'Nebulosity' (Windows and OS X) is designed to be a powerful, but simple to use capture and processing application for a wide range of astronomy CCD cameras. Many cameras are supported for capture and images from just about anything can be processed including png, tiff, jpeg and many other file formats.
Download it for free. |
http://www.stark-labs.com/nebulosity.html |
RegiStax, free image processing software allows you to stack a series of images of an astronomical object and process them to produce truely stunning finished work. The best bit is, it's free! Check out the following Youtube videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yuHQW8KT4s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ufHUsr5jB0 |
http://www.astronomie.be/registax/
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IRIS Astronomical images processing software
Version 5.52b.
Iris provides many powerful functions of
image processing for digital astronomical
images. It is particularly good when used with images captured
by CCD or DSLR cameras. |
http://www.astrosurf.com/buil/us/iris/iris.htm |
Satscape is a free/donation-ware
Satellite tracking program that uses mathematical equations
to accurately predict the position of any satellite in orbit
around the earth, or predict to the nearest second when a satellite
will pass over your location. You don't need a huge tracking
radar in your back garden, just this program and a computer. |
http://www.satscape.info |
Stellarium is a free
open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic
sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars
or a telescope.
It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates
and go. |
http://www.stellarium.org/ |
Starry Night
desktop planetarium software includes 50 guided tours to get
you started exploring the universe. New Spaceship Mode lets
you travel beyond the Milky Way to the outer reaches of space.
Includes a SkyTheater DVD and Starry Night Companion. |
http://www.starrynightstore.com/ |
STAR
Atlas:PRO is a spectacular Planetarium and Star
Atlas packed with features for astronomers and stargazers of
all levels. Find the location of countless celestial
objects in no time at all,
display and print detailed star charts, point 'n click to
control your telescope,
plan observations and dozens more features. |
http://star-atlas-pro-version.software.informer.com/ |
AstroGrav is an astronomy software program that allows
you to simulate how astronomical objects move and interact
under the force of gravity. It features superb interactive
3D graphics which allow you to move around within a many-body
astronomical system, while watching how it evolves with the
passage of time. |
http://www.astrograv.co.uk/ |
Google
Sky Browse around and zoom in to
distant galaxies and nebulae View constellations
and the movements of the planets. Hear astronomy
podcasts and read celestial research from expert sources |
http://earth.google.com/sky/index.html |
Virtual
Moon Atlas
(V. M. A.)
Now downloaded by more than 300 000 astronomers worldwide
and used in several books, magazines, observatories and Web
sites
and recommanded by the European Space Agency
(ESA). |
http://www.astrosurf.com/avl/UK_index.html |
AstroStack is
a program that takes a series of images or a stream of video
and combines them into one sharp noisefree picture.
AstroStack is built on a flexible professional architecture
with plugins and works with all major operating systems |
http://www.astrostack.com/ |
AstroWork Bench.
Quickly find exactly what solar system and deep sky objects are observable for any date, time and location. It also contains many other utilities and lots of reference data. All of this is combined into a free integrated observational astronomy tool. |
http://wareseeker.com/Home-Education/astroworkbench-2.0.1.zip/3b5079148b |