A powerful tool for organizing and editing astronomical images. It allows you to collect and curate your images, search multiple professional archives, and create master frames for calibration. You can overlay millions of stars and other celestial objects, organize your images in libraries and albums, and preprocess them nondestructively.
Download of Observatory 2.1.2 for Mac was on the developer's website when we last checked. We cannot confirm if there is a free download of this app available. The program is categorized as Audio & Video Tools. We recommend checking the downloaded files with any free antivirus.
From the developer:
Collect and curate your astronomical images. Search 10+ professional image archives simultaneously. Create master bias, dark and flat frames. Calibrate, register, stack and adjust your FITS, XISF (PixInsight), SBIG and RAW images, all nondestructively.
FEATURES
• Quick Look & Spotlight: display thumbnails, previews and metadata of FITS, XISF and SBIG images in Finder and other applications.
You may want to check out more software for Mac, such as Mitaka Plus, which might be similar to Observatory.
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