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Originally Posted by Astrod00d
Do we need to purchase third party camera control and image capture software such as CCDSoft (USD349), AstroArt (USD185), MaximDL (USD399) or is there a simple and free image capture utility available? .
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Yes, there is 2 imaging programs.
The first is the factory (QHY) "AstroWin", which actually is a great imaging program.
It sets up the number of images, exposure times, Binning, etc.
For just taking images for processing later, this is a great program.
Then there is the software from Astrosoft (
www.astrosoft.com.be ), it also comes with a Capturing program that has many features. Including focusing to a bees %$^# accurate.
So there is no software you need to buy to start imaging.
Once you have the files, lets say all Fit files, you could use one of the free programs out there that create you images into what you want it to be.
Many of them have stacking, filtering, etc..
Theo