AstroSurface Alternatives
Apps similar to AstroSurface include Eise.app, which is free and open source. Other options are Planetary System Stacker, WaveSharp, Autostakkert! and RegiStax. In total there are five apps like AstroSurface for Windows, Linux, Mac and the web.
Alternatives list
Produce a sharp image of a planetary system object (moon, sun, planets) from many seeing-affected frames according to the "lucky imaging" technique. Runs on Mac, Windows and Linux.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
WaveSharp is a free, 64-bit image processing software specifically designed for planetary, lunar, and solar astrophotography. Considered a modern successor to the widely used Registax 6.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
AutoStakkert! is all about alignment and stacking of image sequences, minimizing the influence of atmospheric distortions (seeing). Its goal is to create high quality images of the Planets, the Sun, and the Moon, without too much hassle.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
RegiStax is image processing software for amateur astrophotographers, released as freeware, which runs under Windows. Its purpose is to produce enhanced images of astronomic observations through combining consecutive photographs (an image "stack") of the same scene...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows

















