Astronomy: Software: Image Processing and Data Analysis

[open source - Unix, and VMS] A software package for interactive (and, optionally, batch) calibration and editing of radio interferometric data and for the calibration, construction, display and analysis of astronomical images made from those data using Fourier synthesis methods.

[open source - Unix, OpenVMS] A general-purpose software system for the reduction and analysis of astronomical data. IRAF is written and supported by the IRAF programming group at the National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO) in Tucson, Arizona.

[open source - Linux/Unix, VAX/VMS/OpenVMS] General tools for image processing and data reduction with emphasis on astronomical applications including stellar and surface photometry, image sharpening and decomposition, as well as imaging and special reduction packages for ESO instrumentation.

[open source - Unix, WinNT] The next generation AIPS software.

[open source - Unix] A highly interactive software system for the reduction and display of astronomical data.

[commercial - DOS, Win3.1] CCD image processing software for amateur astronomers. Handles most file and camera formats. Allows tricolor imaging and 'track-and-stack as well'.

[commercial - multiplatform] Advanced visual data analysis software.

[commercial, demo available - Win95/98/NT/2000] Image processing and CCD camera control software for astronomical imaging. Supports Apogee, Celestron, FLI, HiSIS, Meade, SBIG, and Starlight Xpress CCD cameras; video cameras, autoguiders, and filter wheels. ASCOM compliant.

[commercial - Win95/98/NT] Scientific image processing and analysis software.

[commercial, demo available - Win95/98/NT] A complete software product for analysis and processing of astronomical images. With the built-in star atlas based on the Guide Star Catalogue, it is also possible to perform astrometric and photometric calibration on your images.

[commercial, demo available - Win95/98] Main image processing features: unsharp mask, maximum entropy and Lucy-Richardson deconvolution, multilayer with auto-align, median, mosaic, RGB, LRGB images.

[commercial - Win95/98/NT] Image restoration program, it can restore and enhance defect images (ex. out of focus and noise).

Auriga Imaging's program RegiStar automatically registers (aligns) astrophotos -- no user intervention required.

[some are free, MS-Win] Software tools for Cookbook camera.

[open source - OpenVMS/Unix] Multipurpose Interactive Image Processing System does astronomical image analysis. The main package runs on OpenVMS, but many subsets can run on Unix. All source code is provided.

[Free - MSDOS, dosemu] Program to analyse irregularly spaced time series - variable star light curves.

[open source - Unix, VMS] A toolbox in the form of an environment with a large set of moderate-sized programs which perform individual tasks involving calibration, mapping, deconvolution and image analysis of interferometric data.

Registax is a freeware tool that registers, stacks and processes image sequences. The program accepts either BMP's or AVI-files as input and will save the results as BMP or FITS.

Picture Window is a popular tool among serious amateur astrophotographers. By Digital Light & Color.

A shareware Windows 95/98/NT/2000 based image processing program that can read and enhance images from various NASA spacecraft.