Here’s my running list of astrophotography software packages. \u00a0It’s limited to just the ones I have at least a passing familiarity with (so it’s lacking remote automation and planning tools which I haven’t used).<\/p>\n
Image Aquisition<\/p>\n
Sequence Generator Pro (can connect to PHD2 \/ Metaguid) – $100
\nBackyardEOS (can connect to PHD2) – $50
\nNebulosity (can connect to PHD2) – $80
\nTheSkyX + Camera Add-on (internal guide software) – $530 (minimum)
\nMaximDL (internal guide software) – $400 (minimum)
\nImagePlus: Camera Control (can connect to PHD2 \/ Metaguide) – $85
\nAstro Photography Tool (APT) (can connect to PHD \/ Metaguide) – $14
\nFireCapture (planetary only) – Free<\/p>\n
Guiding<\/p>\n
PHD \/ PHD2 – Free
\nMetaguide – Free (requires DirectX based camera)
\nTheSkyX + Camera Add-on – $530 (minimum)
\nMaximDL – $400 (minimum)<\/p>\n
Front End Processing (calibration, registration, stacking)<\/p>\n
DeepSkyStacker – Free
\nCCDStack – $200
\nNebulosity – $80
\nTheSkyX + Camera Add-on – $530 (minimum)
\nMaximDL – $400 (minimum)
\nPixInsight – $250
\nImagePlus: Image Processing – $205
\nRegistar – $150
\nAutoStakkert2 (planetary only) – Free
\nAviStack2 (planetary only) – Free
\nRegistax6 (planetary only) – Free<\/p>\n
Back End Processing (stretching, color balancing, etc.)<\/p>\n
DeepSkyStacker (sort of) – Free
\nNebulosity – $80
\nTheSkyX + Camera Add-on – $530 (minimum)
\nMaximDL – $400 (minimum)
\nPixInsight – $250
\nImagePlus: Image Processing – $205
\nPhotoshop – $10\/month
\nStarTools – $47
\nGIMP – Free
\nImageJ – Free<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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