Hi all,
I am chasing all the different types of software available to assist with complete automation of capturing photons. As people add or comment one I have missed, I will add it to this post to help newcomers evaluate different software easily. I have tested a few things out, but I have found a lot of software only covers one specific thing. I personally cant stand to have to have a half dozen programs running just to align, point, capture, track, move and process pictures.
Initially these programs will be in no particular order, but as more come in I will try and organise them. The programs that handle more then one function I will place at the top.
Maxim DL
Covers a wide range of of features in one bundle..
TheSkyX
Similar to MaximDL
Astrotortilla
Plate solves and aligns your mount to what you want to point at.
Can be a pain to get going if you are not all that tech savvy.
Alignmaster
Assists in the PA process.
BackyardEOS/Nikon
Control of your slr. Annoyingly missing autofocus.
Teamviewer
Fantastic software for remoting into your obs PC.
Free for personal use.
Pixinsight
Use to process your pictures.
Very strong program for stacking your awesome night sky pics.
LARGE learning curve.
Nebulosity
Use to capture and process your pics.
If you are part of the penguin persuasion there is also
a Linux distro for capturing and processing your astro pics too.
I can guarantee I have missed a lot of software, feel free to point out what one's I have missed, also your experience out of 5 stars in regards to the certain things it does.
I would like to collate a list for the newcomers who want to get into astro, without spending 12 months and lots of money trying to find the best one for them.
Thanks for your input.
Michael