IRIS Astronomical Images Alternatives

IRIS Astronomical Images is described as 'IRIS is an astronomical images processing software' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are nine alternatives to IRIS Astronomical Images for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Flathub apps. The best IRIS Astronomical Images alternative is Siril, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like IRIS Astronomical Images are DeepSkyStacker, FITS Liberator, SAOImageDS9 and Regim.

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  1. Siril icon
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    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.

    9 Siril alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
    • Siril is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to IRIS Astronomical Images.

    • Siril is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to IRIS Astronomical Images.

    • Siril is Free and Open SourceIRIS Astronomical Images is Free Personal and Proprietary
  2. DeepSkyStacker is a freeware for astrophotographers that simplifies all the pre-processing steps of deep sky pictures.

    12 DeepSkyStacker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. SAOImageDS9 icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. PixInsight icon
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    PixInsight is an advanced image processing platform specialized in astrophotography and other technical imaging fields, constantly pushing the boundaries of astronomical image processing with the most powerful toolset available.

    7 PixInsight alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
     
    • PixInsight is the most popular commercial alternative to IRIS Astronomical Images.

    • PixInsight is Paid and ProprietaryIRIS Astronomical Images is Free Personal and Proprietary
  7. Fitswork icon
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    Fitswork is a windows image processing program, mainly designed for astronomic purposes. It contains batch processing, histogram functions, many filters, etc. Fitswork works entirely in floating-point arithmetic.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Qastrocam is a capture program to do astrophotography. It can control a telescope to do guiding with the images received from a V4L device. It can also control the extended features of a webcam modified to do long exposure (several seconds) captures.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. Astro App icon
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    The Astro App is a tool for exploring the night sky and tracking celestial events. It's primarily targeted for amateur astrophotographers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Astro App is the most popular Web-based alternative to IRIS Astronomical Images.

    • Astro App is Free and ProprietaryIRIS Astronomical Images is Free Personal and Proprietary
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