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Every sub, every night, every telescope. Accounted for.

AstroTracker reads the files your imaging rigs write and keeps a complete record of every project: integration by filter and night, sub quality, calibration, and what to shoot next. No spreadsheets, no guesswork.

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AstroTracker's overview: active projects, total integration, last night's results with flagged subs, and integration per filter for each telescope

Built on a real library: the developer's own archive, in AstroTracker today

Files indexed
195,417
Hours of integration
8,446
Projects
331
Telescope and camera rigs
28

At a glance

Know where every project stands

Integration per filter for every telescope, and each morning a summary of the night before: what every rig captured, and which subs look clouded or trailed.

  • Totals by target, filter and telescope
  • Last night's results, waiting in the morning
  • Subs flagged for clouds and trailing
AstroTracker's summary of last night: what each rig captured per filter, with subs flagged for clouds and trailing

The record

A complete record for every target

Integration, subs kept, nights and calibration, with the finished picture alongside. Every record in this site's gallery comes straight from here.

  • Goals per filter, and progress towards them
  • Every sub counted once; rejected subs add no time
  • AstroBin acquisition details in one click
A project in AstroTracker: integration, lights, nights, flats, darks and sub quality above the finished picture of the Bubble Nebula

Calibration

Catch calibration gaps before they cost a night

Night by night, what each filter collected and whether flats cover it. Missing flats, darks at the wrong temperature and a gain or offset that quietly changed are flagged while there is still time to fix them.

  • Flats paired night by night
  • Darks and bias matched on temperature, gain and offset
  • An alert the moment something slips
AstroTracker's night-by-night table: subs per filter each night, and the flats that cover them

Planning

Plan the next clear night

When it gets dark, what the moon allows, and when each target clears your horizon, with a forecast of when every project will be finished.

  • Dark hours and moonlight for every night of the month
  • Which targets suit which telescope's field
  • Checklists: Messier, Caldwell, Sharpless and more
AstroTracker's planning page: tonight's dark hours, the moon, a month of nights and the altitude of each planned target

And through the night

Night watch

Follow every rig while it images, on the PC or your phone, with an alert if a sequence stalls or guiding drifts.

Cloud alerts

With an all-sky camera, AstroTracker spots cloud rolling in and lets you know.

Morning summary

What every rig captured overnight, ready when you wake up.

How much more?

Measures the faint detail in your subs and estimates the hours still needed for a clean result.

Tidy files, safely

Sorts subs into folders with a preview first and an undo after. Your image files are never modified.

Weather

The forecast for your site, and a rain alert for rigs left out overnight.

Your data stays yours

AstroTracker runs on your own PC. It only ever reads your image files, never changes them, and nothing leaves your computer unless you switch a feature on.

The guide

AstroTracker Explained

A friendly guide to everything AstroTracker does, and why, written for anyone new to astrophotography.

Coming soon

AstroTracker is in beta testing now, ahead of its public release. It isn't available to download yet, but you're welcome to ask to join the beta.

Request to join the beta

AstroTracker is being tested by a small group of imagers ahead of its public release. Tell me a little about yourself and your setup, and I'll be in touch by email.

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