QuickFits isn’t really an astrophoto software, but it does allow Mac to display fits in finder’s preview. As an added bonus, it has a useful blink feature to quickly id bad subs too. Can’t wait to see the video! Used Mac since the start of my astro journey.
4 months ago | 2
I use XN view MP as a way of quickly looking through raw files to delete any I don't wanted included in my stacking process. 🤷🏼
4 months ago | 0
I know it isn't free, but I would absolutely love a video just seeing you experiment with something like DxO pure raw or Topaz denoise /photo AI. The denoise software offered by these is mind-blowing when I use it for my bird photography. DxO for raw, Topaz for all other formats
4 months ago | 0
Thanks Nico! Definitely a valuable set of lessons. You may want to prioritize the list and hit the basics first.
4 months ago | 0
While proposing CCDciel and CdC, for the time being I only the ASIair app and SkySafari and commercial stacking software now. I have spend over US$ 10k in astrophotography equipment over the course of several years, I think it is no problem to spend a couple of 100$ for the best software tools. Nobody even thinks of looking for free narrowband filters. Programming software is a job and those people have to make a living, too.
4 months ago | 0
I variously use Siril, RCAstro, Seti Astro and GraXpert for image processing, and I'm still trying to figure out how (well) they work. Looking forward to the video.
4 months ago | 0
FireCapture, PlanetarySystemStacker (PSS), Astroplanner. I'm not a mac user but I know these run on both Win and Mac (and Linux).
4 months ago
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Check out this site: https://www.macobservatory.com/mac-astronomy-software
4 months ago | 0
Astroimagej/imageJ for photometry (variable stars/exoplanet transits)
4 months ago
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I don’t know if you want to go down this road but I have don’t PIPP, Autostakkert, and RegiStax on a Mac using wine. Didn’t run great but it can be done. ASI Studio’s planet processing software is probably the better solution on a Mac.
4 months ago | 0
How about Photopea as a free Photoshop alternative? I’ve used it successfully many times in the past (albeit not for astro) and its similarity to Photoshop always made using it a breeze.
4 months ago | 1
Nebula Photos
Attention Mac Users: I'm working on a video about installing FREE astronomy software on a Mac. If you are a Mac user who uses any kind of free astronomy software, could you please check this list, and let me know if I'm missing anything that you use. For this video I'm only interested in free software that will run natively on an M3 Mac with the latest OS.
Astropy
Adobe DNG Converter
Adobe Bridge
Aladin
ASIAir
ASIStudio
ASTAP
CaptureEclipse
Darktable
Discord
FITS Liberator
GIMP
GraXpert
JupyterLab
Kstars (incl. EKOS/INDI Server)
Lynkeos
Miniconda
Phd2
RawTherapee
SAOImageDS9
Seti Astro’s Suite
Siril
Sirilic
Starnet
Starnet GUI
StarStaX
Stellarium
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