Linux processing tools?

[garymck]

Sorry posted in wrong forum. Please move to software...g

Hi,

after having 2 computers destroyed by the latest Windows 10 update (both had corrupted password files and would no longer accept passwords to log in - the only solution being a re-set of windows, which I could not do since I had downloaded the Windows install files....). I've decided to go to Linux - had a gut full of Windows....

I can control everything with Indi Lib, however I'm unsure of what I can use for image processing. Pixinsight is a little too pricey for me at the moment. Are there any other good options?

cheers
Gary

[luka]

Startools runs on linux. I think it costs about $60 but there is a trial version.

[Weird1]

Siril is meant to be Iris for Linux (sirI-L). It is an astronomical image processing tool, able to convert, pre-process images, help aligning them automatically or manually, stack them and enhance final images. Free.

:thumbsup:

[rmuhlack]

I use Pixinsight on Linux and can confirm that it works brilliantly (if you change your mind). A camera control system using INDI is also under development for Pixinsight so will soon become a "one-stop-shop".

[oleg_astro]

https://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/theli/gui/

"THELI is a powerful and easy-to-use package for astronomical image reduction, offering e.g."

[oleg_astro]

AstroImageJ http://www.astro.louisville.edu/software/astroimagej/

"Munipack is a free open source tool for processing of astronomical images" http://munipack.physics.muni.cz/

"Lxnstack is a program designed to align and stack astronomical images (both planetary and deep-sky)" https://sites.google.com/site/lxnstack/home

[oleg_astro]

Also, you can try my "Ubuntu Astronomy" https://sourceforge.net/projects/ubuntu-astronomy-16-04/