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Software for Astrophotographers

by Roger N. Clark

This page has software for astrophotographers. My code is free, and I give the source code. I'll also indicate other code I use, but I have no affiliation with any commercial astrophotography software.


The Night Photography Series:


Contents Copyright and License
Introduction
Davinci
Advanced Image Stretching with rnc-color-stretch
Davinci sigma clipped average


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They may not be used except by written permission from Roger N. Clark.
All rights reserved.

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Figure 1. An example nightscape image in natural color. The southern Milky Way rises over the Serengeti. See the Gallery Image for more information about this image.

Introduction

Here is my current astrophotography workflow (2016)

Copyright and License

Programs written by Roger N. Clark fall under the following license:

Copyright (c) 2016, Roger N. Clark, clarkvision.com

All rights reserved.

GNU General Public License https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.


Davinci

Davinci is an open source data manipulation program available from Arizona State U. http://davinci.asu.edu/ It runs on unix, linux, windows.


Advanced Image Stretching with rnc-color-stretch

The rnc-color-stretch program provides advanced image stretching of astrophotography images and is able to extract faint signals from astrophotos while maintaining original color. The program enables novice to expert image processors with a consistent environment that fits well into a color managed workflow to produce spectacular natural color images as well as custom white balance or narrow band or UV-IR false color images. The rnc-color-stretch program is an open source davinci script and free.

Download and installation instructions for Linux, Macs and Windows is here.


Davinci sigma clipped average

davinci.sigma-clip-average-3pass: takes a set of images and computes the average, rejecting outliers. Source code is here.


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The Night Photography Series:


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First Published September 28, 2016
Last updated November 30, 2016