WaveSharp Alternatives

WaveSharp is described as 'Free, 64-bit image processing software specifically designed for planetary, lunar, and solar astrophotography. Considered a modern successor to the widely used Registax 6' and is an app. There are six alternatives to WaveSharp for Windows, Mac, Linux and Web-based. The best WaveSharp alternative is Planet Stacker X, which is free. Other great apps like WaveSharp are Eise.app, Planetary System Stacker, AstroSurface and RegiStax.

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  1. Planet Stacker X icon

    Planet Stacker X

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    Planet Stacker X is a powerful, Mac-native application that brings professional-grade planetary imaging within your reach.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  2. Eise.app icon

    Eise.app

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    An easy planetary image stacker for astrophotography.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    Stack of Jupiter in post processing step
     
  4. Planetary System Stacker icon

    Planetary System Stacker

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    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

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  5. AstroSurface icon

    AstroSurface

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    Combines stacking, wavelet sharpening, and color balancing into one tool. Many users find its wavelet sharpening to be superior to Registax and report that it produces fewer artifacts on lunar images than AutoStakkert.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    RegiStax

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    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
     
  7. Autostakkert! icon

    Autostakkert!

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    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
     
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