Astrophotography

A bit of software

For the last year I've been dabbling in the world of astrophotography. It's a hard but rewarding hobby. Being what I am, I obviously started reinventing the wheel and writing software for astrophotography.

Not really. I started vibe coding software for astrophotography. It's way less rewarding and somewhat demeaning, but it gets the ball rolling fast.

Vibe coding stage didn't last long, and I quickly realized that while it is fast, it is also a mess. I started rewriting the code manually, learning as I go.

Anyway, here are some of my astrophotography projects.

FITS and FitSmith are a pair of programs for viewing and processing FITS images. They allow debayering, stretching, reviewing, compressing, decompressing and more.

  • SkyPath is a webapp to calculate when the DSO will rise and set relative to your local horizon. It also allows you to check the object's altitude for the whole year.
    Skypath allows searching among approximately 14 thousand objects from Messier, NGC, IC, and other catalogues plus planets of the solar system.

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