This section describes how to use software for imaging and data reduction of data you get from an observing session or the archive.

Imaging

• Viewing a jpeg image from a telescope
• Viewing FITS files from a telescope
  • DS9 (free)
  • Iris (Windows only)
• Color image processing
  • Gimp (free, open source software)
  • Photoshop with FITS Liberator

Astrometry

• Calculating the position of an object you have viewed with a telescope (asteroids, near Earth objects, etc.)
  • Astrometrica (Windows only)
  • DS9 (free)

Photometry

• Calculating the brightness of an object you have viewed with a telescope (supernovae, etc.)