PixAstro – Astrophotography

Babaloo Tech

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About this app

PixAstro turns the frames from your astrophotography session into a presentable final image, right on your phone and without needing to know the theory.

Plug in the USB drive with the frames from your ASIAIR, your camera or your capture software, pick the folder and press Process. PixAstro does the rest:

• Works out what each file is: lights, darks, flats and bias (from the FITS header, the name or the content).
• Calibrates, measures the quality of every frame and drops blurry, trailed or cloudy ones.
• Aligns the stars and stacks while removing satellites, planes and hot pixels.
• Removes the background gradient, calibrates colour, stretches without burning out bright areas, reduces noise and stars and enhances local contrast.
• Detects the kind of object (nebula, galaxy, cluster or Milky Way) and adapts the processing.

Automatic mode, or Guided mode with sliders for every step, live preview and a before/after comparison. Every concept comes with a one- or two-sentence explanation.

Save as 16-bit TIFF, 32-bit FITS, PNG or JPG, back on the drive or wherever you like, or share it straight away.

Processing and adjusting are free. To save, export or share the image, unlock PixAstro Pro with a single payment: no subscription, forever and on all your devices with your Google account.

Made to be used next to the telescope:
• Red night mode, so you keep your dark adaptation.
• Processes offline and never sends your images or data anywhere.
• You can lock the phone while it processes.
• Your original files are never changed.

Formats: uncompressed FITS (mono, colour and Bayer), 16/32-bit TIFF, PNG and JPG. DSLR RAW files cannot be read on the phone yet; process them with PixAstro for Windows, macOS or Linux.

The USB drive must be formatted as FAT32 or exFAT, which is what Android can read.

Same processing engine as the desktop version.