Mac OSX - software

[Corpze]

Hi, wouldn´t it be nice to have one thread for all the software that are available for Mac´s?

I´ll start up with a few that i know works well

Planetarium;

Stellarium

Cartes du Ciel

Equinox 50-90 USD

Celestia

SkySafari

Starry Night 150 USD

TheSkyX 330 USD

Astroplanner 45 USD

Image stacking;

Lynkeos

Picture processing;

Nebulosity 80 USD

Pixinsight 207 €

Misc. software;

PHD - autoguiding software

[jgs001]

DSS

StarStax startrails software

I've not as yet had a chance to really test either of them, but DSS does run, which is a good start.

[James]

There's Photoshop of course

[NickK]

You should add Aladin to the list.. it's cross platform but there's a Mac client you can use..

[Corpze]

DSS

Thanks for the tip, i didnt get it to work when i followed the set-by-step tutorial but the "pre-packed" DSS worked right away!

StarStax startrails software

I've not as yet had a chance to really test either of them, but DSS does run, which is a good start.

You should add Aladin to the list.. it's cross platform but there's a Mac client you can use..

Is this the software you refers to?; http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr

[NickK]

Is this the software you refers to?; http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr

That's the baby - not particularly user friendly when you start but it's the content that's great.

[Rhys Hardwick]

Guide 9 $US 40 using Wine Bottler - works very well, very powerful

[fwm891]

Might be good to also quote which Mac O/S the various software progs work with...

[Sp@ce_d]

Anything for plate solves?

[simonct]

I've wrapped up the astrometry.net offline solver in a simple Mac app which I posted on the DIY Astronomer forum here. It's pretty basic but quite fun :-)

Simon

[NickK]

I've wrapped up the astrometry.net offline solver in a simple Mac app which I posted on the DIY Astronomer forum here. It's pretty basic but quite fun :-)

Simon

Nice - I was going to wrap it into AOSX as a service that can be used by any number of applications using it.

[simonct]

Good plan. I was thinking along the same lines, in fact this app is really just the test harness for the CoreAstro plate-solver plugin. This is it working in the full capture app the other night.

I'll probably add AppleScript/Automator support to the solver app anyway as it's proving to be quite handy in its own right !

Simon

[knobby]

Great idea for a thread... Alas I suspect it may be a short one

[Digz]

Nice list,very useful. I think its got everything I use currently.

[knobby]

Dash phoon

Moon phase dashboard widget

http://www.pure-mac.com/downloads/dashphoondl.html

Are we doing paid apps or just free?

Edit... Sorry just seen the paid apps in O.P.

[P_Monty]

Another image stacker - keiths image stacker :

http://keithwiley.com/software/keithsImageStacker.shtml

[knobby]

http://www.sofortbildapp.com/

Mac / Nikon tethered shooting ...

[OzDave]

EQMac for mount control

http://eqmac.hulse.id.au

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[James]

EQMac for mount control

http://eqmac.hulse.id.au

I knew I'd forgotten something.....

James

[Elara]

Hi,

I'm new to the forum but a Mac aficionado nonetheless. 

Although I don't as yet own any equipment, I have been keeping an eye out for 'Mac friendly' software in which to invest & in so doing I came across this http://astronomyonline.org/astronomysoftware.asp#Apple

Whilst it has a few broken links and is probably out of date somewhat, it did help in directing me to products that would help with future guiding and imaging on my MacBook (I even decided to download Equinox to have a 'peek' at its functionality).

I hope this helps rather than hinders?

Graham

[bodtwo]

This is great, just what I'm looking for.

Thanks for taking the time to put this together.

bod

[Elara]

If you decided to go with Equinox (ver 140.2) through the App store , then for only $24 (about £15.50) you can then upgrade to Equinox Pro for Mac OSX http://www.microprojects.ca/register.html - this adds a bit more functionality and options for both guiding and imaging (Synscan, PHD etc). I am getting my new 'rig' on Monday and can't wait to begin learning/using (without the hassle of dual-booting and using Windows). I'll report my findings in due course, but bear with me as I'm new to all this!

[Moox]

Really useful thread for us Mac users. I'll do anything for love but I won't PC.

[Elara]

Really useful thread for us Mac users. I'll do anything for love but I won't PC.

I have to agree!

Here are more links for Mac aficionados http://www.stargazing.net/David/equip/MacBookPro.html - this one is dated January 2013 so over a year old and refers to Mac OSX 10.8.x but again contains some useful pointers (IMHO)

There's also this http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/download_v301/ - FITS software for the Mac (OSX 10.5+)  & I also found this ancient thread in Apple Support https://discussions.apple.com/message/4507459#4507459 its from 2007 but hey - at least it's something!

I must admit that I don't really have any user experience of Mac friendly software as yet but I hope to very soon.

Cheers & Clear Skies!

Graham

[bodtwo]

Stars tax runs fine on Mavericks.