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Software Tools
The following are some of the Software Tools regulary that I use.
Astrophotography is a difficult subject to learn. In many ways it is a Black Art that takes many long hours to master. Therefore I recommend you add these Software Tools to your toolbox. I own them all and use them every time I setup my telescope. They can save you a lot of time, energy and frustration.
SkyTools3 Pro - Planetarium software. Designed to aid observers with observation planning, charting, and logging. SkyTools boasts an astronomical database second to none and is the premier software for the observer.
Major features include a First of its kind Visual Detection Model, Imaging Session Planner, Imaging Exposure Calculator, Double Star Pair Split Model, Science-Based Realistic Sky Simulation, Context Viewer, Nightly Observing List Generator, Observing Synopses, Simulated Planets and the current SOHO Sun image, Advanced Fuzzy-Logic Database Search Engine, Deepest Stellar Database (522 million stars to 20th magnitude over the entire sky), Premiere Double Star Database (over 72,000 double star systems), Accurate Galaxy Database (over a million galaxies), Accurate Nebula Database (categorized by type) and Realtime GO-TO Telescope Control (ASCOM 2008, ServoCat, Tangent-based DSCs and the Argo Navis).
MaxIm DL Version 5.0 - Complete observatory integration. Controls your camera, autoguider, filter wheels, focusers, camera rotator, telescope mount, and dome.
MaxPoint - Telescope mount modeling engine. Integrates into MaxIm DL and SkyTools3 Pro.
PinPoint Astrometric Engine 5.0 - Integrates into MaxIm DL, MaxPoint and FocusMax.
FocusMax - Auto focus your CCD based telescope quickly and precisely.
RegiStar - Automatic image registration for astrophotography.
Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Professional image editing suite (and much, much more).
FITS Liberator 2.2 - Astronomical images processing plug-in for Adobe Photoshop.
GradientXTerminator - Gradient removal plug-in for Adobe Photoshop.
Neat Image - Noise reduction plug-in for Adobe Photoshop.
Astronomy Tools Photoshop Actions Set - Astronomical image processing actions for Adobe Photoshop.
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