Astronomy CCD Calculator4.8

Astronomy CCD Calculator is a lightweight software utility which provides users with a simple means of planning and previewing astronomical shots, as well as saving them to the PC.

The advantages of a portable app

The installation process can be bypasses, as this program is portable. As a consequence, the Windows registry and Start menu/screen are not going to suffer any changes, and no leftovers will remain on the drive after its removal.It is important that you also know that by placing the program files to a pen drive, you make it possible to use Astronomy CCD Calculator on any Pc you come in contact with, by simply clicking the EXE.

Set up image options and preview the results

The tabbed interface enables you to set up image options, including target, survey, stretch, pixel size, focal length, array size, camera and telescope. Once all of these are set, you can easily open the image in a new tab in your default web browser. From here, a context menu enables you to copy the photo to the Clipboard, e-mail or save it hard drive as a JPG.

Quickly access the comprehensive catalog

Aside from that, you can take advantage of a huge catalog in order to look at a specified object, while it is also possible to view your history, so as to retrace your steps if needed. It is possible to share images with your friends on Google+, Facebook and Twitter, while you can also save pictures directly from the main window in a FITS format.

Conclusion and performance

The CPU and memory usage is low to moderate and therefore, the computer’s performance is not going to be affected too much, yet it might be a good idea not to run it alongside another demanding app. All tasks are performed in due time and the interface is simple-to-handle.All in all, Astronomy CCD Calculator is a reliable and useful piece of software, which encloses so many options to tweak with, that you might just realize all of a sudden that several hours have passed since downloading this app.