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The latest in Mac astronomy — software releases, app announcements, version updates, and notable developments in the astrophotography world. When a new Mac-compatible app hits the scene, an existing tool gets a major update, or something shifts in the ecosystem, we cover it here. Short-form coverage designed to keep you current.
LuckyStackWorker: The Best Free Mac Software for Sharpening Planetary, Lunar, and Solar Astrophotography Images
LuckyStackWorker is a powerful and free post-processing application designed specifically for planetary, lunar, and solar astrophotography. Available for macOS, Windows, and Linux, this open-
Planetary System Stacker now has a launcher installer
As some of you know I’ve recently put a second telescope out in a remote site. This time StarFront Observatories. In the Discord one
Seti Astro Scripts come to the Mac as a standalone application
The popular Seti Astro Scripts have now come to the Mac as a standalone application. If you don’t use PixInsight this suite of applications
ZWO's ASIAir comes to the Mac
The iOS only ASIAIr application has been converted to an M1 native Mac app If you are like me, and don’t want to leave
Father's Day Astrophotography Gift guide
It’s that time of the year where every father gets recognized. I seriously hope my kids pay attention! Whether you’re looking for the
Advanced Imaging Conference 2022
I managed to get away and take a trip to San Jose for the Advanced Imaging Conference. This conference is a gathering specifically for astrophotographers.
INDIGO A1 (All-in-one) Mac Astrophotography Software Released
For some time now, the folks over at Cloudmakers.eu have been working to combine all their separate Mac astrophotography applications into one single piece
ZWO Camera Sale
ZWO just started their summer sale with discounts on a lot of their popular cameras both for DSO imaging and planetary imaging. The sale includes
Some Amazon Prime Day deals worth looking at for your telescope
There’s a lot of less than stellar telescope items on sale at Amazon right now, but I’ll link to the ones I think
QuickFits 1.0 released with Finder QuickLook for Fits files
QuickFits is a nice little application for the Mac that will debayer, auto stretch and preview your images right from the finder. This makes for
Affinity Photo 1.9 adds astrophotography workflow support with stacking and calibration
A new astrophotography processing contenderAffinity Photohas entered the Mac…and PC race. Affinity introduced it’s suite of applications to compete against Adobe Photoshop, Indesign,
Apple announces ARM CPU based Macs
What does this mean for Astrophotography? Good news. Likely not much. While the two CPUs are not compatible from a software standpoint, Apple is providing