Image Processing

CCDWare is a set of astronomy software that allows you to Stack, Goto, Inspect, Automate capture, Correct the PEC of your mount and Focus your camera. The products that can be purchased as a suite or seperately are CCD Inspector, CCD Stack, Focus Max, CCD Pilot, Pem Pro and CCD Navigator

Price

$149 - $841.45 for the full product suite

Pros

Some great products such as CCD Inspector and CCD Stack so worth looking at purchasing some of these.

Cons

Programme to align and stack your long exposure sub-frames and also provides some basic image enhancement

Price

Free

Pros

Works well

Cons

General purpose image processing software very similar in capability to PhotoShop

Price

Free

Pros

Works well. There are open source add-on tools available. Works on Mac!!!!!!

Cons

Programme to align the frames in video capture files of solar system objects

Price

Free

Pros

The standard used for planetary imaging! Seems to work well and has some useful image enhancements with Wavelets

Cons

Image stacking and processing software for the brave!

Price

Free

Pros

Hardnens you up as an astronomer

Cons

PixInsight is a modular, open-architecture, portable image processing platform available for FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.

Price

278 Euros

Pros

This is the profesional image processing suite. It sets a new standard for astrophotography and replaces Photoshop as the gold standard.

Cons