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Astro-Physics, Inc. is a manufacturer of amateur telescopes, mounts, and accessories. Founded in 1975 by former Sundstrand Corporation engineer Roland Christen, [ 1 ] the company is noted for its line of apochromatic refractors as well as high-end mounts.
Siril is a software application for astrophotography, which allows pre-processing and processing of images from any type of camera (CCD, planetary camera, webcam etc.). The images must be converted to 32-bit FITS format which is the format used natively by Siril.
Open-Source (GPL-3.0) Linux, MacOS and Windows QLog: Open-Source (GPL-3.0) Linux, MacOS and Windows QSOMate: Proprietary, Paid iOS, MacOS QSOMate is a logger for the Apple ecosystem, focusing on simple logging and integrations. Currently has integrations with Straight Key Century Club (SKCC), HamDB, Parks on the Air, and Summits on the Air. Xlog
The Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope, with a lens diameter of 43 inches, is technically the largest, with 39 inches clear for the aperture.The second largest refracting telescope in the world is the Yerkes Observatory 40 inch (102 cm) refractor, used for astronomical and scientific observation for over a century.
Astropy is a collection of software packages written in the Python programming language and designed for use in astronomy. [2] The software is a single, free, core package for astronomical utilities due to the increasingly widespread usage of Python by astronomers, and to foster interoperability between various extant Python astronomy packages. [3]
Astrotech Corporation, formerly Spacehab Inc., [3] is a technology incubator headquartered in Austin, Texas.Astrotech uses technology sourced internally and from research institutions, government laboratories, and universities to fund, manage and sell start-up companies.
Installing Distro Astro. The first version of Distro Astro was released on 1 January 2013. The OS had two minor updates in April and August, primarily addressing software upgrades and tweaks. [3] In November 2013, the OS had its first major upgrade as Distro Astro 2.0, nicknamed Pallas. [4]
Lucky image of M15 core. Lucky imaging (also called lucky exposures) is one form of speckle imaging used for astrophotography.Speckle imaging techniques use a high-speed camera with exposure times short enough (100 ms or less) so that the changes in the Earth's atmosphere during the exposure are minimal.