[Chaos-l] NIH Image. Any good for astrophotography?

[Alan Magid]

In the Q&A following Mark's excellent talk, I mentioned "NIH Image" as a
free software package that might serve to process digital images in somewhat
the same way as Photoshop (which costs about $600).

Unfortunately, the program only works on Macs. Whether it would be suitable
for astrophotography, I don't know. It's really meant to quantify images.

-Alan Magid


On 3/12/09 11:00 AM, "chaos-l-request at rtpnet.org"
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>    1. minutes of March CHAOS meeting (walter fowler)
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> I wanted to express some appreciation for the great presentation that Mark
> Lerch gave about astrophotography with a DSLR camera, 200 mm lens, tracking
> device and tripod.  As he pointed out this is a very portable system and
> "wide field astrophotography is very forgiving" compared to the more
> familiar telescope with CCD camera.  Mark set a good example for other club
> members who would be willing to "show and tell" what they have done or are
> planning on doing in astronomy or related pursuits.  Give it some thought
> and give Jayme or other club officers a date that you might be able to
> present at a CHAOS meeting.  We've had some good travel talks in the past
> - eclipse chasing, star parties in exotic locations, visits to observatories
> (or other planets!).  The sky's the limit (or for those of us in North
> Carolina the seeing is usually the limit).  Let's get cracking in the Int'l
> Year of Astronomy!  Walter
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