Astrophotography
111 items from lunohodov/awesome-astrophotography ★163
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Sky-Watcher AZ-GTI: The Perfect Mount for Mobile Astrophotography web.archive.org
The Sky-Watcher AZ-GTI mount was never meant for astrophotography. Oh, the irony!
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Harry's PixInsight tutorials web.archive.org
Newcomer friendly, down-to-earth and comprehensive video tutorials.
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Telescopius telescopius.com
Free planning and image hosting for astrophotographers.
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Optical Glass Types stellarvue.com
What makes a top-tier telescope? This article will clear up some common misconceptions.
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Star Ninja stars.2pm.ninja
Free web map for planning a stargazing outing: light-pollution darkness bands, cloud forecast and moonless hours for any spot, with the distance from a start point.
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Stargazers Lounge stargazerslounge.com
Small but active UK community forums.
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StarNet++ sourceforge.net
A simple program that allows the removal of the stars from astrophotography images.
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SolarHam solarham.com
Real time Space Weather news and solar and geomagnetic activity data from various sources. All in one location for easy navigation. Indispensable for planning solar imaging sessions.
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Voyager software.starkeeper.it
User-friendly system integration and astrophotography automation software.
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Noise Analysis in Stacked Exposures smallstarspot.com
A web application that assists in finding the optimal sub-exposure time. It takes into account the imaging setup, sky glow, etc.
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MetaGuide smallstarspot.com
A free guiding software that uses novel centroid methods to reduce the impact of seeing. It also offers comprehensive collimation support than can be of great help for f/4 and faster Newtonian/SCT systems.
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SkyCompendium skycompendium-online.web.app
A comprehensive web tool that helps astrophotographers plan their sessions using data from Gary Imm's renowned Deep Sky Compendium featuring over 3000 deep sky objects spanning 26 cross-referenced catalogues.
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An Astrophotographer's Gentle Introduction To Noise skyandtelescope.org
An easy to understand introduction to various sources of noise in astrophotography and how to eliminate them.
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Siril siril.org
Registering, stacking, and post-processing, specially tailored for noise reduction and improving the signal-to-noise ratio.
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Northern Sky Narrowband Survey simg.de
This survey aims to catalog faint nebulae that have not been previously documented.
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Sharpless sharplesscatalog.com
Images of all objects from the Sharpless catalogue each with capture and background information.
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Sequence Generator Pro sequencegeneratorpro.com
The classic fully automated night sky imaging.
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A Beginner Guide to Night Photography scottaspinall.com
If you're interested in night photography and particularly deepscapes, this guide hits the spot with it's succinctness.
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Rouzastro equipment reviews rouzastro.com
A growing list of equipment reviews. The experiences and results may prove useful for those looking at new gear.
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RoboScopes roboscopes.com
Multi pier remote observatory with reasonable rates for the whole world to use. It offers hourly, syndicates & hosting piers for those who prefer to use their own equipment.
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BlurXTerminator rc-astro.com
An AI based deconvolution tool. Currently only available as a process module plug-in for PixInsight.
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Modulation Transfer Function and Image Sampling Analyzer rc-astro.com
This online tool provides insight into the capabilities of a given imaging system. It computes key values such as plate scale, stellar full-width at half-maximum (FWHM), diffraction limit and presents a graph of the system's modulation transfer function (MTF). Very useful for…
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Guide to Preprocessing of Raw Data With PixInsight pixinsight.com
Mistakes that happen during the pre-processing stages cannot be corrected anymore in post-processing. This guide from Bernd Landmann acquaints fellow astrophotographers with PixInsight's tools needed for recognising and avoiding such mistakes.
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PixInsight pixinsight.com
Advanced image processing software platform. Very powerful but the user interface is intimidating.
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Pixel Skies pixelskiesastro.com
Custom built remote observatories with hosting options.
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PhotoPills photopills.com
A photography planning mobile app (Android & iOS). It helps you plan your photos ahead of time so you’re always at the right place at the right time to capture the best photo possible.
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Photons to Photos photonstophotos.net
Interactive charts with sensor data contributed by people around the world.
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Cable Management Recommendations pegasusastro.com
Some solid advice on cables in an astrophotography setup.
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Capturing Galaxyset paulschmitphotography.com
A detailed tutorial on how to plan, execute and post-process a deepscape of the Andromeda galaxy aligned with a mountain in Southern Colorado.
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Chris White's Guide to Fixing Tilt and Spacing overcastobservatory.com
Annoying and hard to fix, tilt and spacing can ruin your imaging. This guide will help you eliminate them.
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PHD2 openphdguiding.org
Arguably THE guiding software. Free and open source.
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NINA nighttime-imaging.eu
Free and very powerful astrophotography imaging suite.
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Independent Starless Processing nightphotons.com
This article details a simple and effective method to separate, process, and later reintroduce stars into an image without artifacts. It also discusses how to get more naturally looking stars from a narrowband dataset.
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12 Deep Sky Objects to Photograph nebulaphotos.com
A beginner friendly list of objects to photograph with a DSLR camera.
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Messier messier-objects.com
All objects from the Messier catalogue with lots of background information and images.
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Low Level Landscape Lighting lowlevellighting.org
A method for lighting the landscape for night-scape photography. This is its official site.
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lightpollutionmap.info lightpollutionmap.info
This website uses satellite data to show light pollution related content.
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Compare Telescopes lambermont.dyndns.org
A web-based tool that helps astrophotographers decide between two imaging setups. It quantifies the real light-gathering and sampling trade-offs instead of relying solely on aperture or f-ratio.
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KStars kstars.kde.org
Part of the free Ekos imaging suite, this cross-platform planetarium will help you image the sky.
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Master PixInsight's Astrophotography Statistics: Analyze, Adjust, Enhance kozmosi.io
Successfully processing astronomical images entails a series of informed decisions. Understanding the data is crucial. This article provides a comprehensive guide to the Statistics process in PixInsight.
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Signal, Noise and Histograms jonrista.com
Part of Jon Rista's Astrophotography Basics series, this article provides a great bit of theory around signals, noise and histograms.
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Ekos indilib.org
An advanced cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux) observatory control and automation tool.
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Heliora heliora.app
Free web planner for Sun, Moon, and eclipse photography, with a 3D sky view against the terrain horizon at your chosen location.
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The Deep-Sky Imaging Primer goodreads.com
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Astrophotography is Easy!: Basics for Beginners goodreads.com
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Inside PixInsight goodreads.com
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Eise eise.app
Browser-based planetary stacker with no installation required.
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Calibration Frames Cheat-Sheet drive.google.com
(cached version)
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How to Eliminate Star Halos in PixInsight digitalstars.wordpress.com
One of the more challenging issues in astrophotography. Charles Bracken, the author of “The Deep-Sky Imaging Primer”, has you covered.
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