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Astrophotography CAD
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Astrophotography CAD

Astrophotography CAD is software suite from NovaLab Observatory designed to help astronomers choose, optimize and design astrophotography systems and plan exposure settings for superior imaging under a variety observing conditions. Astrophotography CAD provides the ability to calculate your system’s limiting magnitude, predict SNR and see how changing components will affect […]

PlateSolveCam
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PlateSolveCam

PlateSolveCam is an iOS app in beta that provides the ability for plate solving on your iPhone or iPad. As the publisher notes, “It is a simple app that plate solves the night sky instantly on an iOS smart device. The special thing about this app is that you get […]

Solar Snap
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Solar Snap

Solar Snap is a new solar eclipse smart phone solar filter that that was developed by former Hubble Space Telescope Astronomer, Dr. Doug Duncan. The Solar Snap kit includes solar eclipse-viewing lenses designed specifically for use with smartphones along with the Solar Snap app offered in an iOS version on […]

Solar Eclipse Convection Clouds
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Solar Eclipse Convection Clouds

A new video demonstrating solar eclipse convection clouds has been released by Gordon Telepun, the publisher of the Solar Eclipse Timer App and a new e-book titled “Eclipse Day – 2024 and More! How to enjoy, observe and photograph a total solar eclipse.” This video overlays a special colorized GOES […]

PlaneWave Instruments CDK600
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PlaneWave Instruments CDK600

A PlaneWave Instruments CDK600 was installed for Brigham Young University. The company has shared a video instillation where they install a PlaneWave Instruments CDK600 observatory telescope package on an equatorial wedge. The CDK600 package from PlaneWave includes a CDK24 telescope and L-600 direct drive mount. This system is great for […]

StarNet++ Software Program Provides the Ability for Any Astrophotographer to Remove Stars from Astro Images
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StarNet++ Software Program Provides the Ability for Any Astrophotographer to Remove Stars from Astro Images

Nikita Misiura is an astrophotographer and software developer who created the StarNet++ software system which provides the ability to remove stars from astrophotography images. As Misiura notes, “StarNet++ is neural network-based software that can make star removal from images simpler. The idea was to train a neural network that can […]

SkyTools 4 Visual Sneak Preview
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SkyTools 4 Visual Sneak Preview

In its release last year of SkyTools 4 Imaging, Skyhound introduced a major update to it’s a platform offering a powerful tool for astro imagers. Now Skyhound is putting the finishing touches on its SkyTools 4 Visual, which distills the most sophisticated astronomical calculations into a remarkably simple interface that […]