DeepSkyStacker Alternatives for Mac

DeepSkyStacker is not available for Mac but there are some alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Siril, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to DeepSkyStacker and six of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to DeepSkyStacker are FITS Liberator, SAOImageDS9, Starry Landscape Stacker and Regim.

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DeepSkyStacker

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DeepSkyStacker is a freeware for astrophotographers that simplifies all the pre-processing steps of deep sky pictures.

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Siril
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Free • Open Source
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7 Siril alternatives
Siril is an astronomical image processing tool, able to convert, pre-process images, help aligning them automatically or manually, stack them and enhance final images.
- - Siril is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to DeepSkyStacker.
- - Siril is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to DeepSkyStacker.
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Siril Features
Image stacking
Remove Noise
Noise Reduction
Comments about Siril as a Alternative to DeepSkyStacker
Most users think Siril is a great DeepSkyStacker alternative.
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lots of automated processes self explanatory AND runs on MAC!!!!
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Siril is the number one software alternative to DeepSkyStacker
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FITS Liberator
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Free • Open Source
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7 FITS Liberator alternatives
FITS Liberator GUI image processing software has meant that it is even easier and faster to create color images using raw observations from a range of telescopes.
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FITS Liberator Features
Image Processing
SAOImageDS9
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Free • Open Source
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7 SAOImageDS9 alternatives
SAOImageDS9 is an astronomical imaging and data visualization application. DS9 supports FITS images and binary tables, multiple frame buffers, region manipulation, and many scale algorithms and colormaps.
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SAOImageDS9 Features
Image Processing
Starry Landscape Stacker
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
2 Starry Landscape Stacker alternatives
Starry Landscape Stacker makes it possible to produce landscape photographs taken at night that have both low noise and stars rendered as points.
- - Starry Landscape Stacker is the most popular commercial alternative to DeepSkyStacker.
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Starry Landscape Stacker Features
Image Processing
Image stacking
Regim
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5 Regim alternatives
Regim makes some processing steps that are unique to astronomical images a bit easier. These steps are calibration (dark and flat), deblooming, registration, combination, color calibration, gradient removal and some more.
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1. PortableRegim can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Image Processing
PixInsight
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Paid • Proprietary
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5 PixInsight alternatives
PixInsight - Advanced Image Processing. PixInsight is a modular, open-architecture, portable image processing platform available for FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.
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PixInsight Features
Image stacking
Image Processing