There will always be a chicken-or-the-egg syndrome when it comes to the market place and a smaller market simply has fewer resources and interest needed to support alternate platforms.Īs many know, I happily use OSX for AP, but at the end of the day, I have to weigh my preference to use OSX against my preferences to use particular pieces of equipment or perform particular functions. Astrophotography is just a microcosm of the broader world. So, yes, I think the general theme is that you certainly can do imaging on OSX and you can do it well. A third OSX imaging thread resurrection in a day. There are at least two aligning/stacking apps for Mac, and a number of camera control programs, however, for those inclined to try their hand on the Mac. If I were starting fresh today I would probably use Windows. Luckily, I have licensed copies on two Mac laptops. The developer was an angry man, however, angry at Apple, and he took out his anger on his customers, IMO, locking the software to a single piece of hardware so that it could not be moved to a new computer. Nothing on Windows came close in sophistication and ease of use. Until a few years ago the best lunar and planetary capture, aligning, and stacking software on the planet was Mac-only: AstroIIDC. Planetary photographers, probably need Windows. Who needs Windows for astrophotography? Persons who operate remote observatories (though I know of one man who operates a Paramount and camera and dome, etc., remotely via Mac OS). I'm not a Windows basher-I have Win 7 Pro on two laptops and a variety of Windows astro software because I once thought I needed it, but I simply can't find a reason to use it. Processing with Nebulosity, Pixinsight, and Photoshop. Controlling an A-P 1200GTO, SBIG STL1100M and its filter wheel, two Robofocusers, and a guide camera, all under Mac OS X. Thats where ASCOM comes into the picture.ĪSCOM isn't in any of the pictures at. For example, if you get into Auto-Guiding, your computer will need to be able to communicate with your camera and mount. If you are new to imaging like I am, you may eventually have the desire to control your Astro-equipment with your computer.
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