Python tools for astro-photography. Strongly tailored to my personal hardware setup.

• Python 3.6+
• numpy and Pillow for image processing
• skimage, simple-pid and PySerial for tracking and motor control
• matplotlib and influxdb for analytics
• astrometry.net image calibration CLI tools (specifically solve-field)
• astropy for FITS files

Dockerization is planned and will happen on a cloudy day.

This is a web application with a rich set of features for controlling a telescope and capturing image data. It is built with Flask and React and is best run on a desktop machine.

Notable features and integrations:

• Images are captured via INDI
• Mount is controlled via serial port (interfaces with Arduino to control stepper motors)
• Current celestial coordinates are computed using the Astrometry CLI
• An SQLite database is used to store a target catalog (e.g. NGC objects)
• Guiding is done via a control loop featuring a PID controller for each axis

The HTI is ever-evolving, and may not be very useful to others as a whole just yet.

Performs image calibration and computation of metrics such as brightness and sharpness. Data is written to disk and InfluxDB.

Stacks a series of images into a single image. Notable features:

• Image alignment
• Darkframe correction
• Flatframe correction
• Filter shaky frames
• Auto-crop most exposed region
• Gamma correction
• RGB, Greyscale or R/G/B