Acquisition des images astronomiques / Acquisition and processing of astronomical images
Dimension 4 est la solution idéale pour avoir un PC toujours à l’heure, au 1/100ème de seconde près. En effet, ce petit freeware va synchroniser l’horloge de votre ordinateur parmi plusieurs dizaines d’horloges atomiques proposées. Bien que le logiciel soit en anglais, son fonctionnement reste simple et vous permet de mettre automatiquement à jour l’heure de votre PC selon un intervalle de temps de votre choix. Sachant rester discret dans la barre des tâches, Dimension 4 se montrera beaucoup plus performant que la synchronisation du temps Internet de Windows
This is the home of the ASCOM Initiative, a loosely-knit group of astronomy software developers and astronomy device manufacturers devoted to vendor independent universal plug-and-play control. ASCOM is a many-to-many and language-independent architecture, supported by most astronomy devices which connect to Windows and now Linux and MacOS computers. This architecture applies to both Windows/COM and cross-platform Alpaca technologies.
Logiciel de pilotage de Robofocus (Motorisation pas à pas de la mise au point pour focalisation de l’optique principale) avec gestion automatique des caractéristiques de l’équipement utilisé. Excellent logiciel autonome ou lui-même piloté par CCDAP5. Téléchargeable sur le site CCDWare.
Planétarium et pilotage goto de la monture, de la camera CCD ou CMOS. Visualisation du FOV (field of view) en accord avec l’optique et la caméra CDD utilisés. Utilisation de TPoint et de Protrack.
TheSky Professional is the essential tool for observatory control, deep-space imaging and scientific discovery, and includes the broadest range of advanced features to enhance your experience under the night skies.
> TPoint™
Logiciel d’optimisation du pointage de la monture et de la mise en station
TPoint™ software provides world-class telescope pointing analysis and correction to help identify, quantify, and automatically compensate for systematic errors that exist with all telescope mounts. For a comprehensive look at what’s involved with telescope pointing, read the article written by Patrick Wallace, a professional astronomer, the world’s foremost authority on telescope pointing, and TPoint author. TPoint and TPoint-related software technologies are used by professional observatories worldwide (Keck, GBT, Gemini, ALMA, AAT, ARC, WIYN, WHT, UKIRT, JBO, IRTF, NSST, ESO, CTIO, SOAR, MMT, Magellan, LBT and others) on telescopes of many different designs — equatorial and altazimuth, optical, infrared, and radio. TPoint is also widely used by amateur astronomers in conjunction with TheSky astronomy software to assist with getting optimal polar alignment, analyzing pointing calibration results, achieving precision pointing accuracy, and improving tracking accuracy on Paramount mounts using ProTrack™.
Logiciel sophistiqué du pilotage complet d’une session d’acquisition d’image sur une nuit.
CCDAutoPilot 5.0 expands its signature qualities of ease-of-use, power and flexibility to allow you to get the most productivity and quality data from your imaging equipment. Whether for science or aesthetic imaging, CCDAutoPilot gives you the tools you need to optimize your imaging system and then obtain data and calibration frames throughout the evening with full automation. CCDAutoPilot interfaces with most major programs for controlling cameras, guiders, mounts, focusers, rotators and domes as well as accepting inputs from systems such as cloud sensors and other control systems.
Traitement des images / Image processing
Le meilleur logiciel de traitement d’image astronomique. Aucun “bidouillage“ mais l’application d’algorithmes spécifiques de convolution, de déconvolution, d’ondelettes à Trou, de débruitages adaptatifs, etc…, adaptée à l’image que l’on doit traiter afin de restituer toute l’information de l’image codée sur 16 bits (65000 niveaux) alors que notre œil ne perçoit que 16 à 32 niveaux de gris. L’application d’algorithmes à tous les pixels de l’image constitue une des règles « éthique » des traitements d’images en astronomie : aucune altération artéfactuelle de l’information.
Pleiades Astrophoto is a software development company based in Spain, Europe. They work to provide cutting edge image processing and analysis tools for a broad range of technical imaging applications. They design and implement novel paradigms and innovative methodologies. It is an image processing platform specialized in astrophotography, available natively for FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X and Windows operating systems. PixInsight is both an image processing environment and a development framework. It is the result of a dynamic collaboration between like-minded astrophotographers and software developers, who are constantly pushing the boundaries of astronomical image processing with the most powerful toolset available.
Astrophotography is a unique mixture of art, science and technology. It is documentary photography, where retouching, painting and other arbitrary manipulation practices have no place. The mission of Pixinsight team is to help we improve our imaging projects through the development of our image processing knowledge.
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Ajustements chromatiques.
