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RC-Astro stand alone tools now
Tuesday, June 30, 2026 by Richard Harris
RC-Astro tools are moving beyond the plugin-only workflow. BlurXTerminator, StarXTerminator, and NoiseXTerminator are now available through a new stand-alone RC-Astro command-line interface, giving astrophotographers, developers, and astronomy software projects a more flexible way to use RC-Astro...

Open Astro Project Expands Alpaca Bridge Astronomy Hardware Support
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 by Ben Conway
For most of us amateur astronomers, the equipment is only half the battle. The other half is getting everything to work together reliably under a dark sky when time is limited and clear nights are even more limited. Over the years we've seen countless hardware solutions come and go, each promisi...

iPhone plate solving app AstroHelm launches
Monday, May 11, 2026 by Austin Harris
Astronomical plate solving is a process used in astrophotography and telescope control to determine exactly where a telescope or camera is pointed in the night sky. Traditionally, this requires specialized software that takes an image from an astronomy camera, analyzes the pattern of stars in tha...

Astronomy software Meridian launches in BETA
Monday, February 23, 2026 by Richard Harris
Meridian is a new native macOS app from Andrew Burwell, that scans your FITS and XISF archive and organizes it into a searchable, visual catalog of your imaging history. After more than ten years of deep sky imaging, the app's creator found that his archive spanned many drives and folder sche...
