Software of choice

[daz]

We all know there are as many different software products as there are astronomers, so I thought it might be interesting to see what software people use for a given task.

I could then compile a list of the top scorers in each category - could be useful! List all that you use!

If I have missed a category out, shout and I'll add it in!

GUIDING

CCD CAPTURE

CCD CONTROL

CCD PROCESSING

DSLR CAPTURE

DSLR PROCESSING

WEBCAM CAPTURE

WEBCAM PROCESSING

WEBCAM PRE-PROCESSING

IMAGE REGISTRATION

IMAGE PROCESSING

PLANETARIUM

STAR CHARTS

OBSERVATIONS

MOUNT GO-TO CONTROL

ELECTRONIC FOCUS

OCCULTATION PREDICTION

POLAR ALIGNMENT

[daz]

GUIDING - MaximDL (I hope!!!)

CCD CAPTURE - MaximDL

CCD CONTROL - MaximDL

CCD PROCESSING - MaximDL

DSLR CAPTURE - Images Plus

DSLR PROCESSING - MaximDL, Images Plus

WEBCAM CAPTURE - DMK Proprietary

WEBCAM PROCESSING - ImagesPlus, Registax

WEBCAM PRE-PROCESSING - Ninox, VirtualDub

IMAGE REGISTRATION - MaximDL

IMAGE PROCESSING - Photoshop CS2

PLANETARIUM - StarryNight, Stellarium

STAR CHARTS - SkyMap Pro 10, StarryNight

OBSERVATIONS - Deep Sky Planner

MOUNT GO-TO CONTROL - StarryNight, SkyMap PRo10

ELECTRONIC FOCUS

OCCULTATION PREDICTION - StarryNight, Lunar Occultation Workbench

POLAR ALIGNMENT - Polar204, WCS

[James]

There's only three categories appliocable to me so here goes:

PLANETARIUM - Starry Night, Stellarium

STAR CHARTS - Starry Night, Astroplanner (mostly for eyepiece FOV's)

OBSERVATIONS - Astroplanner Mac Version

James

[mikkey99]

Here`s mine

Guiding - PHD guiding

Dslr Proc - Ufraw, DSS, Registax, Paintshop pro

Webcam capture - Iris

Webcam Proc - DSS, Registax

Image Proc - Paintshop Pro PhotoXI

Planetarium - Stellarium, HNSky

Polar Align - Polar Finder

Mike

[jcm]

At present , who knows tomorrow

GUIDING - AstroArt V4

CCD CAPTURE - AstroArt V4

CCD CONTROL - AstroArt V4

CCD PROCESSING - AstroArt or ImagesPlus

DSLR CAPTURE - DSLR Focus

DSLR PROCESSING - ImagesPlus , Photoshop

WEBCAM CAPTURE - DMK Cap Software , Philips Video Lounge

WEBCAM PROCESSING - Registax , ImagesPlus , Photoshop

WEBCAM PRE-PROCESSING -

IMAGE REGISTRATION - ImagesPlus , DSS

IMAGE PROCESSING - ImagesPlus , AstroArt , Photoshop

PLANETARIUM -

STAR CHARTS - Guide 8

OBSERVATIONS -

MOUNT GO-TO CONTROL - Guide 8

ELECTRONIC FOCUS -

OCCULTATION PREDICTION -

POLAR ALIGNMENT - WCS

Something like that.

John

[Whippy]

Bit limited as not on the imaging trail yet, but....

Planetarium - Stellarium

Star charts - Cartes Du Ceil(?)

Polar alignment - Eyeball with optical aid

Observations - Stargazrs blog!!

Tony..

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

GUIDING K3CCD

CCD CAPTURE Artemis capture

CCD CONTROL Artemis

CCD PROCESSING MaximDL Photoshop

DSLR CAPTURE Shoestring IR and DSLR Shutter

DSLR PROCESSING Registax Photoshop

WEBCAM CAPTURE K3CCD

WEBCAM PROCESSING Registax, Maxim, Photoshop

WEBCAM PRE-PROCESSING VirualDub

IMAGE REGISTRATION Registax, Maxim

IMAGE PROCESSING Maxim, Photoshop

PLANETARIUM Starry Night

STAR CHARTS Starry Night

OBSERVATIONS

MOUNT GO-TO CONTROL Starry Night

ELECTRONIC FOCUS Artemis

OCCULTATION PREDICTION Starry Night

POLAR ALIGNMENT K3CCD

Kaptain Klevtsov

[Kenny_10_Bellys]

GUIDING - Meade Autostar Suite Envisage

WEBCAM CAPTURE - Meade Autostar Suite Envisage

WEBCAM PROCESSING - Meade Autostar Suite Envisage

WEBCAM PRE-PROCESSING - Meade Autostar Suite Envisage

IMAGE PROCESSING - Photoshop CS2

PLANETARIUM - Stellarium / Starry Night 5

STAR CHARTS - Starry night 5

MOUNT GO-TO CONTROL - Stellarium / Starry night

OCCULTATION PREDICTION - Stellarium / Starry night

[SteveL]

GUIDING - PHD

CCD CAPTURE - Maxim CCD

CCD CONTROL - Maxim CCD

CCD PROCESSING - ImagesPlus/DSS/PSCS

DSLR CAPTURE- Images Plus Camera Control

DSLR PROCESSING - ImagesPlus/DSS/PSCS

WEBCAM CAPTURE - K3CCD

WEBCAM PROCESSING - Registax

WEBCAM PRE-PROCESSING

IMAGE REGISTRATION - IP

IMAGE PROCESSING - IP

PLANETARIUM - Starry Night Pr0 Plus 6, Stellarium

STAR CHARTS

OBSERVATIONS

MOUNT GO-TO CONTROL - Starry Night Pr0 Plus 6, NexStar Observers List, Satellite Tracker

ELECTRONIC FOCUS

OCCULTATION PREDICTION

POLAR ALIGNMENT - Mark 1 eyeball

[proflight2000]

K3CCD

DSLR Focus

Starry night pro5

The Sky 6

Photoshop CS2

Paintshop 9

AstroArt 3

Maxim DL

Registax

Deepsky stacker

Lunarphase pro

Virtual Moon Atlas

Craterlet

C88 V1.2

Atomic clock sync

Wintrack pro7 - for satellite info

Element manager ----"---------

[Talitha]

Sky Tools (planetarium, star charts, observations, predictions)

Virtual Moon Atlas (lunar observations)

[Cloudgazer]

Stellarium

Registax

K3CCD

PixInsight LE

The only one i've used in anger so far is Stellarium..

Scott