Want to improve your telescopes pointing accuracy? T-Point is a software that models your mounts accuracy and uses this model to improve pointing accuracy.
Orchestrate is a software to automate imaging sessions - so you can get some sleep. For those with motorized domes, AutomaDome adds the ability to control the dome as well - moving the dome with the scope as well as opening and closing.
Have your cake and eat it too - the complete Bisque Observatory Software Suite. DC-3 Dreams - full suite of robotic observatory control, software updates available in their support pages PoleAlignMax - software to assist your computer control telescope to point to the north ASCOM - the communications standard for interface control in astronomy CCDWare - a new software company providing a variety of products used to assist in tracking accuracy and automatic control with links to other software as well , imaging stacking, session planning and CCD inspection.
SN Finder - This software automates supernova searches, designed by an amateur astronomer for amateur astronomers. Aberrator - software to assist in star testing a telescope Microsoft Service Packs - a nice website to know, has all current service packs for Microsoft products MSDN.
Net Updates - for those Visual Studio. By Eva Williams 7 days ago, Software Reviews. Astrophotography software is used for creating qualitative photos of celestial bodies. Here, I will tell you about the best astrophotography software to help you perform histogram stretching, add gradients, remove light pollution, calibrate the color of stars to achieve a gorgeous photo of the night sky.
Some of them are focused purely on deep sky astrophotography and some are regular photo editors. Each software has its pros and cons that we will talk about them below. Most astrophotography software are for macOS and Windows.
Specialized astrophotography software takes time to master the settings and get familiar with the interface. Verdict: DeepSkyStacker is a great astrophotography software. It makes the pre-processing steps for creating photos easier. This is due to automatic registering and the possibility to stack your photos into one high-resolution file.
Here you will place your light, dark, offset and flat frames that you took during the imaging session. Then you can transfer the created file to Adobe Photoshop for image post-processing.
You can easily organize all your top light frames in Adobe Bridge any RAW file format image viewer will work , and then move those photos to DSS for registering and stacking. This software automatically detects stars, registers aligns and stacks photos combines exposures using mathematical processing, like averaging. Stacking in this software is perhaps the best compared with other free software.
Verdict: Photoshop is the most popular software for photo editing and you can use it for editing astrophotography too. The main advantage of this astrophotography software is the ability to stretch the pixel data further.
Using adjustment tools like levels and curves, you will be able to make your images more colorful and light. To do this, combining layers is essential, when a layer with a sharp edge is superimposed on the image layer and its transparency is adjusted. You will be able to adjust shadows, subtract noise, invert and add anti-ring, use multiples and screens as a mask.
If you are looking for more professional tools, you can expand features due to many astrophotography Photoshop Plugins , Action Sets and Panels. The software displays the phase and location of the moon, location of earth satellites, and day and night earth regions. With this software, you can make your own sky chart using the data provided. It has advanced features to help you make a complete sky map making it a good bet for stargazers. Winstars Winstars is yet another free software for stargazers.
It has a database of more than 2 million stars and a catalog of thousands of star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. The software makes it possible for you to view a 3D map showing the celestial objects in the solar system and has information about each object. WinOrbit WinOrbit: Satellite Tracking software will compute, display and tell the whereabouts of artificial earth satellites, including information on their distance, bearing and elevation. The data can be updated in manual, simulation modes or in real-time.
Deepsky From Isaac Newton to Nicolas Copernicus to Galileo, I have tried to feed my love for the skies by reading the life stories of this great men and women. But the more I opened pages the more I found I wanted to know more — and more I read, libraries I visited, journals, the internet and wherever until I came to the end of the road. Related posts.
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