Astronomy Software

These are software I use to capture, register, stack, and process astronomy images and videos. I added also other software I don’t personally use but they are commonly used and recommended by many amateurs.

Planetarium

• Cartes du Ciel – https://www.ap-i.net/skychart/
• Stellarium – https://stellarium.org/
• SkySasfari (iOS, Android) – https://skysafariastronomy.com/
• Sky Guide (iOS) – https://www.fifthstarlabs.com/
• [not tested] HNSKY – https://www.hnsky.org/software.htm

Observation Planner

• AstroPlanner – https://www.astroplanner.net/

Image processing software

• IRIS – http://www.astrosurf.com/buil/iris-software.html
• Registax – https://www.astronomie.be/registax/
• Paint.NET – https://www.getpaint.net/
• Adobe Lightroom CC – https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-lightroom.html

Analysis & Research Software

• TOPCAT – http://www.star.bris.ac.uk/~mbt/topcat/
• Aladin – https://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/
• CDS Portal – https://cdsportal.u-strasbg.fr/
• Aperture Photometry Tool – http://www.aperturephotometry.org/
• Astrometrica – http://www.astrometrica.at/
• SAOImage DS9 – https://sites.google.com/cfa.harvard.edu/saoimageds9

Plate Solver

• All Sky Plate Solver (blind solving) – http://www.astrogb.com/astrogb/All_Sky_Plate_Solver.html
• PlateSolve 2 (near solving) – http://pw-ecommerce.com/software/
• ASTAP (blind solving) – https://www.hnsky.org/astap.htm#index

Astro Imaging Software

• APT Astro Photography Tool – https://www.astrophotography.app/
• PHD Guiding 2 (Guiding Software) – https://openphdguiding.org/
• FireCapture (Planetary Image Capture) – http://www.firecapture.de/
• CCDCiel – https://www.ap-i.net/ccdciel/en/start

Utility

• Bulk Rename Utility – https://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/
• FITS Header Editor – https://github.com/emawind84/fits-header-editor/releases
• FITS Image Grader – https://mainsequencesoftware.com/Products/ImageGrader
• ASCOM – https://ascom-standards.org/
• EQMOD – http://eq-mod.sourceforge.net/
• PECPrep (Periodic Error Analysis Tool) – http://eq-mod.sourceforge.net/pecprep/
• USBDeview (USB Monitor) – https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html
• Polar Scope Align – https://astro.ecuadors.net/polar-scope-align/