These are some of the programs I use or have tried and recommend:.: helps to control the settings of several webcam models (freeware).: edits the firmware of several webcam models (freeware).: Sky map (freeware).: Sky map from Meade.: generates a list of Messier objects visibles from your location (freeware).: generates a list of objects from several catalogs (Messier, NGC, etc.) visibles from your location.: observation planner, much more more sophisticated than the previous. Free version with some limitations.: helps focusing using a Bahtinov mask (freeware).: scope polar aligning, periodic error analysis and autoguiding (freeware).: long exposure imaging with modified webcams (freeware).: photo and video acquisition, planetary image processing (freeware version). See my image processing using this software.: image acquisition, calibration, aligning and stacking for Meade DSI cameras.: image acquisition, calibration, aligning, stacking and post-processing.: image calibration, aligning and stacking specific for deep space astrophotography. See my image processing using this software.: image calibration, aligning and stacking specific for planetary astrophotography. It can also be used for deep space astrophotography (freeware).: makes astrophotography mosaics (freeware).: improves images focusing and contrast.: image post-processing (freeware version). Other software quite popular but which I have not tested yet:.: image post-processing.: image calibration, aligning, stacking and post-processing.
Freeware, Shareware, and Commercial Astronomy Software -- For Amateur. A freely downloadable Ephemeris program which will print out positions of.