AstroEdit App

AstroEdit User Guide This app was created to be easy to use. This guide was written to be easy to understand. The app costs $1.99 Open your image: Stack and crop your astroimage in a favorite program. Tap "Open" and select the image to process it. Adjust Tweak: Adjust the background of your image and remove gradient with the Black slider (Note: the night sky is not pure black!). Control the overall brightness with the Bright slider. Enhance the color with the Saturate slider. Create a warmer or cooler look by adjusting the Temp slider. Refine specific hues with the Tint slider. Adjust Curve: The histogram displays the distribution of light and dark pixels. The higher the peak the more pixels are that bright. Click and drag one or all of the numbered points for precise adjustments. Sharpen Your Image: Apply up to six layers of wavelet sharpening to enhance the crispness of details. Control the amount of sharpening for each layer with the slider from 1 fine detail to 6 coa...

Updated on18May2024 These 2 apps can be used to guide you easily to your target but work in a very different way and have different requirements. They solve the problem for beginners to find night sky  objects . 1.  PushToCam  - It does not need any phone to telescope holder. It also does  not need a phone camera to work. It only needs a way to  attach the phone to the telescope in any orientation . A Velcro strap or a tie back can be used to secure the phone to the telescope. Similar to the  SkEye  android app and Starhopper web  app, it  uses  a  bright star to align the telescope to the sky model. It can be  used  in clear or light polluted environment. It uses  iPhone  compass, orientation, location and telescope alignment to guide  the use r to target.  Pro: Phone can be attached to telescope in any orientation. User  need not bend over  awkwardly to use the phone.  Method: Manu...

To return to the  FinderCam  app, swipe up from phone bottom edge, and select FinderCam app. Updated 18 May 2024 FinderCam  uses a technique called plate-solving and matches 3 known stars in a star catalog. It uses your location and time to know your current sky.   FinderCam  is designed for use in a clear sky, partially cloudy sky, full moon, city and window. It requires at least 3 stars to work accurately. It is available for iPhone and iPad. To understand the procedure watch the demo video at  https://youtube.com/shorts/si8N4MExzbQ The diagram above shown a screenshot of FinderCam. The red, orange and green circles indicate which stars are solved. The green squares are the verified stars based on the solved plate. More green squares mean higher confidence in the plate solving. Behind each circle and square is a star captured by the phone camera. The red line outlines the sky region. The app can prevent false stars forme...