Smart Planning with Science

SkyTools Imaging can accurately estimate the signal to noise ratio of the target on your detector under any conditions, allowing for much higher quality planning. With this knowledge you can better decide what to image, when to image, the best filter order, how long to expose in total, and what binning, sub exposure times, and gain settings to use.

No more wasted time on targets that are beyond the capabilities of your imaging setup and no more trial and error to get the best result.

What SkyTools Imaging Does

  • Find interesting and unusual objects that are within reach of your setup
  • Optimize your image capture with the best filter order, sub exposure times, gain settings, and time of night. More efficient imaging means less exposure time is required to obtain the desired result — not a minor consideration, but a fundamental advantage
  • Makes the most efficient use of your imaging time
  • Organize your projects, track your goals, and archive your observations

Any filter, any camera, any telescope

Features

  • Target Selection & Projects – select suitable targets and design custom imaging projects
  • Scheduler – Maximizes imaging efficiency by minimizing exposure time required for the desired result
  • Interactive Composition and Mosaic Tool
  • Creates N.I.N.A. plans to use directly in N.I.N.A.
  • Automatically generates ACP Plans
  • Submits projects directly to ACP Scheduler with calculated optimal constraints
  • Real Time observations via direct telescope control
  • Automatically tracks progress across filters and mosaic tiles
  • Custom obstructed horizon used in all calculations
  • Full-function charts and extensive highly corrected databases
  • Image preview
  • Advanced Exposure Calculator
  • Plot your images in a chart background and label features
  • Support for Comets & Minor Planets that is second to none