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ASTRO COMPANION

Universal Object Lookup

Messier, NGC, IC, Caldwell, Sharpless, clusters, stars, galaxies, planets, moons, comets, and spacecraft — all searchable from a single box.

Nmes and magnitudes — distances, velocities, fluxes, orbital parameters, closest approaches, ephemerides.

Weather Intelligence

14-day, hour-by-hour forecast restricted to true astronomical darkness.

Conditions graded into a 0–100 Imaging Score — clouds, moonlight, humidity, wind, and pressure condensed into a single metric.

Powered by Astronomical Timing for your exact position (set manually or by map), ensuring forecasts align with your true night sky.

Target Finder

Tonight’s best deep-sky objects ranked by visibility, altitude, airmass, and angular size.

Grades calculated using the same Astronomical Timing as the forecasts — factoring in sky darkness, moonlight, and observing windows at your chosen location.

PixInsight Processing Workflow

1. Spectrophotometric Color Calibration (SPCC)

2. Photometric Color Calibration (PCC) [Optional Alternative]

3. Automatic Background Extraction (AutoDBE)

4. StarNet / StarXTerminator

5. Star Stretch

6. CorrectMagentaStars

7. GraXpert

8. Statistical Stretch

9. Local Histogram Equalization

10. Curves Transformation

11. Final Integration