Foundations of Imaging Observing Program Coordinator: Dan Crowson 5 Nightfall Court Dardenne Prairie, MO 63368 (314) 494-5224 E-mail:  dcrowson@crowson.com

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.

	Windows	Mac	Linux
Standards	ASCOM	INDI ASCOM Alpaca	INDI ASCOM Alpaca
Planetary Imaging	FireCapture SharpCap PrismAstroSurface	SIRIL Planetary-imager	Planetary-imager Kstars with INDI
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
Live Stacking	SharpCap ASIStudio (ZWO only) AstroToaster
Guiding	PHD2 MetaGuide	PHD2 AstroGuider	Kstars with INDI Lin Guider PHD2
Processing	Registax AutoStakkert! WinJUPOS GIMP AstraImage PixInsight PhotoShop	SIRIL GIMP Photoshop PixInsight	Kstars with INDI GIMP PixInsight
Stacking	DeepSkyStacker PixInSight AstroToaster Astrometric STAcking Program (ASTAP)	SIRIL	Kstars with INDI
Planetarium	Sky Chart / Cartes du Ciel Stellarium	Sky Chart / Cartes du Ciel Stellarium Luminos	Sky Chart / Cartes du Ciel Stellarium
Plate Solving (stand alone)	AstroTortilla* All Sky Plate Solver*Astrometric STAcking Program (ASTAP) * based on astrometry.net engine
Automation	Sequence Generator Pro Nighttime Imaging ‘N Astronomy		Astroberry
Photometry	Astrometric STAcking Program (ASTAP) MuniWin AstroImageJ IRIS

 

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