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Deep Sky Color - Astrophotography Made Easy

Thank you for using SpiralCam, MilkyCam, SaturnCam, ImageCam, VideoCam, VideoStack,, WaveletCam, FinderCam, PushToCam, RawCam, AstroEdit and StarEdit.

We do not collect or share user information. The apps are designed for the busy astronomers.

For FinderCam, PlateSolveCam and PushToCam, your location information is required to calculate which part of the sky your phone is pointing at.

I was asked what are the difference between the apps, here is an incomplete summary

Planning - Sun, Moon and Planets widgets (includes satellite, galaxy and comet too)
Finding - PushToCam (no need camera to guide telescope but need some knowledge of bright star) and FinderCam (use camera to plate solve and find the phone pointing in the sky)
Capturing - videoCam (video first and stack later on videoStack)
Capturing and stacking - milkyCam and spiralCam (real time stacking for unlimited time). SpiralCam is developed more for manual telescope. MilkyCam Raw is a new app designed for Goto telescope. MilkyCam Raw has higher resolution and run faster than original MilkyCam app. However, MilkyCam Raw depends on the telescope to track the sky object. 
Stacking - VideoStack for Galaxy (stack videos from videoCam and iPhone Photo app), VideoStack for Planet. 
Processing - waveletCam (real time wavelet image processing), AstroEdit is a quick general astrophotography app, StarEdit is a specialized method to process image with star removed.
 
Please email me at ustransit74@gmail.com for any supports. 

Comments

  1. talal8 February 2020 at 12:27

    hello theres bugs and the screen goes black in milkycam and please add more features please this is from the most person used ur app

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  2. john2stai13 February 2020 at 14:22

    Hi,
    Could you add the function to use the 2x lens on iPhone with dual lenses? With the use of 2x lens, not only will it solve the circle from the telescope eyepiece problem, it would also give more zoom to the targets. Theoretically, by using 2x lens, it should result in better images.

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    1. Designer17 December 2020 at 14:31

      Hi can you tell which app you want to use the 2x camera? Ustransit74@gmail.com

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