Software

Linux acquisition stack — KStars planetarium + Ekos imaging module + INDI server. Used for end-to-end sessions from the Raspberry Pi 5 at the mount: alignment, polar align, plate solving with astrometry.net / ASTAP, guiding via PHD2-equivalent internal guider, autofocus, scheduler.

Windows acquisition platform. Sequencer, advanced sequencer, autofocus, framing assistant, plate-solve-on-the-fly, dithering, meridian flip, target scheduling. Primary capture tool when running from the laptop.

Lightweight Windows stacker, used for DSLR work and quick first-look stacks before bringing data into Siril for serious processing.

Calibration + stacking + linear post-processing (background extraction, photometric color calibration, deconvolution, stretching). Open-source — primary stacking tool for both mono LRGB / narrowband and OSC sessions.

Final post-processing: curves, levels, selective sharpening, star reduction, noise smoothing, layering of mono / narrowband channels. Reaches the canvas after Siril has produced a stretched, color-calibrated linear-to-non-linear image.

Autoguiding via the OAG-L / guide scope + 327C guide camera. Pulse-guides the EQ5 Pro over ASCOM / INDI for sub-arc-second tracking accuracy on long subs.