CCDWare is a set of astronomy software that allows you to Stack, Goto, Inspect, Automate capture, Correct the PEC of your mount and Focus your camera. The products that can be purchased as a suite or seperately are CCD Inspector, CCD Stack, Focus Max, CCD Pilot, Pem Pro and CCD Navigator Price $149 - $841.45 for the full product suite Pros Some great products such as CCD Inspector and CCD Stack so worth looking at purchasing some of these. Cons Full suite is expensive however there is room for each of these in every observatory! Programme to align and stack your long exposure sub-frames and also provides some basic image enhancement Price Free Pros Works well Cons Mac support as with many pieces of astronomy software General purpose image processing software very similar in capability to PhotoShop Price Free Pros Works well. There are open source add-on tools available. Works on Mac!!!!!! Cons Only supports 8Bit TIFF/FITS image processing which may be an issue with extreme image processing, where details may be lost. Programme to align the frames in video capture files of solar system objects Price Free Pros The standard used for planetary imaging! Seems to work well and has some useful image enhancements with Wavelets Cons Apple support Image stacking and processing software for the brave! Price Free Pros Hardnens you up as an astronomer Cons French! What is it for? PixInsight is a modular, open-architecture, portable image processing platform available for FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. Price 278 Euros Pros This is the profesional image processing suite. It sets a new standard for astrophotography and replaces Photoshop as the gold standard. Cons The documentation is not great, however there are loads of videos and help from the forum. There are also many users of the software within the society. What is it for? darktable is an open source photography workflow application and RAW developer. A virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers. Price Free Pros Looks like a Lightroom clone. . Cons MAC or Linux only. What is it for? Allows you to process Star Trails Price Free Pros .. . Cons . What is it for? Stacking Software Price Free Pros .. . Cons . |
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